Mosaics by Eugen Schüepp

Born in Beringen/SH in 1915, Eugen Schüepp trained as a baker and confectioner in his father's tradition during his first apprenticeship and took over his parents' business. He followed his passion early on with an additional teaching position at the trade school in Schaffhausen, which earned him the title of "painting master baker" in professional circles. Finally, in 1959, he made the decision that had long been prepared and forced upon him by his talent and inclination: he gave up the material security of the profession he had first learned in order to pursue his true vocation. An outward sign of this was his move to Liechtenstein, his adopted home, where he built a house with a studio and subsequently lived as a freelance artist and real estate teacher. Eugen Schüepp was one of Liechtenstein's outstanding, but rather lesser-known artists of the 20th century. On his 100th birthday, two of his mosaics were placed under a preservation order. The "Ottilie" mosaic made of natural stone was installed at the parental home of Eugen Schüepp's daughter after being relocated. The mosaic depicts a song of praise for intellectual conversation between people, but above all for the type who listens with their whole soul. In addition to the "Ottilie" mosaic, the "Mühleholz Procession" mosaic was also placed under a preservation order. It depicts the "Pestkappile", which had to make way for road construction in 1971 and was moved to the Schaaner Dux forest.