The Appenzell peasant painter Albert Manser was already considered one of the most important representatives of naive painting during his lifetime. Growing up on a farm on the Hirschberg near Appenzell, he showed artistic talent at an early age. During his apprenticeship as a pastry chef in St. Gallen, his teacher and collector of Senntummalerei, Jakob Spörri, familiarized him with art and encouraged him to create paintings based on traditional models. From 1967 Albert Manser dedicated himself exclusively to painting. Manser achieved popularity across borders with his richly illustrated children's books "Albertli: The Story of an Appenzeller Farm Boy" and "Barbara". An exhibition in the United States even drew the attention of the N...