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Impressionism

The collection of 19th century French paintings starts with Géricault, Corot, Delacroix, Courbet and Manet and culminates in a large group of works by Claude Monet.

Monet, Phare de Honfleur, 1864
Claude Monet, Le Phare de Honfleur (The Lighthouse at Honfleur), 1864, Kunsthaus Zürich, Geschenk der Erben von Dr. Adolf Jöhr (Präsident der Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft 1922-1940), 1975
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Vincent van Gogh, Cabanes blanches aux Saintes-Maries, 1888, Kunsthaus Zürich, donated by Walter Haefner, 1995
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Georges Seurat, Le jardinier, c. 1882, Kunsthaus Zürich, donated by Walter Haefner, 1974
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Paul Gauguin, La barrière, 1889, Kunsthaus Zürich, bequest of H. Hausammann, 1981
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Claude Monet, Le bassin aux nymphéas, le soir, 1916/1922, Kunsthaus Zürich, gift of Emil G. Bührle, 1952
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Pierre Bonnard, Signac et ses amis en barque, c. 1924, Kunsthaus Zürich, 1932
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Claude Monet, Le Parlement, coucher de soleil, 1904, Kunsthaus Zürich, donated by Walter Haefner, 1995
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Edouard Vuillard, Le Grand Intérieur aux six personnages, 1897, Kunsthaus Zürich, 1966

Manet’s unique water-lily paintings are a particular highlight, a testimony to his vision of a novel, ‘all-over’ painting that exploits the entire surface of the vast panel. Also well represented is the art of the ‘Nabis’ Bonnard and Vuillard, which proved especially popular in Switzerland when it first emerged. Important pieces by pioneering Post-Impressionists such as Gauguin, Cézanne and van Gogh prepare the ground for the artistic upheavals of the early 1900s.

« The Kunsthaus and the Bührle Collection are bringing their holdings together under one roof to create an extraordinary Impressionist collection. » — Philippe Büttner, Collection Curator
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When these works are joined by the Bührle Collection in the expanded Kunsthaus, the presentation will be the only one of its rank in Europe where visitors can experience, in a single place, the influence of Monet, Cézanne and others on the modern art that followed them.

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