Christoph Kalbermatten
- 2025-04-28
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- 2025-04-27
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Dietmar Thumm
Category : (water-)skiingDocs , BicycleDocs , CookDocs , HikingDocs , managerDocs , photographyDocs , SingerDocs
Originally from Basel, he has lived in Central Switzerland for over 45 years. As a qualified eye surgeon, he runs the Zentravis eye practice at Bahnhofplatz in Lucerne and is a co-founder of the Sursee Eye Day Clinic. He also initiated an optical chain with the integration of ophthalmic diagnostics into the eyewear business and a so-called one-price policy, Doctor-Eyepoint. “Central Switzerland is a paradise. Being able to live and/or work here is a privilege.”
He builds model trains in H0 and H0m scales with the themes of Göschenen and Disentis (planned).
He likes steam locomotives and steamships and is a member of the Lake Lucerne Steamship Company.
He sings in the Basel Theater Choir (due to lack of time…).
He enjoys hiking, skiing, cycling, concerts and cinema, as well as traditional and popular Swiss folk theater.
He shoots videos, edits, and creates his own soundtrack.
He also enjoys cooking, spending time outdoors and playing games like “The Settlers of Catan…”
- 2025-03-26
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- 2023-09-15
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Reto Eberhard Rast
Category : ArtDocs , biologyDocs , HistoryDocs
Reto Eberhard Rast (*1973)
Was raised in St. Moritz and lives with his family in Lucerne. Despite an inner urge to paint and several awards at a young age, he decided to study medicine, followed by additional studies in history and biology. He worked as a family doctor, teacher and lecturer. As a Red Cross delegate, he carried out missions in countries hit by natural disasters and epidemics. He also worked as an illustrator and art assistant. In 2021, he gave up his practice and has been working as a freelance artist ever since. For one semester he attended courses in figure drawing and engraving at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Reto Eberhard Rast intends his paintings as ‘poetic realism’, stylistically. His aim is to render the beauty of nature’s nuances and to express his appreciation of colour and form. Expressive chromatic harmonies are more important to him than naturalistic reproduction. He uses an impasto painting style, with patterns on textured surfaces, that are enhanced by the use of glazes.
