{"id":51315,"date":"2026-05-12T20:57:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T18:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertzueblin.com\/?page_id=51315"},"modified":"2026-05-28T19:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T17:04:10","slug":"exhibition-glaciers-rapids-around-1800-eth-zurich-graphic-collection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.robertzueblin.com\/en\/pottery-news\/glaciers-rapids-around-1800-eth-zurich-graphic-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibition: Glaciers &#038; Rapids around 1800 \u2013 ETH Zurich Graphic Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<figure class=\"newsst\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.robertzueblin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/exhibition-glacierts-rapids-drawn-switzerland-around-1800-eth-zurich-graphic-collection.jpg\" alt=\"Exhibition \u2018Glaciers and Rapids \u2013 Switzerland in Drawings around 1800\u2019 at the Graphic Collection of ETH Zurich from 1 April to 5 July 2026.\" \/><\/figure><figcaption><strong>Exhibition: Glaciers &#038; Rapids \u2013 Switzerland in Drawings around 1800 \u2013 ETH Zurich Graphic Collection<\/strong><\/figcaption><table style=\"margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 2em;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0.15em; line-height: 0; border-color: #bfbfbf!important;\"><span style=\"float:right; font-size: 0.9em; color:#aaaaaa!important;\">Robert Z\u00fcblin | 12.05.2026 | 20:57<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"newsssst\"><strong>From 1 April 2026 to 5 July 2026, the ETH Zurich Graphic Collection will be hosting the exhibition \u2018Glaciers &#038; Rapids \u2013 Switzerland in Drawings around 1800\u2019.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>The exhibition explores how the image of the scenically \u2018beautiful Switzerland\u2019 of 200 years ago was conveyed in the drawings of many artists \u2013 particularly beyond the country\u2019s borders.<\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<h2>Souvenir pictures as promotional ambassadors for \u2018beautiful Switzerland\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Towards the end of the 18th century, Switzerland became a destination of choice for an increasing number of travellers from across Europe. The Swiss Alpine landscape impressed with its towering mountain ranges, rugged rock faces, blue-tinged glacier tongues and seas of glacial ice towers (known as s\u00e9racs).<\/p>\n<p>Visitors to Switzerland were keen to take home a souvenir of these forces of nature. And so a market was created, served by pioneers of Alpine drawing such as Caspar Wolf, Mathias Gabriel Lory and Karl Gotthard Grass.<\/p>\n<p>Some of these painters of early Swiss souvenir art ventured as far as the High Alps themselves, to the most imposing locations in the mountain world, to paint \u2018apr\u00e8s nature\u2019 on site. But simpler motifs were also produced, for example by Gabriel Ludwig Lory and Franz Niklaus K\u00f6nig, who illustrated scenes and objects from rural life.<\/p>\n<h2>Glaciers as a \u2018delightful horror\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>At the time, glaciers were perceived as a \u2018delightful horror\u2019. They were both frightening and awe-inspiring. However, the drawings from that era are, above all, an important record \u2013 thanks to their documentary value \u2013 of the sometimes gigantic scale of the glaciers of 200 years ago, which often extended right down into the valley.<\/p>\n<p>Today, many of the glaciers that were once so imposing have shrunk to a pitiful size or have even disappeared altogether.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"newsst\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.robertzueblin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/poster-exhibition-glacierts-rapids-drawn-switzerland-around-1800-eth-zurich-graphic-collection.jpg\" alt=\"Exhibition poster for the exhibition \u2018Glaciers &#038; Rapids \u2013 Switzerland in Drawings around 1800\u2019 at the ETH Zurich Graphic Collection from 1 April to 5 July 2026.\" \/><\/figure><figcaption><strong>Poster for the exhibition \u2018Glaciers &#038; Rapids \u2013 Switzerland in Drawings around 1800\u2019<\/strong><\/figcaption><div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<h2>Visitor information<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Exhibition title: <\/strong> \u2018Glaciers &#038; Rapids \u2013 Switzerland in Drawings around 1800\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dates:<\/strong> 1 April 2026 \u2013 5 July 2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue:<\/strong> ETH Zurich Graphic Collection, R\u00e4mistrasse 101, 8006 Zurich (main building of ETH Zurich)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Opening hours:<\/strong> Monday to Sunday: 10:00 \u2013 17:00 (Closed: 14 May 2016 (Ascension Day), 23\u201325 May 2026 (Whitsun), 5 June 2026 (Symposium)) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Admission:<\/strong> Free<\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertzueblin.com\/en\/arts\/paintings\/\" style=\"font-family: AkkoPro-BoldCondensed!important;text-decoration: none; color: #ffffff!important; background: #000000; padding-left: 0.8em; padding-right: 0.8em; padding-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0.4em; float:left;\">Buy paintings<\/a><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Exhibition: 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