In 1925, Rilke paused to look at the small gouaches by a little-known artist at the Kunsthalle in Bern. He took several of them back to Muzot, compared them to Japanese haiku, and dedicated a poem to her the following year. A hundred years later, the Fondation Rilke is opening its studio collection and revealing to the public the work of Sophy Giauque (1887–1943), a painter from Vaud who was celebrated during her lifetime but later almost completely forgotten.
Exhibition starting September 4, 2026, at the Fondation Rilke, Sierre. Free admission.
OPENING RECEPTION on September 4, 2026, at 6:30 p.m.
