Graphic Arts Days

Who was Jean Planque, and how did this young man from the canton of Vaud – who had neither wealth nor any formal artistic training – manage to build up such an extraordinary collection?

Through works by Cézanne, Monet, Picasso, Klee, Bonnard and Dubuffet, this guided tour invites you to discover his unique journey, his perspective and the encounters that shaped his collection.

As part of the ‘Journées des arts graphiques’, the Musée Jenisch Vevey invites you to meet Guillaume Ehinger, winner of the 2026 Nestlé Young Art Prize, and Marie Gaitzsch, curator of fine art.

Guillaume Ehinger, born in 1988 and a graduate of the École cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL), lives and works in Vevey. Working at the intersection of abstraction and figuration, his practice explores painting in its spatial and installation-based dimensions. His large-format paintings, consisting of coloured planes, are reminiscent of minimalist landscapes onto which everyone can project their own memories and experiences.

“I am fascinated by the simple things of everyday life – things we don’t take the time to look at, yet which our brains still store: a crack in the floor, the unlikely composition of a summer sky … It has been liberating to realise that I have the right to pause and observe things, and to remain open to smells, images and little coincidences.”

— Guillaume Ehinger

In an open discussion, the artist and Marie Gaitzsch will talk about his artistic approach, his sources of inspiration and his relationship with colour and landscape.

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