URBANITÉS. Four painters’ views of the city (1960-2010). Armand Niquille, Dominique Appia, Andreas His, Émilienne Farny.

Book published on the occasion of the thematic exhibition on the city, organized by the Fondation Armand Niquille, held at the SwissBierMuseum Cardinal, on the Bluefactory Fribourg site, from September 29, 2023 to January 28, 2024. Aiming to bring together the view of the city through the work of Armand Niquille (1912-1996) and that of three other 20th-century Swiss artists, Geneva painter Dominique Appia (1926-2017), Basel painter Andreas His (1928-2011) and Vaud artist Émilienne Farny (1938-2014), the exhibition features over sixty paintings from Swiss museums and public and private collections. The bilingual French/German publication features color reproductions of all the exhibited paintings, numerous critical texts by specialists in the fields of visual arts, architecture and urban planning, and descriptions of the sections by exhibition curator Philippe Geinoz. Bilingual French/German, 128 p. CHF 39.-

Publication edited on the occasion of the inauguration of the Esplanade Armand-Niquille. Richly illustrated, it is written by fifteen very different authors, such as former students of the artist, who was then a drawing teacher at Saint-Michel College, who reveal memories and anecdotes tinged with humour and affection. A contribution retraces the history of this place through the centuries, while other personal testimonies complete the portrait of Armand Niquille. Available in French or German CHF 20.00

Publication edited on the occasion of the inauguration of the Esplanade Armand-Niquille. Richly illustrated, it is written by fifteen very different authors, such as former students of the artist, who was then a drawing teacher at Saint-Michel College, who reveal memories and anecdotes tinged with humour and affection. A contribution retraces the history of this place through the centuries, while other personal testimonies complete the portrait of Armand Niquille. Available in French or German CHF 20.00    

Monograph on Armand Niquille on the twentieth anniversary of his death. Through the perspective of a dozen authors—writers, historians, art historians, theologians, and artists—the different subjects treated by the artist, Niquille, come to a new light. CHF 25.00

Fictionalized biography of Armand Niquille by the Fribourg author Claude Luezior, student, friend, and admirer of the artist. CHF 30.00

Elaborately illustrated work written and composed by Jacques  Biolley of late paintings by the artist that evoke his vision of “reality” and of “images of the sacred”. CHF 60.00

Publication on the occasion of the second solo exhibition of Armand Niquille at the Musée d’art et d’histoire de Fribourg. French text by Michel Terrapon and German text by Anton Bertschy. Collection Artistes fribourgeois n°3, 1976

In this volume Niquille gives us his thoughts and intimate reflections on his faith, his paintings, his approach to the real and religious world.  Work published for his 80^th birthday.

Monograph on Armand Niquille by Claude Pochon. The author, himself an art critic, connoisseur and amateur of the artist’s work, delivers a fine and delicate study of his oeuvre, approaching it through the theme of the duality between the diurnal and nocturnal paintings.  

Catalog published on the occasion of the first solo exhibition of Armand Niquille at the Art and History Museum of Fribourg in 1966. Forward by Marcel Strub, texts by Roland Ruffieux, professor of history at the University of Fribourg, and Fred de Diesbach.