Kunstmuseum Solothurn
The Kunstmuseum Solothurn or Art Museum Solothurn is an art museum in the Swiss town Solothurn.
History
The museum opened in 1902. The early exposition showed the town's collections of arts, historical artifacts and natural historical objects. Around 1980, the natural history collection was moved to the Naturmuseum Solothurn, the museumsbuilding was converted and since then exhibits art from various collections along with short-period exhibitions of contemporary art.
Collection
The collection has five divisions: old masters, Swiss landscapes from the 18th until the 20th century, Swiss contemporary art, and two separate collections from gifts from collectors; the Dûbi-Müller and Josef-Müller collection, focused on international atr from the late 19th and early 20th century, and a collection of works by Max Gubler.
Highlights of the collection of old masters include a "Madonna of the Strawberries" from 1425, the
The double collection of the sisters Müller contains paintings by
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Nude slave with tambourin by Frank Buchser, 1862 -
Portrait of John Sutter by Frank Buchser, 1866 -
Portrait of the superintendent Trabuc in the Hospital Saint-Paul by Vincent van Gogh, 1889 -
The village tailor by Albert Anker, 1894 -
Lake Geneva with six swans by Ferdinand Hodler, 1914 -
Trees in the garden of the studio by Ferdinand Hodler, 1917
External links
- Official website (in German)
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