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Katharina von Arx (full name Edith Catherine Drilhon-von Arx).〔 〕 (b. April 5, 1928 – d. October 25, 2013) was a journalist and artist known for her travel writing and restoration of the Maison du Prieuré in Romainmôtier, a national heritage site in Switzerland. She is also known for promoting utopian visions in her writing as well as in a textile art project called Histoires des villes (History of Cities). ==Life== Von Arx was born in a town called Niedergösgen (Kt. Solothurn) near Zurich, Switzerland.〔 〕〔 In 1933 her family moved to Zurich, where she attended school including graduating from a trade school for women in 1947.〔 She was restless and curious by nature and according to her daughter, fascinated by stories, whether they be spoken, written or depicted pictorially.〔 〕〔 From 1952 to 1953 she studied drawing at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna where she met Friedrich Hundertwasser who became a mentor and longtime friend.〔〔 〕〔 Hundertwasser told her to paint what she feared to make it more tolerable.〔〔 She left the academy at age 25 to travel the world, drawing, painting, translating and even singing Swiss folk songs in the streets to earn money to live and move on to the next place. In the end she circled the globe in the northern hemisphere.〔 〕〔 As a travel writer, she was sent to the Tonga Islands in the Pacific. Here she met journalist and photographer Freddy Drilhon, to whom she was married until his death in 1976.〔 The couple had one daughter, Fréderiqué Drilhon von Arx, born in 1958.〔〔 During a family vacation in 1959, the couple found a medieval building called the ''Maison du Prieuré'' (Priory House), located in the small town of Romainmôtier in Switzerland.〔 At the time, it was in danger of being demolished by local authorities, but Katharina fell in love with it and the couple bought it to settle down and raise their child.〔 Despite being over fifteen centuries old and visited by kings, it had become forgotten and was in decrepit condition. Katharina worked to save the building, writing about, promoting its historical value and founding a private association dedicated to saving it.〔〔 It took thirty years to raise the money and restore the building and today it is a national monument.〔〔〔 She lived in the house for over fifty years, until her death in 2013 at age 85.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Katharina von Arx」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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