REMEMBERING AND FORGETTING.....
I got back to my little hotel which was only ten minutes away. Pierrette asked what I was seeing and in reply to her email, I said that I would take in the permanent collection the following day. I had - so I thought - never really given it my full attention.
So after another hour spent with the « Expressionists » off I went to see the permanent collection. If I had forgotten it, when coming into the first gallery, everything came flooding back. Then I looked up my notes and there it was in 2011. This was followed by other exhibitions on the same topic in 2012 -
TWO DAYS OF WEALTH AND COLOUR.
However, I had forgotten the Baselitz.
You have got to admit that the gallery is immense and very few other paintings in it with the exception of the Baselitz mural feature - with heads which were all upside down. I prefer them the other ways around.
The statue too and although not described as being religious, it obviously is.
I took photos of what I enjoyed and there were many more. There were some Paul Klee which I didn’t do justice too. The Matisse and Picasso nudes were together - I didn't remember these either. Frankly the contrast is very striking. Yet I do know how much Picasso admired Matisse’s work.
They were both side by side but on different walls in the same gallery.
My introuduction to Morandi was this painting. I fell for it light years ago. Visiting his atelier in Bologna with Mother some 20 years ago, we loved his work instantly. In fact his natura morta were much more interesting that the original bottles etc.
The David Hockney I don't remember either. Would you have thought this to be Hockney? I certainly would not have.
What was very striking and all alone on the scene was the Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929) sculpture of SAPPHO. This is a very large depiction of the most celebrated female poet of Antiquity. It was exhibited outside for many years and as a result it suffered severely. Following careful restoration the work is once again in excellent condition and has resumed its place amongst other well known French sculptors .
Thinking about the collection afterwards, I'm pretty sure that it had been moved around. Especially the Baselitz gallery....some areas seemed quite new and others memorable, apart from the Hockey.
So the rest of my day was spent looking at the different exhibitions before wandering down to the central station in brilliant sunshine and a very warm down. It had been a wonderful couple of days and Zurich had never looked so beautiful.
I'm off again - Brussels next week!
So after another hour spent with the « Expressionists » off I went to see the permanent collection. If I had forgotten it, when coming into the first gallery, everything came flooding back. Then I looked up my notes and there it was in 2011. This was followed by other exhibitions on the same topic in 2012 -
TWO DAYS OF WEALTH AND COLOUR.
However, I had forgotten the Baselitz.
Georg Baselitz (born 23 January 1938) is a German painter who studied in the former East Germany, before moving to what was then the country of West Germany. Baselitz's style is interpreted by the Northern American as Neo-Expressionist, but from a European perspective, it is more seen as postmodern. (Wikipedia)
You have got to admit that the gallery is immense and very few other paintings in it with the exception of the Baselitz mural feature - with heads which were all upside down. I prefer them the other ways around.
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| The gallery and empty too |
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| Another view |
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| George Baselitz 1928- Cat Head 1966-67 |
The statue too and although not described as being religious, it obviously is.
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| Hermann Scherer 1893-1927) Totel 1924/25 |
I took photos of what I enjoyed and there were many more. There were some Paul Klee which I didn’t do justice too. The Matisse and Picasso nudes were together - I didn't remember these either. Frankly the contrast is very striking. Yet I do know how much Picasso admired Matisse’s work.
They were both side by side but on different walls in the same gallery.
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| Henri Matisse (1869-1954) Nude asleep on a red background 1916 |
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| Picasso (1881-1973) Large Nude 1964 |
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| Giacometti (1901-1966) The Hand 1947 |
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| Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964) Natura morta 1950 |
My introuduction to Morandi was this painting. I fell for it light years ago. Visiting his atelier in Bologna with Mother some 20 years ago, we loved his work instantly. In fact his natura morta were much more interesting that the original bottles etc.
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| Kandisnky (1866-1944) Serenity 1938 |
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| Johannes Itten (1888-1967) Children's picture 1921-22 |
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| Max Ernst 1891-1976) Cages are always imaginary 1925 |
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| Otto Dix (1891-1969) Matrosenbraut 1921 |
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| Pablo Picasso (1871-1973) The Kiss 1969 |
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| Alexander Calder (1898-1976) Cello on a spindle 1937 |
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| Max Ernst (1893-1983) Grand Personnage 1955/56 |
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| David Hockney 1937- Rimbaud Vozel poem 1962 |
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| Max Ernst (1891-1976) The Jew at the North Pole 1928 |
What was very striking and all alone on the scene was the Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929) sculpture of SAPPHO. This is a very large depiction of the most celebrated female poet of Antiquity. It was exhibited outside for many years and as a result it suffered severely. Following careful restoration the work is once again in excellent condition and has resumed its place amongst other well known French sculptors .
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| Antoine Bourdelle - Sappho 1887/1925 |
Thinking about the collection afterwards, I'm pretty sure that it had been moved around. Especially the Baselitz gallery....some areas seemed quite new and others memorable, apart from the Hockey.
So the rest of my day was spent looking at the different exhibitions before wandering down to the central station in brilliant sunshine and a very warm down. It had been a wonderful couple of days and Zurich had never looked so beautiful.
I'm off again - Brussels next week!
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