Month & Year: October 2026
Swiss Artists: Albert Anker, Ferdinand Hodler, Augusto Giacometti, Giovanni Giacometti and more
We had the rare privilege of a private visit with Christoph Blocher, who showed us part of the collection he has built with his wife Silvia Blocher. It’s one of the most significant private collections of Swiss art in the world, with over 600 works, far more than any walls can hold.
The heart of the collection is Albert Anker’s tender portraits of village children and Ferdinand Hodler’s monumental Alpine landscapes. Christoph and Silvia focuses above all on Hodler’s mountain paintings. Around them are works by Segantini, the Giacomettis, Amiet and Vallotton. Together they trace Swiss painting from Realism to early modernism.
We both grew up in canton Zurich and the visit made us wish we had learned about these wonderful Swiss artists at school. It was a delightful discovery. We were mesmerized by the paintings and amazed bei their beauty and we even found several oil paintings we would love to collect ourselves. Scroll through the gallery below for a glimpse of what we saw.
Discover Christoph and Silvia Blochers private collection: https://www.blocher.ch/wp-content/uploads/si_20220107_030.pdf
