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When Julius Voegtli died in 1944, the local media took little notice of his passing. It took more than seventy years for Julius Voegtli’s artistic legacy to be rediscovered. This was not due to chance but to the tireless work of his grandson Hans Vögtli. He never got to know his grandfather personally, but his father told him many exciting stories about Julius Voegtli’s life and work. Therefore, it became almost an obsession to bring his grandfather back from oblivion even at a young age. His prevailing passion was to grant his ancestor the recognition as an artist of distinction and international importance that had eluded him during his lifetime. In 2016, Hans Vögtli addressed the public for the first time. He asked citizens in Malters, Biel, and the surrounding area to help him trace the legacies and paintings of his grandfather. He was met with a surprisingly positive response.