22 June 2007 – 7 October 2007

Jugendstil - L'air d'un temps

Jugendstil has moved and inspired many generations of designers. The world of forms of
turn-of-the-century art is today to be found once again in the disciplines of design,
architecture and art, and the applied arts collection of the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
owns many of the most precious pieces of this period. The goal of the collection of applied
art that was founded in 1875 has always been to present masterpieces of good taste to the
public. Thus the exhibition includes acquisitions from the famous companies Bing & Co or
La Maison Moderne along with Dutch and English groups of works that were bought in their
places of origin, as well as pieces by Louis Comfort Tiffany, Emile Gallé, Peter Behrens,
Charles Robert Ashbee, Henry van de Velde or Frida Hansen. The exhibition shows
highlights and key works that convey a trend which was and still is, quite literally, "in the
air".

Address

Museum Bellerive
Höschgasse 3
8008 Zürich
phone +41 43 446 44 69
http://www.museum-bellerive.ch

Opening Hours

Tuesday-Sunday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Thursday - 8 p.m., closed on Monday.

Description of the Museum

As the home of the applied arts collection of the Zürich Museum of Design since 1968, Museum Bellerive has made an international name for itself as the leading Swiss museum of applied art - both in unique objects and limited series.

The Collection’s centres of emphasis include Art Nouveau works comprising all materials, as well as the department of textiles, art marionettes and modern ceramics.

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