Former head of the Media Center at the Cantonal and University Library (BCU) of Fribourg, a passionate specialist in photography and cinema, Emmanuel Schmutz was for many years a member of the board of the Armand Niquille Foundation. Through his expertise and sensitivity, he contributed to enhancing the appreciation of the artist’s work. In the […]

From the 1990s, Bruno Maillard, a well-known photographer from Fribourg, produced a series of black-and-white portraits of people with whom he had a special relationship, gradually building up a panorama, a personal universe. Armand Niquille, his teacher at Collège St-Michel, is one of these “constellation of friendships”. The photographer took this frontal portrait of the […]

In the context of the thematic exhibition Urbanités. Four painters’ views of the city (1960-2010), the Fondation Armand Niquille is hosting a third round table (in French), open to the public, in the heart of the exhibition. Entitled Aménager la ville. Évolution des pratiques urbanistiques it will be led by three specialists in the field: […]

In the context of the exhibition URBANITÉS, the Fondation Armand Niquille is hosting a round-table discussion on the theme of “Representing the city, from 1950 to the present day” (in French), with Prof. Thomas Hunkeler, Professor of Literature at the University of Fribourg, Prof. Marc-Henry Soulet, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Fribourg, […]

In the context of the exhibition URBANITÉS, the Fondation Armand Niquille is organizing three round-table discussions with specialists in architecture, urban planning and urban practices, as well as historians of the built environment. Free of charge and open to the public, they will be held in the heart of the exhibition, at Bluefactory. The first […]

FOUR PAINTERS’ VIEWS OF THE CITY The Fondation Armand Niquille is presenting a major exhibition featuring paintings by the Fribourg artist and works by three other Swiss artists: Dominique Appia (1926-2017) from Geneva, Andreas His (1928-2011) from Basel and Émilienne Farny (1938-2014) from Vaud. Entitled URBANITÉS, the exhibition brings together some sixty paintings in the […]

Created in 1955 for the Church of Christ-Roi in Fribourg and composed of 14 tempera panels on a gold background, Armand Niquille’s famous Stations of the Cross seduced Father Antoine de Roquefeuil, the  priest of the Church of St. Paul in Étouvie in Amiens (F). He wished to offer his faithful a copy of the […]

To accompany the recognition given to the artist, who is now present in the heart of his city with an esplanade named after him, the foundation has published a richly illustrated book written by fifteen very different authors: former students, for example, through deliberately short and light texts, reveal memories and anecdotes tinged with humour […]

On 24 September 2022, in the presence of the authorities of the City and State of Fribourg, the Esplanade Armand-Niquille was inaugurated. The many people present at this event discovered the bronze commemorative plaque that the foundation commissioned from the artist Marc Monteleone, an admirer and great connoisseur of Niquille’s work. It shows a portrait […]

In 1992, journalist Pierre Gremaud, with his subtile and delicate pen, made in La Gruyère a touching portrait of Armand Niquille who was then celebrating his 80th birthday. That year, the Musée d’art et d’histoire of Fribourg devoted an important retrospective exhibition to the artist, at the same time as the book “Le Veilleur de […]

On the occasion of the workshop “Succession of Artists” organized by the Swiss Institute for the Study of Art (SIK-ISEA) and the Art and History Museum of Fribourg as part of its exhibition “Living Memories. Contemporary creation and heritage”, the Armand Niquille Foundation is pleased to present the activities and projects it develops to promote […]

At the center of the exhibition Au café. Un soif de société presently on display at the Musée d’art et d’histoire de Fribourg, the visitor will be able to view in an exceptional setting the painting by the artist titled “Babylone la grande prostituée et la Bête aux sept têtes” (1944).   Do not miss […]