5 October 2007 – 13 January 2008

Félix Vallotton

1909 saw the first exhibition in the Kunsthaus of the work of Félix Vallotton (1865-1925). Young girls were refused entry because the material was not deemed suitable for their eyes. Opinions of this artist’s work have since changed. Nowadays he is seen as an intelligent observer of his own time, whose artistic representation of bourgeois convention is both critical and ironic. This exhibition of 70 paintings by Félix Vallotton confirms his status as the most important Symbolist in Swiss art in the early days of Modernism.

Address

Kunsthaus Zürich
Heimplatz 1
8001 Zürich
phone +41 44 253 84 84
http://www.kunsthaus.ch

Opening Hours

Tuesday-Thursday 10 a.m. - 9 p.m., Friday-Sunday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., closed on Monday.

Description of the Museum

The Kunsthaus houses one of Switzerland’s most important collections. The most important collection of works by Alberto Giacometti has been on display in bright new rooms since June 2002. In other rooms there are exquisite Medieval sculptures and altar panels, exceptional Flemish and Italian Baroque painting, and the zenith of Swiss 19th and 20th century art represented by the best known works of artists such as Johann Heinrich Fuseli and Ferdinand Hodler.

The collection includes also the largest collection of works by Edvard Munch outside Norway, important paintings by Picasso and the Expressionists Kokoschka, Beckmann and Corinth. There is also a significant group of works by Claude Monet.

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