Foundation Gottfried Keller

The Fondation Gottfried Keller is a artistic Fondation Suisse, managed since 1891 by the federal Administration of finances.

History

In 1890, Lydia Welti-Escher, girl of Alfred Escher and marries of the son of the federal adviser Emil Welti, bequeaths its inheritance to the Swiss Confédération with an aim of creating the foundation which bears the name of the writer Gottfried Keller.

This one acquires significant works Swiss artists and foreigners deceased and demounting in the museums or gives them to their site of origin (stalls of Saint-Urbain). Its collection includes/understands more than 7500 paintings, sculptures and objets d'art, deposited in a hundred Swiss museums.

Acquisitions

The foundation in particular acquired the convent of Saint-Georges with Stein amndt Rhein in 1926 as well as the Wocher panorama of Thoune in 1960. It contributed to the safeguard of old buildings by repurchasing their interior installation (the Château of Wülflingen to Winterthour, the house Supersaxo with Sion or the Palais Freuler with Näfels). Its inheritance melted during the 20th century and it could achieve its goals only thanks to the additional help of the Confederation.

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