Mural, Alois Carigiet (1902-1985)

The father of "Schellen-Ursli" was more than just a children's book illustrator. Almost everything that the Grisons native touched became a success. As Carigiet said, wall painting belonged to the oldest art form of mankind for him. For the paintings and drawings he chose motifs from the environment that most influenced him: landscapes, farmers, animals, still life.

In 1955, the popular Grisons artist was commissioned to embellish the facade of the then Globus department store on Chur's Kornplatz with a mural. The mural was placed under protection by the cantonal preservation authority some 40 years later. The painting is dominated by the color values orange and green and consists of three superimposed parts. Below: packhorse with oat sack. In the middle: hemmer with barrel, two diverging goats, falcon. Above: country girl with a basket of fruit, three doves. The hemmer and the packhorse refer to the former importance of Chur as a transhipment point for transalpine trade. The goats, together with the falcon, embody the serving animal kingdom. The chained falcon is also supposed to symbolize the trapped evil spirits, while the flying doves stand for the free good spirits. The mural belongs to the series of important commissioned works of the painter Alois Carigiet.



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