Kunsthaus Zurich

The Kunsthaus Zürich houses one of the most important art museums in Switzerland and Europe^{[citation needed]}, collected by the local art association called Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft, and holdings running from the Middle Ages to contemporary art, with an emphasis on Swiss art.

Kunsthaus is also the name of the tram stop next to the museum, properly on Pfauenplatz, between the museum building and theSchauspielhaus Zürich.

The museum was planned by architect Karl Moser and Robert Curjel, it was built and opened in 1910. The bas-reliefs on the facade are by Moser's longtime collaborator Oskar Kiefer.

The museum's collection includes works from Edvard Munch, Jacques Lipchitz and Alberto Giacometti. Swiss artists such as Johann Heinrich Füssli, Ferdinand Hodler or from recent times, Pipilotti Rist and Peter Fischli are also represented.

[edit]Gallery

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  Berner Nelkenmeister:
  Johannes der Täufer in der Wüste
 
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  J. M. William Turner:
  Die Teufelsbrücke St. Gotthard
 
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  Johann Heinrich Wüest:
  Der Rhonegletscher
 
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  Arnold Böcklin:
  Der Krieg
 
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  Edouard Manet:
  Die Flucht des Rochefort
 
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  Henri Rousseau :
  Am Waldrand
 
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  August Macke:
  Landschaft mit Kühen und Kamel

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Turner

Turner was only fourteen years old when he was admitted to the Royal Academy Schools. He started his career by painting watercolours and producing mezzotints under the strong influence of John Robert Cozen's work. Then, in 1796, he launched into oil painting, working in the neoclassical manner of Richard Wilson and Nicolas Poussin, with results that found wide acclaim. He exhibited his first picture Fishermen at Sea (1796) in the Royal Academy exhibition in 1796. He was elected an Associate in 1799 and in 1802 a full member of the Royal Academy. Turner was one of the most prolific painters of his time. He traveled extensively in England, Scotland and Ireland, and also on the Continent (France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Italy). Read William Turner's Full Biography