26 September 2008 – 11 January 2009

RIVOLUZIONE! ITALIAN MODERNISM FROM SEGANTINI TO BALLA.

In the late nineteenth century Divisionism gave a whole generation of artists the wherewithal to break with the past in terms of both form and content – thus paving the way for Modernism. Critical of the injustices of the early industrial society, the Divisionists regarded their paintings as a vehicle that could inform and help to promote social change. At the same time, they also took a keen interest in theories of optical perception. Largely independently of French Neo-Impression, they developed their own techniques for the application of primary colours next to and over each other using a variety of dots, streaks, dabs and lines, so that the hues only mingle in the eye of the beholder.

Address

Kunsthaus Zürich
Heimplatz 1
8001 Zürich
phone +41 44 253 84 84
http://www.kunsthaus.ch

Opening Hours

Tuesday-Thursday 10 a.m. - 9 p.m., Friday-Sunday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., closed on Monday.

Description of the Museum

The Kunsthaus houses one of Switzerland’s most important collections. The most important collection of works by Alberto Giacometti has been on display in bright new rooms since June 2002. In other rooms there are exquisite Medieval sculptures and altar panels, exceptional Flemish and Italian Baroque painting, and the zenith of Swiss 19th and 20th century art represented by the best known works of artists such as Johann Heinrich Fuseli and Ferdinand Hodler.

The collection includes also the largest collection of works by Edvard Munch outside Norway, important paintings by Picasso and the Expressionists Kokoschka, Beckmann and Corinth. There is also a significant group of works by Claude Monet.

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