20th CenturyFine ArtSwiss

Alexander Müllegg – Swiss River Landscape

Landscape by Swiss Artist Alexander Muellegg.  Possibly somewhere along the river Aare in the artist’s native Bern region.
Dimensions: 44 x 30 cm

Alexander Müllegg

1904 – 1983 Bern, Switzerland

Also known as: Alexander Muellegg


Alexander Müllegg was a Bernese painter and illustrator who is best known for his depictions of the elegant women of Bern during the 1930s and 40s as well as soft toned landscapes of the region around Bern, Switzerland.  He was a friend of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.  Muelleg’s works were regularly exhibited in the German regions of Switzerland during his lifetime, including an exposition in Bern in 1946 where his works were featured alongside the work of the French Nabis painter Edouard Vuillard.