Nelly Roch

NELLY ROCH (BERTOLI.)
SWISS CITIZEN BORN IN GENEVA 19 AUGUST 1929.
ARTIST - REPORTER - DECORATOR.
ATTENDED THE SECONDARY GIRLS SCHOOL “ECOLE DES JEUNES FILLES DE GENEVE.”
OBTAINED THE "CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL CERTIFICATE."
DIPLOMED FROM THE “ECOLE DES ARTS DECORATIFS.” GENEVA.
DIPLOMED FROM THE “ECOLE DES BEAUX ARTS.” GENEVA.
NELLY ROCH'S FIRST JOB WAS AS A HEAD DRESS DESIGNER FOR THE SWISS MANUFACTURING GROUP “SCHIBLI” IN GENEVA, WITH ATTENDANCE TO IMPORTANT DRESS SHOWS IN PARIS
LATER NELLY ROCH WAS ENGAGED BY THE LOCAL NEWS PAPERS “LA SUISSE.” “LA TRIBUNE DE GENEVE.” TO REPORT WITH PORTRAITS AND SKETCHES CULTURAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN GENEVA, THE INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL COMPETITIONS, SKETCHES OF ILLUSTRIOUS INDIVIDUALS PASSING THROUGH GENEVE SUCH AS THE RUSSIAN CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF THE SOVIET UNION VYACHESLAV MOLOTOF - THE BRITIST CHARACTERIST RONALD SEARLE ARTIST AND SATIRICAL CARTOONIST OF THE “New Yorker.” - K.P.S. MENON, INDIAN POLITICIAN, -J.R.D. TATA , INDIAN VISIONARY INDUSTRIALIST - JOSEPHINE BAKER, ICON OF THE AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL STAGE.
LATER NELLY ROCH UNDERTOOK STAINED GLASS WORKS FOR CHURCHES, PRIVATE, AND INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS.
NELLY ROCH WAS COMMISSIONED TO UNDERTAKE A STAINED GLASS TO BE A GIFT FROM THE CANTON OF GENEVA TO THE CANTON OF FRIBOURG WITH THE OTHER 25 CANTONS OF SWITZERLAND FOR THE 500th. YEAR COMMEMORATING ENTRANCE OF THE CANTON OF FRIBOURG INTO THE SWISS CONFEDERATION
SOME OF HE WORKS ARE HEREWITH ILLUSTRATED.