Swiss Modernity (1890-1914)

May 19, 2021 July 25, 2021 Exhibition has ended

At the end of the 19th century, the art scene in Switzerland was of great vitality. Around the end of the 1890s, a generation of painters, such as Cuno Amiet, Giovanni and Augusto Giacometti, Felix Vallotton, Ernest Bieler and Max Buri, who profoundly renewed the art of their time. Trained in France, Germany or Italy for some of them, in connection with the European avant-garde, they explored the expressive, symbolic or decorative power of line and color, while focusing on subjects drawn from a Swiss ...
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Swiss Modernities - Exhibition catalogue

MX000887

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Written in French.

An overview of the art scene in Switzerland between 1890 and 1914, a period during which a new generation of artists asserted itself. Trained in neighbouring countries and linked to the European avant-garde, they worked on the power of colour and on subjects inspired by Swiss national history and culture. Artists, collectors, critics and dealers are honoured.

Exhibition "Swiss Modernities (1890-1914)" at the Orsay Museum.

Written in French.
256 pages

Musée d'Orsay / Flammarion

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