Service

In our store we show you exquisite picture frames of all periods and special mouldings for modern paintings and drawings. For individual productions we will be glad to advise you in a personal conversation and design mouldings and frames exactly according to your wishes. A visit without obligation will convince you of the high quality of our work.

Frames →

Modern frames →

Gilding →

Restoration →

Antique frames →

References

Museums

Kunsthaus Zurich
Museum of Art, Aarau
Museum of Art, Winterthur
National Museum, Zurich
Public Collections

Collection E. G. Bührle, Zurich
Museum Oskar Reinhart, Winterthur
Museum Oskar Reinhart at the Römerholz, Winterthur
Art Collection City of Zürich
Galleries

Antiquarian bookshop August Laube, Zurich
Gallery Andrea Caratsch, St.Moritz
Gallery Bruno Bischofberger, Männedorf
Gallery Renée Ziegler, Zurich
J & P Fine Art, Zurich
Gallery Karsten Greve, St.Moritz
Römer Fine Art, Zurich
Barr & Ochsner, Zurich
Gallery von Vertes, Zurich
Gallery Verna, Zurich
Gallery Cuéllar, Zurich
Gallery Tobias Mueller, Zurich
Auctioneers

Koller Auctions, Zurich
Sotheby's, Zurich
Christies, Zurich
Griesebach, Zurich
  and private collectors.

Special

Italian baroque →

Tabernacle → 

About us

The frame sets a beautiful painting in scene, but it is not perceived by the viewer as a work of art in its own right. Framers and gilders work with sensitivity in the background.' - Markus Schoeni

 

Markus Schoeni
Master Gilder

T  +41 44 260 30 36
info@schoenirahmen.ch

Professional background

1984-1987
Training as gilder in Basel at the Tobias Loeffel studio /EFZ 1987

1988-1991
Atelier Frey Basel-Zürich

1991-1995
Collaboration of studios in Basel and London

1995/96
Master School for Gilders in Munich

1996-1997
Gilding Studio at Hans Kellner in Munich

Sept 97-2000
Establishment of my own studio in Basel

Since May 2000
My own studio in Zurich

Further education:
- Weekly carving courses 1989-1994
- "Conservation Framing", Centro del bel Libro, Ascona
Other activities:
2003-05 ÜK Instructor and Expert LAP
2005-2014 Chief Expert LAP/IPA
Member of the professional association SVBR
 
Team:
  • Françoise Binet, Administration & Advertising
  • Ramona Giordani-Lottini, gilder-restorer EFZ
  • Shanna Nufer, gilder-restorer EFZ (MoA/dipl. restorer)
  • Mina Karrer, gilder-framer EFZ
  • Adina Trindler, apprentice

Media

Craft with a chalky bottom (Zürcher Landzeitung, September 30, 2010)
Everything runs smoothly at the St. Galler Globus (Tages-Anzeiger of June 1, 2008)

Contact

The studio and the store are located in the center of Zurich, 300m from the Kunsthaus Zurich. Visitor parking is available if you come by car.  By public transport, take
  • tram 5, 6, 8 or 9 to “Kunsthaus” or
  • tram 11, 15 or Forchbahn to “Kreuzplatz” or
  • bus 31 to Sprecherstrasse.