Swiss artist Alice Bailly (1872 Geneva – 1938 Lausanne) lived in Paris from 1906 to 1914, where she developed her own distinctive futurist and Cubist approaches. In 1918 – 19, she took part in Dada events in Zurich and joined the ‘Das Neue Leben’ group. It was during this period that she created her innovative wool pictures (‘tableaux-laine’), which are now being shown at the Kunsthaus. Working in Lausanne from 1923 onwards, Bailly retained contacts in German-speaking Switzerland. She was regarded as one of the most modern artists of her time, rejecting gender-specific categorization and traditional female roles.

The presentation is an exchange with the Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts in Lausanne, where a retrospective marking 100 years since the death of Félix Vallotton is taking place in the city of his birth, with substantial loans from the Kunsthaus.

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Ill.: Alice Bailly, Rade de Genève ou Vol de mouettes, 1915 , Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne