The Decorator from Bischofszell – A Lecture on Antoni Albert Libiszewski. June 14th, 2025
You are warmly invited to an afternoon for all those passionate about history, art, and Polish–Swiss cultural ties!
The Decorator from Bischofszell – A Lecture on Antoni Albert Libiszewski
📍 Polish Museum in Rapperswil, Burghof House – Hauptplatz 8
📅 Saturday, 14 June 2025
🕑 2:00 PM
In the second half of the 19th century, a Polish man named Albert Libiszewski settled in eastern Switzerland – in the small town of Bischofszell, in the canton of Thurgau. He founded a large family and a decorative painting business. Anton Albert Libiszewski adorned local buildings with his artwork and created stage sets for theatres and photographic studios. Today, many of these works no longer exist – the buildings have been renovated or demolished, and the painted backdrops were never meant to last.
The Historical Museum in Bischofszell preserves a handful of his unique pieces and photographs documenting his work and the Libiszewski family.
In this illustrated lecture, historian and former museum curator Alexandra M. Rückert traces the artistic and personal journey of this forgotten Polish decorative painter using archival materials and historical photos.
Alexandra M. Rückert
Studied history and Dutch language and literature at the University of Zurich (CH) and Leiden University (NL).
From 1997 to 2021, she worked as a historian in several institutions including the Swiss Federal Archives in Bern, the Archives of Contemporary History at ETH Zurich, and museums such as the Swiss National Museum in Zurich, Museum Aargau, Thurgau History Museum, and the Historical Museum in Bischofszell.
