Alois Carigiet was born on 31.8.1902 in Trun GR. From 1918 to 1923, he made an apprenticeship as painter and decorator in Chur and for the next 16 years he worked in Zurich as industrial artist and scene-painter. During this time he created his first lithographs.

In 1945 he created his first world famous children book „Schellenursli“, more were to come. His first extensive solo exhibitions took place in 1948 in Solothurn and then in the Musée de l’Athénée in Geneva. During the following years he created, amongst paintings, drawings and lithograhps also several frescos, for example the one in the conference room at the Chamber of the Parliament in Chur, called „Zusammenschluss der drei Bünde“.

From 1960 to 1975, many other exhibitions in Switzerland and abroad followed. In 1977, for his 75^th birthday, the first volume of his monograph was presented and an extensive exhibition of his artwork took place at the Seedamm Kulturzentrum in Pfäffikon. Alois Carigiet died on 1^st of August 1985.

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