The Emil Bührle Collection: History, Full Catalogue and 70 Masterpieces - Couverture rigide

Gloor, Lukas

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3777437042 ISBN 13 : 9783777437040

Editeur : Hirmer Verlag, 2021

Synopsis

A beautifully produced catalog of one of the great art collections of the modern age.

Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, and many others--between 1936 and 1956 the Swiss industrialist Emil Bührle (1890-1956) amassed an impressive collection of French Impressionism and more. As the owner of the largest weapons factory in his country, he had close links to the world-changing events of World War II and the early Cold War. Initially, Bührle acquired works almost exclusively in Switzerland; then, from 1951 onward, he rapidly expanded his collection, thanks in part to his business contacts in the United States. This book illustrates the colorful history of the Bührle collection, which includes a total of 633 works, and examines its importance to modern art collections in Germany, Switzerland, and the United States. The survey is complemented by contributions from a number of authors who reflect on seventy masterpieces in the collection, from the old masters to Picasso.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Lukas Gloor has been the director of the Emil Bührle Collection in Zurich since 2002.

The Schweizerisches Institut für Kunstwissenschaft (SIK-ISEA) was founded in 1951 and is the center of art history in Switzerland.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hirmer Verlag
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3777437042
• ISBN 13: 9783777437040
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 472
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible