Symbolism, Impressionism and Expressionism

Pierre Bonnard, L’abat-jour orangé, 1908
Kunst Museum Winterthur, Geschenk von Dr. Herbert und Charlotte Wolfer-de Armas 1973
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Giovanni Giacometti, Porträt Ottilia Giacometti, 1912
Kunst Museum Winterthur, Stiftung Oskar Reinhart

Ferdinand Hodler, Blick in die Unendlichkeit, 1913/1914–1916
Kunst Museum Winterthur, Geschenk des Galerievereins 1923

Claude Monet, Nymphéas blancs et jaunes, um 1915–1917
Kunst Museum Winterthur, Geschenk des Galerievereins 1952

Odilon Redon, Fleurs des champs, um 1905–1908
Kunst Museum Winterthur, Geschenk von Dr. Arthur Hahnloser 1919

Auguste Rodin, Pierre de Wissant (nu monumental), um 1885–1887 (1937)
Kunst Museum Winterthur, Ankauf mit Jubiläumsspenden der Schweizerischen Bankgesellschaft, der Aktiengesellschaft Johann Jakob Rieter & Cie, der Gebrüder Sulzer Aktiengesellschaft und der Schweizerischen Unfallversicherungsgesellschaft 1948

Giovanni Segantini, Alpenlandschaft mit Frau am Brunnen, um 1893
Kunst Museum Winterthur, Stiftung Oskar Reinhart

Alfred Sisley, L’église de Moret au soleil du matin, 1893
Kunst Museum Winterthur, Geschenk von Dr. Herbert und Charlotte Wolfer-de Armas 1973

Vincent van Gogh, Joseph Roulin, 1888
Kunst Museum Winterthur, Geschenk der Erben von Georg Reinhart, 1955

An entire hall in the permanent collection is dedicated to Ferdinand Hodler, who, after emerging in the 19th century in a symbolistic environment, ushered in modernity in Switzerland. The next generation is excellently represented by Cuno Amiet and Giovanni Giacometti.

French Impressionism forms a peak of the collection. Its most important masters are represented through major works by Camille Pissarro, Alfred Sisley, and Claude Monet, the last with impressive examples from various creative periods culminating in the large Nymphéas painting. Works by Odilon Redon characterize the symbolist branch of French painting; Vincent van Gogh holds a central position with three masterpieces. The Post-Impressionists, many of whose works are permanently exhibited, include the painters Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard and Félix Vallotton, all of whom were collected during their lifetimes in Winterthur: German Impressionism is exemplified by Max Liebermann, Lovis Corinth and Max Slevogt, followed by Expressionist paintings by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Oskar Kokoschka and Max Beckmann.

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