Third prize Métiers d’art & Patrimoine - Emmanuelle Zem Rohner, decorative painter and heritage decorator in Geneva

This prize rewards a craftswoman who excels in the conservation of movable and built heritage.

In the skilled hands of Emmanuelle Zem Rohner, painting becomes polymorphous: it takes on the appearance of wood, marble, moldings and tapestries just as easily thanks to skilful brushstrokes. When reproducing a setting, the artist studies his subjects in depth, mixes the pigments to find the appropriate shade and thus recreates the desired illusion. This precious know-how, it puts it in particular at the service of heritage, as evidenced by its delicate work carried out with care at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. The monumental staircases of this institution have indeed regained their former elegance in the form of a tapestry scrupulously reproduced by our master of artifice.

Full list:

https://metiersdart.ch/fr_CH/prix-metiers-d-art-suisse/palmares

See as well:

https://metiersdart.ch/fr_CH/metiers-d-art/repertoire-artisan/zem-rohner-emmanuelle

Photo des escaliers monumentaux du Grand Théâtre de Genève avant l’incendie de 1951   ©

Photo avant les travaux de restauration   © Zem Rohner

Sondage avant intervention   © Zem Rohner

Premier essai de reconstitution sur toile avec le sondage de référence au-dessus   © Zem Rohner

Travail au chablon, ce qui permet d’avoir des dessins très nets   © Zem Rohner

Le sondage est conservé et intégré au décor reconstitué   © Zem Rohner

Décor de tapisserie dans les escaliers monumentaux à la fin des travaux de 2016-2018   © Zem Rohner