f his family began to resort to woodcarvingas his principal occupation. Woodcarving as a regular industry has had itsseat in the Bernese Oberland since the early partof the last century. At that time ChristianFischer, an exceptionally clever turner at Brienz,produced such wonderful objects in wood… … WIMUKARYING FROM BRIENZ IVoodcarving in Switzerland even started to give systematic instructions to anumber of novices. Thus he really laid the foun-dation stone of the now famous vvoodcarvingschool in Brienz. The remarkable work of Christian Fischer wasbrought to the attention of the authorities…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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