"Albert Henry John Gos (born April 6, 1852 in Geneva, † June 23, 1942)
was a Swiss musician, composer, landscape painter and author. As an admirer of
the high mountains, he became to some extent the "court painter" of
the Matterhorn.
In Geneva, a street is named after Albert Gos, the
"Rue Albert-Gos".
Albert Gos studied violin at the conservatory in
Geneva. As a professional violinist he
received the prize of the conservatory in 1870.
Several years after Alexandre Calame's death,
Albert Gos was asked by his widow to play with her in the unchanged studio of
the late Swiss painter. The discovery of Calame's paintings led Albert Gos to
pursue the second career of a painter, spending a semester studying with
Barthélemy Menn. As an admirer of the high mountains, he became to some extent
the "court painter" of the Matterhorn.
Several times Gos was awarded prizes. In 1880 he
won (before Ferdinand Hodler) the first "Diday Prize" and in 1887
(again before Hodler) the "Calame Prize". His works have been shown
at major events, such as the Royal Academy in London in 1880 and the World's
Fair in Paris in 1900, where he won a medal. Gos’ paintings are in museums of
Switzerland and the USA (Louisville, Buffalo and Brooklyn / New York).
In 1942, Albert Gos published the autobiography Souvenirs d'un peintre de montagne (Memories of a mountain painter)." excerpted from AskArt.com