In Lugano, Monet and van Gogh compared with Canaletto, Guardi and Strozzi: here are the masterpieces of the Bührle collection

From March 15 to August 30, 2020, the Museo d’Arte della Svizzera Italiana (MASI) in Lugano is hosting the exhibition Monet, Cézanne, Van Gogh. Masterpieces from the Emil Bührle Collection: in the halls of the Swiss museum, the public will have the opportunity to admire a selection from the collection of German industrialist and collector Emil Georg Bührle (Pforzheim, 1890 - Zurich, 1956), who between the 1920s and the 1950s set up an important collection of 19th- and 20th-century arts. Among the artists on display are the names of Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, and Amedeo Modigliani.

There is more, however: the aim of the exhibition is in fact to relate the works ofImpressionism to emblematic examples of the painting of previous centuries, thus respecting the collecting wishes of Emil Bührle, who selected his own works with the idea of building a collection capable of highlighting the link between the art of the Impressionists and that of their precursors and successors. In fact, the exhibition at MASI will open with a selection of early works by Canaletto, Francesco Guardi and Bernardo Strozzi, and then continue with a selection of works by the main painters associated withImpressionism.

The exhibition is curated by Tobia Bezzola and is supported by Credit Suisse with the support of ProMuseo - Friends of MASI and with the sponsorship of Castello del Sole - Ascona. Scientific partner IBSA Foundation.

Image: Vincent Van Gogh, Flowering Chestnut Branches (1890; oil on canvas, 72.5 x 91 cm; Emil Bührle Collection)

In Lugano, Monet and van Gogh compared with Canaletto, Guardi and Strozzi: here are the masterpieces of the Bührle collection

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