A Life Cut Short in the Shadow of the Seine The story of Amédé Barth is one of a brilliance that flickered briefly before being extinguished by the quiet cruelty of illness. Born in Zürich, he sought the light and the creative pulse of Paris, arriving there in 1920. It was in this city of movement that he met Signe Pettersson, a Swedish artist who would become his wife. Their lives were intertwined by art and travel, wandering through…