11 Works, Today, April 11th is artist Heinrich Altherr’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #100

His colossal painting The Last Judgment, created in the summer of 1939 from his “Swiss exile” testified to the power of his existential statements: Christ standing in the middle is flanked on the left by the believers and on the right by the unbelievers. He holds his left hand up in a greeting of peace, but looks to the right at the unbelievers. More on this painting

Heinrich Altherr (11 April 1878, in Basel — 27 April 1947, in Zürich) was a Swiss painter. He is best known for his murals in churches and various public buildings…

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