Eugenio Schmidhauser @ MASI Lugano

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Eugenio Schmidhauser @ MASI Lugano

March 26th, 2025 by fstop

©Eugenio Schmidhauser

Eugenio Schmidhauser
Until 12 October

“MASI Lugano presents the first museum exhibition dedicated to the photographer Eugenio Schmidhauser (Seon, 1876 – Astano, 1952). With a selection of around 90 vintage photographs and new prints from original glass plate negatives, the show is an opportunity to rediscover a photographer who has always been viewed as playing a key role in shaping the image of tourism in the Ticino area. As well as offering an overview of the main elements of Eugenio Schmidhauser’s work, for the first time, the show presents a number of significant artistic prints that the photographer exhibited in important international shows in the early twentieth century. A selection of his best-known images – his famous series of postcards or the illustrations for the 1906 publication Fröhliches Volk im Tessin – is accompanied by a number of previously unexhibited works dedicated to the Appenzell regione, offering a broader view of his tourism-related images. Lastly, there is a special section dedicated to Astano, the village he developed a special bond with, regularly capturing its streets, scenery and people from the beginning of the century until 1950.”

MASI Lugano
Lugano, Switzerland

Location: Lugano, Switzerland Type: Exhibition

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