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  • Date

    26. September 2026 - 25. July 2027

    Sun, Thu, Fri, Sat 14:00 - 18:00

Intro

The exhibition *Faces à face* features an encounter between the models who appear in works created in Valais by Ernest Biéler (1863–1948), Germaine Boy (1884–1971), and Raphy Dallèves

The exhibition *Faces à face* brings together the models who appear in works created in Valais by Ernest Biéler (1863–1948), Germaine Boy (1884–1971), Raphy Dallèves (1878–1940), Anna Dubuis (1878–1929), Fred Fay (1901–1987), Henry van Muyden (1860–1936), Édouard Vallet (1876–1929), and Marguerite Vallet-Gilliard (1888–1918) around 1900.By embracing the historical genre of portraiture within a context that deliberately celebrates rural life, these eight artists—who were active within the Savièse School from 1885 through the 1930s—created works inspired by the canton’s residents. Who were these women and men of Valais whose gaze, occupation, pose, social role, or clothing choices were eternally captured by the artist’s hand? Is it possible to identify these individuals, to recognize their faces, or have the clues been deliberately obscured? By revealing some of the connections that existed between the artists and their subjects, *Faces à face* explores the special and intimate moment of creating a portrait—born of the artists’ gaze upon their subjects—navigating the balance between the anonymization of individual identities and the celebration of their symbolic significance.

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Contact address
Aline Héritier
+41 27 396 10 11
aline.heritier@saviese.ch
Location Maison de la Commune Savièse
Espace d'exposition de la collection communale
Rue de St-Germain 50
1965 Savièse
Switzerland
Event Homepage https://agenda.culturevalais.ch/fr/event/show/44385
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  • 05 November 2026
  • 06 November 2026
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  • 12 November 2026
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  • 15 November 2026
  • 19 November 2026
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  • 26 November 2026
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  • 03 December 2026
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  • 10 December 2026
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  • 17 December 2026
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  • 24 December 2026
  • 25 December 2026
  • 26 December 2026
  • 27 December 2026
  • 31 December 2026
  • 01 January 2027
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  • 07 January 2027
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  • 14 January 2027
  • 15 January 2027
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  • 17 January 2027
  • 21 January 2027
  • 22 January 2027
  • 23 January 2027
  • 24 January 2027
  • 28 January 2027
  • 29 January 2027
  • 30 January 2027
  • 31 January 2027
  • 04 February 2027
  • 05 February 2027
  • 06 February 2027
  • 07 February 2027
  • 11 February 2027
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  • 14 February 2027
  • 18 February 2027
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  • 20 February 2027
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  • 25 February 2027
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  • 27 February 2027
  • 28 February 2027
  • 04 March 2027
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  • 11 March 2027
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  • 14 March 2027
  • 18 March 2027
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  • 25 March 2027
  • 26 March 2027
  • 27 March 2027
  • 28 March 2027
  • 01 April 2027
  • 02 April 2027
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  • 04 April 2027
  • 08 April 2027
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  • 11 April 2027
  • 15 April 2027
  • 16 April 2027
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  • 18 April 2027
  • 22 April 2027
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  • 24 April 2027
  • 25 April 2027
  • 29 April 2027
  • 30 April 2027
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  • 06 May 2027
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  • 13 May 2027
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  • 16 May 2027
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  • 27 May 2027
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  • 30 May 2027
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  • 17 June 2027
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  • 24 June 2027
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  • 01 July 2027
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  • 08 July 2027
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  • 11 July 2027
  • 15 July 2027
  • 16 July 2027
  • 17 July 2027
  • 18 July 2027
  • 22 July 2027
  • 23 July 2027
  • 24 July 2027
  • 25 July 2027

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