François Knopf - wildlife painter - unusual paintings

My life as painter from 1954

from 1954  1960  1963  1965  1970  1974 1978  1980 1981  1982  1983  1983suite  1984  1985  1986  1987 1989  1990  1992  1995  1997  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004 2005 2006  2007  2008

THE GRANDS PARENTS  

  lino engraver in 1954 :      

Bern in 1957 

I was born in Lausanne, Switzerland  in 1939. Later on my parents went to live in Bern.

TEXTE JUNIOR YEARS 

watercolor in 1956 :   

TEXT  FIRST STEPS  IN PAINTING 

My first steps in painting :

Following years >>

  

View from our flat Mottastr 49, Bern, 1954

  Mottastr 49, Bern, Switzerland 1956

Bundesplatz, Bern, Switzerland 1954

   

Bern, drawing 30x21cm May 1956

    

Watercolor 30x21cm August 17, 1954

                Bern, pastel 31x25cm 1959

                 Pastel 45x28cm April 1957

            Bld de Grancy 3, Lausanne, 1959

In 1959 my parents move from Bern to Lausanne

 

Aquarelle 45x28cm 1960

 

Aquarelle 45x28cm 1960

 

Aquarelle 45x28cm 1960