Louis Moilliet

Life & Legacy

Louis René Moilliet (6 October 1880 – 24 August 1962) was a Swiss painter, watercolourist and stained-glass artist. He trained in Bern and at art schools in Germany, and later spent a study period in Rome. He became connected with the circle of Der Blaue Reiter in Munich, and in 1914 travelled to Tunisia with Paul Klee and August Macke. His work was influenced by Robert Delaunay’s Orphism, and later centred on watercolour and stained-glass commissions. He represented Switzerland at the 31st Venice Biennale in 1962.