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 intensive personal collections of French Impressionism in Switzerland.
The Artwork Nouveau Villa Langmatt was not solely the residence of Jenny and Sidney Brown but additionally 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 footage by Paul Cézanne, earlier than amassing a bigger group of works by this artist in subsequent years. The couple have been significantly within the artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir and picked up an intensive number of his work. The standard of this assortment can be demonstrated by a bunch 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 gathering was not solely a personal ardour however may also be seen within the context of the altered, modernized self-image of the Swiss industrial bourgeoisie.
