DIRK FILARSKI (1885-1964)
Les Diablerets (3, 210m - 10, 531ft)
Switzerland
The mountain
Les Diablerets (3, 210m - 10, 531ft) are a mountain range of the Bernese Alps, located on the borders of the cantons of Vaud, Valais and Bern. From west to east, it is composed of the following main summits: the Culan (2,789 m), the Tête Ronde (3,037 m), the summit of Diablerets (3,210 m), the Sex Rouge (2,971 m), the Ttoldenhorn or Becca d'Audon (3, 123 m), the Sanetschhore or Mount Brun (2 924 m), the Gstellihorn (2, 820 m), the Schluchhore (2, 579 m) and the Mittaghore (2, 334 m). The Oldenhorn, the Scex Rouge and the summit of the Diablerets seen from the north-west, from the peak Chaussy. It is possible to ski there, not only in winter but also in summer on the Tsanfleuron glacier, connected to the village of Diablerets by a cable car, inaugurated in 1964 on the occasion of the National Exhibition and replaced in 1999.
The painter
Dirk Herman Willem Filarski was a Dutch painter belonging to the Bergen School. In 1912, Filarski left for Switzerland . He lived in Clarens with the musician Nico Ebels, who was married to Lien Smorenberg, the sister of his friend. Dirk Smorenberg also stayed with the Ebels family. In the period 1912-1914 Filarski and Smorenberg painted mountain landscapes with striking color accents (purple, pink, lilac blue, light and dark green). With this use of color, Filarski belonged to the movement of the moderns (the 'Blauwen') within the Artists ' Association Sint Lucas .
Filarski stayed between 1912 and 1917 for longer periods in Switzerland and Italy (Lago Maggiore). In 1913 he returned to the Netherlands by the death of his mother. After her funeral, he worked for some time in Drenthe . In 1915 and 1916 he was working in Amsterdam, Bergen and Schoorldam. In 1917 he wandered through the Bernese Oberland and painted dozens of mountain landscapes in which dark colors (like above) became more dominant compared to the works from the period 1912-1914.
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