Virtual Showcases

In the late 1980s, SIK-ISEA obtained the posthumous papers of Fritz Pauli (1891–1968), who both painted and drew. Of particular interest is his prolific correspondence with friends and relations, collectors and clients.

The painter Petra Petitpierre (1905–1959) attended the Bauhaus in Dessau in the late 1920s, taking classes with Paul Klee in particular. Her lecture notes, donated to SIK-ISEA, are a significant record of Klee’s teachings on artistic design and colour theory.

Documents left by the Zurich painter Secondo Püschel (1931–1997) were given to SIK-ISEA in the early 2010s. They include letters and photographs from his private circle, business correspondence with galeries and art historians, invitations, newspaper articles and catalogues of works.

Papers from the estate of the painter and illustrator Alfred Heinrich Pellegrini (1881–1958) of Basel were given to SIK-ISEA by his family between 2011 and 2015. With an abundance of correspondence, press articles and sketches, the fonds offers wide-ranging insights into Pellegrini’s work.