Adolf Dietrich (1877-1957) Swiss Naive Painter

Garden with Geraniums on the Windowsill, 1933

Early Spring in Berlingen, 1922

Adolf Dietrich is the most celebrated Swiss naïve artist. Born to the poor farmers family, he was the youngest of seven children, and was needed as a farmhand. All his life he lived in his parents house and remained a bachelor. Besides the farm, he worked at a local textile mill, painting only on Sundays. He never received any formal training, his works were exhibited for the first time in 1913, in Germany, where he received some recognition. By 1937 he was considered as the principal representative of naive art.

Neighbor's Garden in Autumn, 1931

Still Life with Salamader, 1928

Girl with a Beetle, 1923

December Scene with Hunter, 1921

November Sun, 1941

Winter Landscape, 1933

Sleeping Child, 1932

Sinking of the Rheinfall, 1935

Angora Guinea Pigs-Family, 1951

The Artist's Father

Balbo Lying on the Lawn, 1955

Flowering Cactus Snake, 1944

Pepper Bird, 1927

Still Life with Flowers, 1928

Bunch of Fuchsias in a Blue Vase, 1938

View on Berlingen Towards Reichenau, 1924

Kingfisher in Winter Landscape, 1953

Spring on the Lake, 1919

Winter Landscape, 1940

Still Life with Asters, 1936

Laburnum, 1928

Self portrait, 1932

Children Tobogganing, 1934