On display Albert Anker La Mariette aux fraises (Mariette with Strawberries), 1884 After a youth spent between Anet, Neuchâtel and Bern, Albert Anker put his two languages (French and German) to use in conquering the art markets…
On display Zao Wou-Ki Hommage à Edgar Varèse – 25.10.64(Homage to Edgar Varèse – 25.10.64), 1964 The Chinese-born artist Zao Wou-Ki was one of the leading figures of lyrical abstraction from the late 1950s on. He settled in France in 1948…
On display Leiko Ikemura Gelbe Figur mit drei Armen (Yellow Figure with Three Arms), 1996 Leiko Ikemura left her native Japan for Europe in 1972 and began developing her oeuvre after studying drawing at the Seville school for fine arts,…
On display John M Armleder Furniture Sculpture 189, 1988 In 1969, John M Armleder organised his first public event, the Ecart Happening Festival, in Geneva. This marked the creation of the Ecart group, part…
On display François Bocion Bocion et sa famille à la pêche(Bocion and His Family Out Fishing), 1877 The leisure activity depicted in this work was still rare in the 1870s: such boating was the preserve of a circle of initiates, otherwise the…
