Bucerius Kunstforum opens exhibition with works by Ferdinand Hodler and Cuno Amiet

HAMBURG.- Artistic friendships have always been an exciting mixture of friendship and rivalry. For the first time, an exhibition is being dedicated to the artistic interaction between Ferdinand Hodler (1853–1918) and Cuno Amiet (1868–1961). These were the two artists who shaped the Europewide advent of the modern art movement in Switzerland. The exhibition focuses on the period after 1893 when the two artists encountered each other both in person and in the awareness of each other’s work. Although their relationship was [...]

A major landscape by Ferdinand Hodler sells for CHF 7,138,500 at Sotheby’s Zurich

ZURICH.- Sotheby’s Zurich last evening sold a major landscape by the celebrated Swiss painter Ferdinand Hodler – Genfersee von Chexbres aus (Lake Geneva from Chexbres) – for CHF 7,138,500 (€5,784,660). A new world auction record for a work by Albert Anker was also established when Strickendes Mädchen, Kleinkind in der Wiege hütend achieved CHF 6,130,500 (€4,967,830). Estimated in excess of CHF 11 million, tonight’s auction realised CHF 17,410,500 (€14,108,540), bringing the total of Swiss Art sold by Sotheby’s Zurich in 2011 to [...]

Rare, unusual, sought-after Swiss Art to be offered at Koller

ZURICH.- At the end of the 2011 auction year, from 5 to 9 December, Koller, the leading Swiss auction house, will present its 12th auction of Swiss art and many further highlights. After the exceptionally successful auction of Swiss Art in June, which, with a total turnover of CHF 14 million and a record result of CHF 7.3 million for two portraits of children by Albert Anker, proved to be one of the most successful auctions in this sector, on 9 December [...]

Sotheby’s Zurich sale of Swiss Art to present a major landscape by Ferdinand Hodler

ZURICH.- Since the launch of the Swiss Art sale in 1979, Sotheby’s Zurich has sold some of Ferdinand Hodler’s most important landscapes to have come to auction – often for record prices*. In its sale of Swiss Art on 28th November 2011 Sotheby’s Zurich will present a major landscape by the celebrated Swiss painter: Genfersee von Chexbres aus (Lake Geneva from Chexbres). An exceptional group of works by Albert Anker, depicting some of the painter’s favourite themes, will spearhead the sale. Estimated in [...]

Sotheby’s Zurich Celebrates The Muses of Swiss Art in Sale to Be Held on May 30

ZURICH.- Sotheby’s Zurich sale of Swiss Art on 30th May will celebrate the muses of Swiss painting in a selection featuring the principal movements of the discipline, from Ferdinand Hodler’s masterpiece Femme joyeuse to Félix Vallotton’s realistic nudes and Daniele Buetti’s enigmatic Kate Moss. Estimated between 11 and 14 million Swiss francs, the 128-lot sale also comprises important landscapes by Vallotton and works by eminent Swiss artists from the 19th and 20th centuries, including Cuno Amiet, Albert Anker, Ernest Biéler, [...]

Retrospective Exhibition of the Work of Helmut Kolle at Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz

CHEMNITZ.- The Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz – Museum Gunzenhauser are showing a retrospective exhibition entitled HELMUT KOLLE. Helmut Kolle. A German in Paris from 7 November 2010 to 1 May 2011. The 90 exhibits in the show will present the life and work of this extraordinary painter. Works on loan from private collections in Germany, France and Greece are complemented by others from the Centre Pompidou, Paris, the Musée d’Art et d’Archéologie, Senlis and the Musée de Grenoble. Helmut Kolle, who died [...]

Sotheby’s Sells a Masterpiece by Ferdinand Hodler for CHF 4 Million

ZURICH.- Last night Sotheby’s Zurich sale of Swiss Art, held at its premises in Talstrasse 83, brought CHF 15,854,400, € 11,385,923, within the pre-sale estimate of CHF 13.5 million to 19.1 million, and featured masterpieces by Ferdinand Hodler, Giovanni Giacometti and Felix Vallotton, leading representatives of the innovative and avant-garde style in 20th century Swiss art. Discussing the sale, Urs Lanter, Sotheby’s Director and Swiss art expert, said: “We are extremely pleased that this evening´s sale achieved such solid results, [...]

Swiss Art Sale Features a Group of Paintings from a Swiss Private Collection

ZURICH.- On Monday, 14 June 2010, Sotheby’s in Zurich will be holding a spring auction under the heading of ‘Swiss Art’ at its premises in Talstrasse 83. 114 works representing Swiss artistic creativity of the early 20th century will come under the hammer. With an estimate of 13 million Swiss francs, the auction includes masterpieces by 57 artists, among them Ferdinand Hodler, Giovanni Giacometti and Cuno Amiet, a trio of leading representatives of the innovative and avant-garde style in 20th [...]

Kunsthaus Zurich Announces Programme to Celebrate 100th Anniversary

ZURICH.- In 2010 the Kunsthaus Zürich will celebrate its hundredth anniversary. Switzerland’s oldest combined collection and exhibition space opened its doors in Karl Moser’s late Jugendstil museum building on the Heimplatz in 1910, and now, in honour of the centenary, the Kunsthaus will showcase its opulent collection, including many donations, and mount a major Picasso show in tribute to its tradition of key exhibitions. In 2015 the artistic idea of a dynamic museum for the 21st century will become reality, [...]

Hodler Paintings from a Private Collection Bring Excellent Results at Sotheby’s

ZURICH.- Yesterday’s « Swiss Art » Auction at Sotheby’s Zurich realised CHF 5,862,875 (€ 3,878,878). The sale was 65% sold by lot and 83.2% by value. In addition to landscapes and portraits by Hodler from the private collection of his model Jeanne Charles, works by Ernest Biéler, Max Buri as well as Giovanni and Augusto Giacometti also sold well under the hammer of Dr. Claudia Steinfels, Director of Sotheby’s Zurich. Ferdinand Hodler, “Stockhornkette mit Thunersee”. Estimated CHF 350,000 to 450,000 [...]