Galleria degli Amici
Alice Schmid-Disler (*1906 - †1990), 2nd generation of the owner-managers' family and daughter of the hotel founder, loved to maintain friendly relations with artists and painters from all over Europe. In order to share her most treasured works with hotel guests, she set up the Galleria degli Amici (Gallery of Friends) in the corridor leading from the second floor to the garden.
Between 1978 and 1983, in collaboration with the master painters Prof. Thomas F. Dürr (*1931 - †2009) and Prof. Karl W. von Hagenlocher (*1909 - †2008), the Hotel International au Lac hosted the "Ferien-Mal-Akademien" (holiday painting academies), i.e. weeks dedicated to painting with participants mainly from Germany, who under the motto "painters see Lake Lugano" immortalized the beautiful landscapes of our region on canvas. Various works from these painting academies are on display in the Galleria degli Amici.
"In the Hotel International Paintings and Music Performances" & Diplomatic Incident..., 10.3MB - Deutsch/ Italiano
Südschweiz, 1983
"Painting Schools on the Move in Lake Lugano", 1.6MB - Deutsch
Südschweiz, 1982
"5 Years of Stuttgart Painting Schools in Lugano", 4.0MB - Deutsch
Südschweiz, 1982
"Painting Course Successfully Completed", 8.2MB - Deutsch
Südschweiz, 1981
"Another Painting Course in Lugano", 4.0MB - Deutsch
Südschweiz, 1980
"Painting Course at Lake Lugano", 2.0MB - Deutsch
Südschweiz, 1980
"See - Look - Paint", 4.4MB - Deutsch
Südschweiz, 1979
Oil painting on canvas project Hotel International au Lac
Oil painting on canvas of 1905, project Hotel International au Lac.
Statue of Saint Bernard de Clairvaux
Saint Bernard de Clairvaux is the patron saint of the barkeepers.
Madonna with child of Bernardino Luini
Picture on display at the Taverna degli Angeli on the 1st floor, depicting a fresco of the church next to the hotel.
Claude Monet, author falsification by Daniele Dondé
Author falsification by Daniele Dondé, the declared reproduction of a painting that is legitimately created 70 years after the death of its author Claude Monet.
The ancient Persian carpet of the Lobby-Bar
The anecdote of the wrong carpet sold to the Palace of the Swiss Federal Assembly...
Portrait and statue of Michail Ignátieff
Balalaika concert soloist, valued guest and friend within the walls of this hotel.
Galleria degli Amici
A pictorial art gallery to share with hotel guests Alice Schmid-Disler's most treasured works.
Galleria Emil Vogel
Great-grandfather's collection of paintings brought together in a pictorial art gallery.