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Émile-Antoine Bourdelle , Tête d’Apollon (Head of Apollo), between 1900 and 1909

Émile-Antoine Bourdelle

Tête d’Apollon (Head of Apollo), between 1900 and 1909

Émile-Antoine Bourdelle, who was a keen student of Greek art, took inspiration from the works of Antiquity for many of his pieces. One such was…

Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, L’aurore (Aurora), 1903

Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen

L’aurore (Aurora), 1903

A major exhibition and sale of 101 works by Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen opened in Paris in 1903. In the catalogue, the writer Anatole France emphasised the…

William Kentridge, Anti-Mercator, 2010-2011

William Kentridge

Anti-Mercator, 2010-2011

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, William Kentridge was deeply marked by the country's political and social context. He studied political science and theatre before turning…

Giuseppe Penone, A occhi chiusi (With Eyes Closed), 2018

Giuseppe Penone

A occhi chiusi (With Eyes Closed), 2018

Giuseppe Penone spent his early years in the countryside, giving him an inalienable sense of the importance of the bond between humans and nature and…

Kimsooja, A Needle Woman – Kitakyushu, 1999

Kimsooja

A Needle Woman – Kitakyushu, 1999

Trained at Hongik University in Seoul and then at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Kimsooja has divided her time between New York…

Silvie et Chérif Defraoui , La nuit, les chambres sont plus grandes (At Night, Bedrooms Are Bigger), 1987

Silvie et Chérif Defraoui

La nuit, les chambres sont plus grandes (At Night, Bedrooms Are Bigger), 1987

In 1975, after respective careers in the visual arts (for her) and in writing and cultural criticism (for him, after training as a historian), Silvie…

Giuseppe Penone, Luce e ombra, 2011

Giuseppe Penone

Luce e ombra, 2011

Trees as a motif and wood as a material are constant presences in Giuseppe Penone’s work. He has exhibited blocks of wood, carved trunks into…

Pierre Soulages, Peinture (Painting), 1956

Pierre Soulages

Peinture (Painting), 1956

After having given up an opportunity to study at the École Nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1937, Soulages returned to the city in…

Michael Scott, ATHTTSTW # 7, 2009

Michael Scott

ATHTTSTW # 7, 2009

In 2014, Circuit, an artist-run space in Lausanne, held an exhibition of works by Michael Scott, including ATHTTSTW # 7, which paid homage to his…

Ana Mendieta, Fundamento Palo Monte: Silueta Series (Gunpowder Work), 1980

Ana Mendieta

Fundamento Palo Monte: Silueta Series (Gunpowder Work), 1980

Created mainly outdoors (on the US East Coast, in Iowa, Indiana, Canada, Mexico and Cuba), the works of Ana Mendieta are all about the relation…

VALIE EXPORT, Space Seeing - Space Hearing, 1973–4

VALIE EXPORT

Space Seeing - Space Hearing, 1973–4

In 1967, VALIE EXPORT abandoned her birth surname for that of a brand of cheap cigarettes, ‘Smart Export’, which became her artist and legal name.…

Stéphane Dafflon, SAI010, 2011

Stéphane Dafflon

Stéphane Dafflon’s development as an artist was shaped by his studies and an art scene that encouraged geometric abstraction. The influence of Swiss graphic design,…

Tom Burr, Abstract Lausanne II / Lausanne Abstrait II, 2006

Tom Burr

Abstract Lausanne II / Lausanne Abstrait II, 2006

Tom Burr produces works – photographs, sculptures and installations – that revisit the formal vocabulary of the avant-gardes, especially minimalism and post-minimalism, and combines pop…

Philippe Decrauzat, Sans titre (Untitled), 2001

Philippe Decrauzat

Sans titre (Untitled), 2001

After graduating from École cantonale d’art in Lausanne, Philippe Decrauzat co-founded Circuit, an artist-run space in the same city, in 1998. His paintings, murals, installations…

Leiko Ikemura, Eintauchen (Submerging), 1999

Leiko Ikemura

Eintauchen (Submerging), 1999

Leiko Ikemura’s pictorial practice took a new turn in the early 1990s. Her expressive early paintings gave way to a more restrained form, with strokes…

Bruce Nauman, Untitled (Hand Circle), 1996

Bruce Nauman

Untitled (Hand Circle), 1996

Bruce Nauman is undeniably one of the most important artists of the latter half of the twentieth century, with a lasting influence on conceptual and…

Amédée Ozenfant, Le violon rouge (The Red Violin), 1919 - 1929

Amédée Ozenfant

Le violon rouge (The Red Violin), 1919 - 1929

In the aftermath of the First World War, Amédée Ozenfant and Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (Le Corbusier) co-signed Après le cubisme (After Cubism) [1918], a purist manifesto.…

Bill Viola, The Reflecting Pool (from The Reflecting Pool - Collected Work 1977–80), 1977–9

Bill Viola

The Reflecting Pool (from The Reflecting Pool - Collected Work 1977–80), 1977–9

Viola is among those artists who have most powerfully influenced the development of video art since the late 1970s. Trained at Syracuse University in New…

Günter Brus

Nachtnacht, 1987

Günter Brus is a representative of Viennese actionism, alongside artists such as Otto Muehl and Hermann Nitsch. This movement, which developed in the 1960s, was…

Martin Disler, Ohne Titel (Untitled), 1986

Martin Disler

Ohne Titel (Untitled), 1986

Although Martin Disler was never part of the Neue Wilde (New Fauves), his work has often been linked with this movement because of the closeness…

Flavio Paolucci, Peinture objet (Painting Object), 1983

Flavio Paolucci

Peinture objet (Painting Object), 1983

Having studied at various schools and studios in Lugano, Locarno and Milan from 1949 to 1957, Flavio Paolucci was influenced early in his career by…

Magdalena Abakanowicz, Tête (Head), 1983

Magdalena Abakanowicz

Tête (Head), 1983

Exhibited at several editions of the Biennale de la Tapisserie organised at the Museum between 1962 and 1995, Abakanowicz’s woven works, the Abakans (1966–75), shown…

René Bauermeister, Animation lumineuse (Luminous Animation), 1966-1968

René Bauermeister

Animation lumineuse (Luminous Animation), 1966-1968

Animation lumineuse is one in a set of six sculptures made by Bauermeister between 1966 and 1968 which he donated to the Museum in 1976,…

Jean Otth, Limite E (Limit E), 1973

Jean Otth

Limite E (Limit E), 1973

Jean Otth made his first video works in 1971 and showed them the following year at Galerie Impact in Lausanne (Action Film Vidéo) and at…

Marius Borgeaud , La Bretonne qui passe (Breton Woman Passing By), 1922

Marius Borgeaud

La Bretonne qui passe (Breton Woman Passing By), 1922

After moving to Paris from his native Lausanne, Marius Borgeaud discovered Brittany in 1908 and from then on to the end of his life spent…

Ferdinand Hodler, Le lac Léman vu de Chexbres (Lake Geneva Seen from Chexbres), 1904

Ferdinand Hodler

Le lac Léman vu de Chexbres (Lake Geneva Seen from Chexbres), 1904

On the train journey into Lausanne from Germanic Switzerland, travellers reaching the heights of Chexbres enjoy spectacular panoramas as Lake Geneva and the Alps of…

Claude Monet, Voiliers en mer (Sailing Boats at Sea), 1868

Claude Monet

Voiliers en mer (Sailing Boats at Sea), 1868

After several years in Paris, Claude Monet returned to Le Havre for a few months in the summer of 1862. He went painting along the…

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