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The symbolic artwork of the Centre William Rappard, headquarters of the World Trade Organization WTO Members and Observers

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From the Director-General 3

History 4

Works of art 10

Maurice Denis mural 12 Seán Keating mural 14 Jorge Colaço tiled panels 16 Luc Jaggi statues 18 Delft panel by Albert Hahn Jr. 20 Gustave-Louis Jaulmes murals 22 Dean Cornwell murals 24 Eduardo Chicharro y Agüera painting 26 Gilbert Bayes fountain 28

Centre William Rappard 30

Room X 32 WTO library 34 Architecture and decoration 36 The William Rappard Park 40

Au Revoir 44 Rediscovery of 3 hidden treasures

Welcome to the Centre William Rappard, the home of the World Trade Organization. Testimony to over 80 years of international cooperation, the Centre William Rappard (CWR) was conceived as part of the effort, after World War I, to create the League of Nations. This organization and related institutions would encourage multilateral exchanges and favour the peaceful resolution of international conflicts. This building was the first erected in Geneva specifically to house an international organization. The many works of art and decorative items donated by countries and institutions over the years underline the collaborative effort its construction represented to the world, at a time when international cooperation was still an aspiration rather than a reality. At various points in its history, the building has been home to the International Labour Offi ce, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the library of the Graduate Institute of International Studies and the Secre- tariat of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), predeces- sor of the WTO. Since 1995, it has been the headquarters of the WTO.

I invite you to visit the Centre William Rappard and admire its various artworks, which testify to the long-standing cooperation among WTO Members to contribute to a better world.

Pascal Lamy Director-General

Detail of door handle at the Salle des Pas-Perdus History 5 History

Building hope Design and construction It was an optimistic time. World and the Alps. With one of the most War I had ended. Hopes were rising beautiful views in the city, the site The original site of the Centre for a new era of international coop- embodied peace and stability. William Rappard was part of an eration, and new international insti- estate formed from the property Three years later, the building tutions were being built. of two families. It already contained was completed and became the two mansions. The Villa Bloch was headquarters of the ILO, the only In 1923, work began on what was demolished in 1957 to make way organization created at the same to become the Centre William for the south wing expansion of the time as the League of Nations, Rappard. The building that would Centre William Rappard. The Villa which would itself later become fi rst house the International Labour Rappard and land, situated to the United Nations. Offi ce (ILO) and later the World Trade the north of the original site, were Organization (WTO), fully refl ected At its birth and over the next dec- acquired by the ILO in 1963. that optimism. ades, the ILO received gifts from its member governments and labour The Swiss Confederation bought Its location could hardly be more unions: artworks of many kinds, the estate in 1921 and donated it appropriate. The building is in a taking up themes of peace, social to the League of Nations in 1923. lakeside park in neutral Geneva; justice, human progress and the Later that year, Swiss architect across the tranquil waters and glorifi cation of labour. The commis- Georges Épitaux (1873-1957) was beyond the foothills are the im- sioned artists were in their prime, commissioned to build the new ILO maculate snowcaps of Mont-Blanc artistically and by reputation. headquarters. His winning design History 6 fl oor wasaddedonthenorthwing. the southquadrangle,andathird 1957 twofurtherwingscompleted added tothenorthandsouth.By 10years,wingswere small. Within The buildingsoonproved tobetoo years later. year; inaugurationfollowedthree hall. Constructionbeganthesame leading upfrom themainentrance entrance andasweepingstaircase villa, withaninteriorcourtyard, grand was basedonaclassicalFlorentine The CWRbuildingjustaftercompletionin1926(ILO Archive) Key dates X X

1785:

X 1919:

X 1923:

1923: Original Villa Rappard built(nowaschool) X

Treaty ofVersailles signed.LeagueofNations 1926: and International LabourOrganizationand International created

1947: X Swiss Confederationtransfersestate to LeagueofNations X

Swiss architect Georges Épitauxcommissioned 1975: to designnewILOheadquarters

1977: Inauguration oftheILObuilding X

General Agreement onTariffs andTrade (GATT) created alongsideBretton Woods Agreements,

housed innearbyVilla Bocage X 1995: ILOmovestoGrandSaconnex X

1998: GATT movestorenamed Centre WilliamRappard

(shares withUNHighCommissioner 2007: for RefugeesandGraduateInstitute of International Studies’ library) of International World Trade Organization replaces GATT, becomes mainoccupantofCWR

Conference centre builtnexttoCWR Hiddenartworksrediscovered

History 7 History 8 trance halloftheWTO. M. Blum)canbeseenintheen- in hishonour. Rappard’s bust(signed Rappardnamed theCentre William In 1977,theILObuildingwasre- the WTO. Bartonnextto located intheVilla HEI), Hautes EtudesInternationales, Studies (InstitutUniversitaire de Graduate InstituteofInternational He wasalsoaco-founderofthe 1956. Swiss DelegationtotheILO,1945- Rappard was amemberofthe Geneva. Aleadinginternationalist, bringing theLeagueofNationsto (1883-1958) playedamajorrole in EmmanuelRappard fessor William Swiss diplomatanduniversitypro- William E.Rappard Bust of William Rappard, entrance hall Other giftsincludeagiantstatue, artist Louvre inParis aftertheFrench Revolution. This isareproduction ofastatueoriginallyintheVatican, latermovedtothe by the internationally-known Italianartist by theinternationally-known This park’s largestsculpture is pedunculate oakpresented byLatviain1923. Arizona cypress (agiftoftheUnitedStatesAmericain1950)anda gigantic twincedarsofwelloverahundred yearsold,amagniﬁ cent sculptures blended intothenaturalbeautyofmagniﬁ cent trees, including The oneimmediatelysurrounding Rappard theCentre features William close tocentralGenevaisactuallyacombinationofseverallakesideparks. The green space winding1.5kmroundbankofthelakefrom thewestern The WilliamRappardPark James Vibert (1872-1942). “TheHumaneffort” “The Tiber”, Pietro Canonica above an ornamental fountain, fountain, above anornamental (1935), by the Geneva (1935), bytheGeneva (1869-1959). (1869-1959). New times, new occupants 9

In 1975, the ILO moved to new Their efforts led to the rediscovery and larger headquarters in the of impressive works of art, some History neighbouring district of Grand hidden from sight for more than Saconnex. Some of the artworks 30 years. Viewed in the early decorating the building moved twenty-fi rst century, these works with it. Others were left behind. are interesting historically and Different occupants, different times, artistically. They show the tastes different tastes meant that some and beliefs of the time of their of the works disappeared from creation, in their style and in their view. Panelled over or stored away, depiction of the ideals of raising they faded from memory. standards of living and ensuring Volunteer sleuths full employment – both objectives But not entirely. Some enthusiasts shared by the WTO and the ILO. remained interested in the history On 31 March 2007, a group of WTO of the Centre William Rappard staff members and art experts and the relations between the cautiously removed the linen panels two organizations. In early 2007, a in the Salle des Pas-Perdus on the group of ILO and WTO volunteers ground fl oor of the Centre William started to search the ILO archives for references to art that was Rappard. They were armed with infor- believed to have been covered up mation and photographs compiled by when the building was renovated colleagues at the ILO archives. Before in 1975-77 or even earlier. the morning was over three paintings by the Swiss-French artist Gustave-Louis Jaulmes (1873-1959) were unveiled. The murals - hidden for over 30 years - were restored and are now brightly exposed to visitors. The atmosphere is transformed; the room looks bigger and warmer. Research continues. Other pieces of art are being located, referenced and restored, thanks to the pains- taking work of archivists, historians, art experts and maintenance specialists at the ILO and WTO. Works of art specifirooms. c and otherarchitectural features in window frames,ventilationducts, had beenpaintedtofi t thewalls, included severalmurals,which integrate intoitsstructure. These had beenspeciallydesignedto On topofthat,somethegifts of theoldILObuilding. preserve the historical character artworks shouldremain inplaceto Bodyfeltthatsome the Governing at thetime,andmembersof David Morse,ILODirector-General suit thenewbuilding. and someoftheworksmightnot works andrepairing anydamage, be costsinvolvedinmovingthe should beleftbehind.There would art shouldgowithit,andwhich tant questionwaswhichworksof its newheadquarters,oneimpor- When theILOdecidedtomove Take itorleaveit? in 1926). hall (agiftofQueensland,Australia counter onsilky-oakintheentrance cafeteria area), orthereception des Pas-Perdus (theground fl oor Louis JaulmesmuralsintheSalle such asthethree largeGustave- space inthenewILOheadquarters, Some wouldnotfi nd anappropriate the fi rst fl oor. hall andthePortuguesetileson ramic panelinthemainentrance to move,forexample,theDelftce- Some workswere justimpossible Dean Cornwell. cafeteria) paintedbytheillustrator off theSalle desPas-Perdus (one oftheground fl oor rooms fl oor, andthemuralsin“RoomA” main staircase leadingtothefi rst designed forthelandingof Denis andSeánKeatingmurals Examples includetheMaurice “Child with Fish” fountain “ChildwithFish”fountain (1926) X “Pygmalion” X (1925) murals X (1955) murals X (1940) Delftpanel(1926) Selected works 26 April 2007 (WTO Archive) Uncovering theDelft panelafter30years, X muralonlabour(1961) X “TheDignityofLabour”(1931) X X “Peace”and“Justice”statues (1925) X tiledpanels(1928)

Gilbert Bayes, Eduardo Chicharro yAgüera, Dean Cornwell, Gustave-Louis Jaulmes, Seán Keating, Maurice Denis, Albert HahnJr., Luc Jaggi, Jorge Colaço,

Works of art 11 “The Dignity of Labour” (Maurice Denis, 1931) sioned bythe “The DignityofLabour”, artist is the6×3metre muralbytheFrench On theleftsideofmainstaircase The MauriceDenismural was shownatseveralimportant after World War I,whenhiswork He wasattheheightofhisfame inspiredernism” byPaulGauguin. self-proclaimed “prophets ofmod- members oftheNabigroup, the Denis wasoneoftheprincipal ation ofChristianTrade Unions. Maurice International Feder-International Denis (1870-1943), commis- Detail

of workersdressed in20 down histoolstotalkagroup Nazareth workshop, havinglaid This muralshowsChristinhis Marsan inParis). Biennale andthe1925Pavillonde exhibitions (eg,the1922Venice (France), PetrusSerrarens (Nether- themselves, eg,GastonTessier as theChristianTrade Unionists The workersare easilyidentiﬁ able work clothes. th -century 2006-January 2007. Maurice Denis’workinOctober an importantretrospective of The Muséed’OrsayinParisheld case wallandarches inMay1931. Geneva andstretched overthestair- Prieuré museum).Itwasbrought to in Saint-Germain-en-Laye(nowthe Denis paintedthemuralathishome be theartist’s son. boy at (France). Jules Zirnheld lands), Ber the front ofthe group could nhard Otte(Germany), The young The young

Works of art 13 14 Works of art was unveiledon19June1961. John Lynch was present when it Industry andCommerce Minister gift from theIrish Keating in allitsformsbyIrishartist case isamuralrepresenting labour On theoppositesideofstair- The SeánKeatingmural (1889-1977).Thiswasa Government. Irish Irish Government. Seán from 1914. show everyyearforsixty-oneyears 1962 andexhibitedattheannual AcademyfromHibernian 1949to He wasPresident oftheRoyal ion attheNewYork World’s Fair. to paintamuralfortheIrishpavil- In 1939Keatingwascommissioned and detail,right(Seán Keating, 1961) Mural representing labour, above,

16 Works of art Up thestaircase onthefi rst fl oor are three magnifi cent The JorgeColaçotiledpanels the Portuguese government inAugust1928. the Portuguesegovernment are bythePortuguese artist harvesting), depicting scenesrepresentative ofPortugueselife– “Lavoura” (ploughingthesoil),and Jorge Colaço (1868-1942)andwere agiftof “Pesca” “Vindima” blue-tiled panels (fi shing). They (grape-

Tiled panels (Jorge Colaço, 1928)

Jorge Colaço was born in the Portuguese consulate in Tangiers and studied art in Lisbon, Madrid and Paris. As a skilled designer, he was prominent in caricature, painting and glazed tiles.

In tiling, Colaço was known for innovative processes and techniques, with big panels in many national public buildings erected during his time. Examples include: the São Bento train station in Porto (1903), the Grand Hotel Buçaco in Luso (1907), the Sports Pavilion in Lisbon (1922), and works inside Windsor Castle, near London. Depictions of “Peace” (left) and “Justice” (right) ﬂ ank the main entrance to WTO’s home (Luc Jaggi, 1925) “Peace” 19 Works of art

The Luc Jaggi statues

Outside the Centre William Rappard, two imposing statues ﬂ ank the main entrance: “Peace” (on the left facing the building) and “Justice”. They are by the Geneva artist, Luc Jaggi (1887-1976). “Peace” has a child bearing an olive branch and “Justice” is ﬁ rmly seated on a serpent.

Jaggi also sculpted the door and window frames at the entrance.

“Justice” 20 Works of art designed by back foreasyassembly)andwas individual tiles(numbered onthe The panelconsistsofover2,000 the ILO’s Constitution. Treaty ofVersailles whichbecame the Preamble toPartXIIIofthe English, SpanishandGerman– Unions, reproduces –inFrench, FederationofTradeternational gift oftheAmsterdam-based In- The Delftceramicpanel, The DelftpanelbyAlbertHahnJr. Porceleyne Fles company. Pieter Dijkman)ofthefamousDe 1953, whosereal namewas Albert The Delft panel(Albert Hahn Jr., 1926) Albert HahnJr. and details a1926 (1894- until April2007. Delft panelremained outofsight removed orcovered up.Sothe and decidedthatitshouldbe organization’s newheadquarters was inappropriate forthetrade General OlivierLongfeltthetext In 1975,thethenGATT Director- in thebuilding’s entrancehall. position behindthereception desk and reassembled initscurrent the panelwascarefully dismantled building wasextendedin1936, hall towards the lake.When stalled atthefarendoffront The Delftpanelwasoriginallyin- magazine cartoons fortheanti-Nazisatirical drew manycover illustrationsand tween thetwoworldwars.He illustrator intheNetherlandsbe- Albert HahnJr. wasanimportant De Notenkraker De .

22 Works of art

“Dans la joie universelle”...... “Le travail dans l’abondance”...

The Gustave-Louis Jaulmes murals

In June 1939, the ILO Governing Body 1940, only months before the ILO They were briefl y uncovered and commissioned the Swiss-French left the building for its wartime ha- recovered at the time of the build- artist Gustave-Louis Jaulmes (1873- ven in Montreal, Canada. ing’s hand-over to GATT in 1975. 1959) to paint four large murals to decorate the walls of the newly- Other works by Jaulmes, a prolifi c The double layer of canvas cover- constructed Salle des Pas-Perdus artist in the neo-classical style, can ing was fi nally removed on 31 March in the north wing extension of the be found in the Royal Palace Hotel 2007 and the murals have now building. in Evian, the Municipal Theatre in been restored. Unfortunately, the Carcassonne, the Palais de Chaillot, fi rst of the series of four, “La Paix They are “La Paix Triomphante” the “Kiss” salon at the Rodin Mu- Triomphante”, is missing. It was (Peace Triumphant), “Dans la joie seum (1918), and the town hall of possibly removed when the cafe- universelle” (Universal Joy), “Le Paris’ Fifth Arrondissement. teria’s bar was extended in the travail dans l’abondance” (Work early 1960s. in Abundance) and “Le Bienfait des The ILO murals were covered up in Loisirs” (The Benefi ts of Leisure). the early 1960s, ostensibly for rea- Jaulmes completed them in early sons of “acoustics” and “harmony”. ...“Le bienfaitdesloisirs” (Gustave-Louis Jaulmes, 1940) ground fl oor cafeteria Salle desPas-Perdus,

Works of art 23 24 Works of art (Dean Cornwell, 1955) Details ofmurals and illustrator The commissionwenttotheartist cafeteria ontheground fl oor. leads off the Samuel furniture forRoomA,alsocalled Labor commissionedmuralsand In 1938theAmericanFederationof murals The DeanCornwell panelling. the upperwallsabovewooden 1960), whopaintedmuralsaround the Gompers Room, which Gompers Room,which Salle desPas-Perdus Dean Cornwell Dean Cornwell (1892- involved anotabledisputewithhis Warwick inNewYork City(which the RaleighRoomatHotel Office inChapelHill,NorthCarolina, Rockefeller Plaza,theUSPost AirlinesBuildinginthe Eastern Shrine inRedlands,California, Public Library, theLincolnMemorial tional muralsfortheLosAngeles States, andproduced manyexcep- the “DeanofIllustrators”inUnited star inhisowntime.Hewascalled but hewassomethingofasuper- islesswell-knowntoday,Cornwell and the Cor the ILOleftbuildingin1975, did notfi nish themuntil1955.When 1938, butWorld War IImeanthe startedhisILOmuralsin Cornwell the NewYork World’s Fairin1939. and theGeneralMotorsExhibitionat RandolphHearst), employer William are missing. dition, althoughtwolargesections r in They are next to stored inthe gardeners’ villa the Centre William Rappard. Rappard. the Centre William nwell muralswere removed easonably goodcon-

Works of art 25 26 Works of art Eduardo Chicharro Briones,andDiegoRivera. Alphonse XIII.Amonghisdisciples were his son,thepainterandpoet of ArtsinMadrid,andalsoRome.Hewasthepersonalportraitist of and Sculptors,Chicharro School yAgüerastudiedattheSanFernando painterandfounderoftheSpanish AssociationofPainters A modernist opened upinthe1960stomakewayforpresent cafeteriabararea. was originallypartofaseparateCorrespondents Room,before itwas des Pas-Perdus, theground ﬂ oor cafeteria.Itnowhangsonawallwhich The paintingwasdiscovered behindpanellinginthebararea oftheSalle totheILOin1925. 1949). ItwasagiftoftheSpanishGovernment was paintedbytheSpanishartist “Pygmalion”, The EduardoChicharroyAgüerapainting depictingasculptorimploringforhisstatuetocomelife, Eduardo Chicharro yAgüera (1873- (Eduardo Chicharro yAgüera, 1925) “Pygmalion” Works of art 27 28 Works of art 29 Works of art Gilbert Bayes’s “Child with Fish” fountain

The inner courtyard in the original He was particularly interested in part of the Centre William Rappard colour, and the use of sculpture for features the “Child with Fish” orna- decorative purposes, for example, mental fountain - also called “The garden sculpture, reliefs on build- Blue Robed Bambino” - by the ings, other ornamental work and British sculptor Gilbert Bayes statues. (1872-1953), a gift of the British National Sailors’ and Firemen’s His best known work is the richly Union in 1926. Bayes carved on ornamented “Queen of Time” (1908) the base: “O stream of life run you which supports the clock above slow or fast / all streams come to the main entrance of Selfridge’s the sea at last”. Department Store in Oxford Street, London. Over his long career, Bayes devel- oped his own distinctive style Bayes’s monumental frieze “Pottery using a wide range of images and through the Ages” (1939) is dis- techniques for a diverse range of played at the Victoria and Albert subjects. This and his use of such Museum in London as one of the modern materials as concrete and best examples of British architec- cement make him a signiﬁ cant tural sculpture of the 20th century. sculptor of his generation.

Courtyard, ornamental fountain and detail (Gilbert Bayes, 1926) Centre William Rappard 31 Centre William Rappard

Centre William Rappard from the air (Lightmotif / Blatt) Room X, former ofﬁ ce of the ILO Director-General Centre William Rappard 33 34 Centre William Rappard nine professions (LéonPerrin, 1925) representing three ofpossibly Ceiling panelsinlibrary, on trade. Library’s uniquecollectionofworks Fine woodworkhousestheWTO WTO library

The Seán Keating mural, looking up a side staircase and symmetry areand symmetry acommontheme in Highly geometricshapes stylized different ofthebuilding. parts Entrance hallﬂ oor. Salle desPas-Perdus Door handle, Chandelier above mainstaircase

Centre William Rappard 37 38

Ironwork, in main entrance (Uberti, 1926) Mouldings and decorations 40 Centre William Rappard was builtontwoestates Rappard Centre William One oftwogiantcedars: “The Human Effort”“The (James Vibert, 1935) in the William Rappard Park (Pietro Canonica, datenotknown) “The Tiber”“The (M. Osken Koggi, 1995) “Equestrian statue” (Odhise Paskali, 1939) “Skanderbeg”

Centre William Rappard 41 42 Centre William Rappard (Maurice Sarki, 1926) bas-relief, lake-sideterrace One ofthe Three Graces, the locationembodiespeaceandstability Trees inthepark:

Centre William Rappard 43 44 Au revoir

Thousands of visitors come to the Centre William Rappard every year - ministers, ambassadors and trade ofﬁ cials attending meetings, heads of state on ofﬁ - cial missions, and students and members of the general public who just want to know more about the WTO and its home.

We hope that your visit will help you understand better the WTO’s role in the world, and leave you with a sense of the building’s history and its close involvement in strengthening cooperation and understanding between nations.

Genius on north façade (Maurice Sarki, 1926) WTO Members and Observers

151 Members (27 July 2007)

Observer governments A publication of the World Trade Organization Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belarus, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cape Verde, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Holy See (Vatican), Iraq, Iran, Kazakhstan, Lao People’s Information Democratic Republic, Lebanese Republic, Libya, Montenegro, Russian Federation, Samoa, Sao and Media Relations Division, Tome and Principe, Serbia, Seychelles, Sudan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Yemen. Publications Unit Research: International organizations observers to General Council: Fiona Rolian Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Art design: International Monetary Fund (IMF) International Trade Centre (ITC) Photographs: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Pierre-Yves Dhinaut (except where noted otherwise) United Nations (UN) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) ISBN 978-92-870-3424-3 (Price: CHF 20.00) World Bank March 2008 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Printed by the WTO Secretariat - 438.08 THE WTO BUILDING CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD WILLIAM BUILDING CENTRE WTO THE World Trade Organization rue de Lausanne, 154 CH-1211 Geneva 21 Switzerland Tel. (4122) 739 5111 Fax (4122) 731 4206 [email protected] [email protected]

The symbolic artwork of the Centre William Rappard, headquarters of the World Trade Organization