Kunstmuseum Bern

Name: Kunstmuseum Bern
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Masterpieces

By Valentina Locatelli

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The Kunstmuseum Bern holds one of Switzerland's most significant art collections, spanning from the late 13th century to the present. Founded in 1809, the museum's collection includes over 3,000 paintings and sculptures alongside 48,000 works on paper and video art. This volume brings together over 170 masterpieces for the first time, featuring works by renowned artists such as Duccio di Buoninsegna, Paul Cézanne, Salvador Dalí, Ferdinand Hodler, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Franz Marc, Henri Matisse, Meret Oppenheim, Pablo Picasso, and Felix Vallotton. Accompanied by vibrant colour illustrations and new art-historical analyses contributed by around 70 international experts, the book also offers a historical overview of the museum’s development and its collection.
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Ideal for art enthusiasts, students, and scholars seeking an authoritative guide to one of Switzerland’s premier art museums and its prestigious collection.

The Kunstmuseum Bern owns one of the most important art collections in Switzerland. The Kunstmuseum Bern houses prestigious works of Swiss and international art from the late thirteenth century onwards. In this title, over 170 masterpieces of the collection are assembled and includes an art-historical analyses along with colour illustrations.

The Kunstmuseum Bern owns one of the most important art collections in Switzerland. Since the foundation of the Staatliche Kunstsammlung in Bern in 1809 and the opening of the first museum building in 1879 the collection has grown continuously and has attained world renown. Over 170 masterpieces of the collection are assembled in a single publication for the first time and made accessible to a broad public through new art-historical analyses and numerous colour illustrations.

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The Kunstmuseum Bern owns one of the most important art collections in Switzerland. Since the foundation of the Staatliche Kunstsammlung in Bern in 1809 and the opening of the first museum building in 1879, the collection has grown continuously and has attained world renown. Over 170 masterpieces of the collection are assembled in a single publication for the first time and made accessible to a broad public through new art-historical analyses and numerous colour illustrations.

The Kunstmuseum Bern houses prestigious works of Swiss and international art from the late thirteenth century until the present day. The collection contains over 3,000 paintings and sculptures and 48,000 works on paper and videos, including, for example, masterpieces by Duccio di Buoninsegna, Paul Cézanne, Salvador Dalí, Ferdinand Hodler, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Franz Paul Klee, Franz Marc, Henri Matisse, Meret Oppenheim, Pablo Picasso, and Felix Vallotton.

The works assembled in this volume are presented with full-page illustrations and are re-examined by some 70 international authors. A historical survey describing the development of the museum and its collection opens and introduces the publication.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783777426297

Publisher: Hirmer Verlag

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 17 November 2016

Country: Germany

Imprint: Hirmer Verlag

Illustration: Illustrated in colour throughout

Contributors:

Edited by Matthias Frehner

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 240.0mm

Height: 300.0mm

Weight: 2860g

Pages: 460

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Valentina Locatelli

About the Author

Matthias Frehner is director of the Kunstmuseum Bern, where Valentina Locatelli is a curator.