The Grandmother and the Pipe Smoker — artwork #16420 by Maoro · La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland

graffiti fenêtre portrait réalisme trompe-l'oeil realism facade

The Grandmother and the Pipe Smoker — Street art by Maoro in La Chaux-de-Fonds

Photo by Pierre Jeanmonod

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Maoro

Maoro Maoro Frascotti was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1957. He is the son of Giovanni, who owned a house-painting business, and Albina, a seamstress. He learned to draw and enrolled at the School of Applied Arts with the support of the painter and sculptor Louis Ducommun. In 1979, he obtained the Swiss Federal Certificate of Competence as a steel engraver. Moving away from this first profession…

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Pierre Jeanmonod

Added 08/09/2026

Two trompe-l'oeil windows open onto the ochre façade of an apartment block: an elderly woman leaning on her sill, a white-haired man standing in the room next door. The stone surrounds are real, the scenes painted.

The artwork The Grandmother and the Pipe Smoker is of type graffiti. You can admire it in the city of La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland, more precisely here: Rue du Nord 17, 2300 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.

This graffiti is also tagged as: fenêtre, portrait, réalisme, trompe-l'oeil, realism, facade.

Find all artworks by the artists who contributed to its creation by clicking on their name: Maoro

The photo was published on 08-09-2026 by Pierre Jeanmonod.

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