![Chuva (rain), xylograph by Oswaldo Goeldi, 1953.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/goeldi-titel-300x225.jpg)
Between the ocean and the Alps
In Brazil, illustrator and graphic artist Oswaldo Goeldi is considered a master of the art of expressionist xylography – the art of engraving on wood. In Switzerland, the work of this Swiss-Brazilian dual national is yet to be discovered.
Father was a pioneer in Amazon research
![Portrait of Emil August Göldi, 1915.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/emil-august-goeldi-298x300.jpg)
![Oswaldo Goeldi in his studio.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/oswaldo-goeldi-297x300.jpg)
Between two worlds
![Pescador (Fisherman), by Oswaldo Goeldi, circa 1928.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/fischer-300x229.jpg)
Unconventional – in life and in art
![Chuva (rain), xylograph by Oswaldo Goeldi, 1953.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/goeldi-titel-300x225.jpg)