Charles-Henri Contencin ( 1898 - 1955 )
The Wetterhorn in winter seen from Bort above Grindelwald, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland
The Wetterhorn in winter seen from Bort above Grindelwald, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland
oil on canvas laid on artist’s board
33 x 46 cm.
signed
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The combination of a snowbound farmer’s hut with powdery sled tracks and a majestic Alpine summit were often all that Contencin needed in his mountainscapes. The log cabin puts the Wetterhorn’s dramatic north face into proportion, but it also adds a sense of isolation up above the valley. A century later this view remains more or less the same to skiers and walkers.