Kunstmuseum Bern

Director's Choice: "Drink, oh Eyes..."

13 Jul - 04 Oct 2009

© Albert Anker
Kleinkinderschule auf der Kirchenfeldbrücke, 1900
Öl auf Leinwand
76 x 127 cm
Depositum der Gottfried Keller-Stiftung / Kunstmuseum Bern
DIRECTOR'S CHOICE: "DRINK, OH EYES..."

13 July 2009 - 04 October 2009
Opening: sunday, july 12 2009, 11h

This large exhibition of works from the collection presents Swiss art form Albert Anker to Robert Zünd.
The main focus is on 40 works by Albert Anker, around whose idealistic realism are grouped romantic and symbolist portrayals of landscape and life in 19th century Switzerland. In addition, history paintings convey an image of the emerging national consciousness in the young Federal State.

Curator: Matthias Frehner, Simon Oberholzer (assistant)