Museum of Fine Arts Bern

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The Kunstmuseum Bern focuses strongly on art by female artists such as Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Louise Bourgeois and Marina Abramovic. Besides its permanent collection, the Kunstmuseum Bern additionally shows themed and large monographic exhibitions.

  1. 10/04/2015 · VIDEO

    Salvador Dalí (1904 – 1989), Atavisms of Twilight (Compulisive Idea) 1933

    Dali’s cryptic painting is based on a picture executed by Millet. The famous surrealist transformed the idyllic landscape into a scene of horror, filling it with macabre eroticism.

    4 min

  2. 09/07/2015 · VIDEO

    Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864 – 1901), Mrs. Misia Natanson at the Piano, 1897

    Misia Natanson was Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s friend and muse. He painted her portrait nine times in all. Find out more about this artist, who descended from an old aristocratic family, and the pianist from Saint Petersburg, who was the patroness of numerous other artists such as Renoir, Vallotton and Bonnard.

    3 min

  3. 08/02/2015 · VIDEO

    Alexandre Calame (1810 – 1864), The Grand Eiger, 1844

    Alexandre Calame’s painting is firmly rooted in the romantic tradition. Find out more about his painting of the Eiger and why this artist from western Switzerland traveled to the Bernese Oberland.

    4 min

  4. 07/05/2015 · VIDEO

    Louis Moilliet (1880 – 1962), At the Music-Hall, 1913

    The composition of Louis Moilliet’s richly colored painting is highly sophisticated. Find out more about this artist, who was born in Bern, and very unjustly destined to be overshadowed by his friends Paul Klee and August Macke. He accompanied them on a trip to Tunisia in 1914.

    3 min

  5. 06/07/2015 · VIDEO

    Chaim Soutine (1893 – 1943), Flayed Beef, 1926

    Find out more about Chaim Soutine’s expressive painted masterpiece depicting a slaughtered ox. And about the painter too, who was friends with both Modigliani and Chagall. He lived and worked in the La Ruche studio collective in Paris.

    4 min

  6. 05/03/2015 · VIDEO

    Johannes Itten (1888 – 1967), Composition in Blue, 1918

    Find out more about Johannes Itten, who was born in Emmental and was a Bauhaus teacher and “master.” This abstract painting demonstrates Itten’s theory of color and design in practice, which proved groundbreaking for developments in modern art.

    5 min

  7. 04/05/2015 · VIDEO

    Piet Mondrian (1872 – 1944), Painting No. II with Grey and Black, 1925

    Despite its asymmetry, Piet Mondrian's painting emanates harmony and serenity. Find out more about why the Dutch artist decided to compose only with rectangles and black lines in his paintings. From the podcast series featuring highlights of the Kunstmuseum Bern Collection.

    4 min

  8. 03/09/2015 · VIDEO

    Max Ernst (1891 – 1976), Forest and Sun (Nocturnal Landscape), 1928

    Max Ernst has the sun set in a mysterious, nocturnal forest landscape. Find out in what way this artwork is relevant to the artist's childhood. From the podcast series featuring highlights of the Kunstmuseum Bern Collection.

    4 min
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The Kunstmuseum Bern focuses strongly on art by female artists such as Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Louise Bourgeois and Marina Abramovic. Besides its permanent collection, the Kunstmuseum Bern additionally shows themed and large monographic exhibitions.

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  • Creator
    Museum of Fine Arts Bern
  • Years Active
    2011 - 2015
  • Episodes
    48

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