By Philippe and the Lumen Team

An artist who must be approached with care

Some artists must be gently encouraged — even tenderly negotiated with — because each of their paintings is a private territory they hesitate to let go. Artemis Irenäus von Baste is unmistakably one of them.

For a long time, the Gallery Les Koronin showed only her self-portraits — all of which found collectors almost instantly. But her alpine landscapes, abundant and vibrant, remained lined up quietly in her Swiss workshop. “Not those yet…,” she would say. She wished to keep them close, like silent memories.

Mountains that breathe

After many conversations — and a few humorous negotiations (our Artemis Irenäus can be as stubborn as a rock, smile) — she finally agreed to reveal some of them: oil paintings where the mountains seem to breathe in the light.

Some were painted outdoors, on an easel in the heights above Arosa or deep in the alpine grasses of the Grisons, near the Engadine. Others are entirely recomposed: woven from sketches, fragments of recollection, or pure imagination.
So there is no need to search for the Weisshorn, the Tiejer Flue, or a hint of the Guggernellgrat. Artemis Irenäus blends, rearranges, invents, dreams. She gathers several summits into one, adds a slope from Praden, a ray of Passugg light, or the atmosphere of an afternoon remembered.

Artemis Irenäus von Baste - AIVB

Artemis Irenäus von Baste, Paris, Oktober 2025.

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