Description
Magpie in front of Negrentino Church, oil on canvas
40 x 80 cm
From the collection of the Atelier Fritz Hug
Creation year
1976
The small Negrentino church stands alone just outside the village of Acquarossa. Fritz fell in love with the Romanesque building and painted it several times. In this picture, the church is embedded in the lovely landscape with alpine meadows, autumn forest and a pretty cloudy sky. In contrast to this, a magpie sits in the middle of the picture at the front, almost as a messenger of doom. Who knows what the artist wanted to express with this symbolism?