Career
In the 1930s, Traffelet gained renown as a military painter and served in the Swiss Army during World World War II from 1939 to 1945. Done in a 19th-century style, his paintings and illustrations of soldierly life have become defining images of Switzerland in World World War World War II In the 1940s and 50s, Traffelet also executed a wide range of portraits, landscape paintings and facade paintings. They most often depict historic or traditional genre scenes, reflecting his generally conservative outlook.