From 24 September 2025 to eight February 2026, the Belvedere presents the exhibition “Cézanne, Monet, Renoir: French Impressionism from Museum Langmatt”
Supply: Belvedere · Picture: Claude Monet: “Ice floes at twilight”, 1893
The Belvedere is presenting chosen works from the Villa Langmatt assortment, one of many earliest and most in depth personal collections of French Impressionism in Switzerland.
The Artwork Nouveau Villa Langmatt was not solely the residence of Jenny and Sidney Brown but in addition an area devoted to their ardour for artwork. The Browns began specializing in French artwork in round 1907, first buying an oil portray by Paul Gauguin, a portray by Claude Monet, and several other photos by Paul Cézanne, earlier than amassing a bigger group of works by this artist in subsequent years. The couple had been significantly within the artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir and picked up an in depth choice of his work. The standard of this assortment can also be demonstrated by a gaggle of excellent works by Camille Corot.
Over a few years, the Browns systematically constructed up a set of French Impressionism and its forerunners that’s consultant in its scope while on the similar time reflecting their preferences. The couple’s amassing was not solely a non-public ardour however can be seen within the context of the altered, modernized self-image of the Swiss industrial bourgeoisie.
