Albert Anker and Bern

My housemate and I wanted to see the exhibition of Albert Anker's paintings in Bern, but we weren't sure we would be able to find the tme. Then a window of opportunity opened up and we jumped on a train. Anker is an 19-20th century Swiss painter who seems a cross between Bruegel, Rockwell and Mary Cassett. His paintings of Swiss coutnry life are rich with details and the more you look at them, the more you see in them.

Bern has always been one of my loved cities with its medieval arched centre, imaginative fountains, olive green buildings, rivers.

We treated ourselves to a lunch of fish on a bed of black polenta (octopus ink) fennel flavoured with chutney and saffron and chocolate mousse cake. And of course we could not come back with out buying one of those thick, seed ladened pretzels.

Here's some photos.




This is NOT a building front. It is cloth covering scaffolding.



The tree is really a flower-flanked fountain.



A truck is filled with cleaning tools.



This Backerei has wonderful tile.



An antique book store window.