{"product_id":"9781907804601","title":"Gauguin to Picasso : Masterworks from Switzerland: The Staechelin \u0026 Im Obersteg Collections","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a unique chance to see works from two remarkable private Swiss collections. It pays tribute to two pioneering supporters of modernism, Rudolf Staechelin (1881–1946) and Karl Im Obersteg (1883–1969), industrialists and businessmen, close friends, and enthusiastic champions of impressionist, post-impressionist, and school of Paris artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eGauguin to Picasso\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eMasterworks from Switzerland \u003c\/i\u003e features over sixty celebrated paintings from their collections, created during the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth century by twenty-two world-famous artists. Masterpieces include Paul Gauguin's \u003ci\u003eNafea faa ipoipo \u003c\/i\u003e ( \u003ci\u003eWhen will you Marry?\u003c\/i\u003e ) (1892), the most expensive work of art ever sold, Vincent van Gogh's \u003ci\u003eDaubigny's Garden \u003c\/i\u003e (1890), Pablo Picasso's double-sided canvas \u003ci\u003eFemme dans la loge \/ Buveuse d'absinthe \u003c\/i\u003e (1901), and Marc Chagall's three monumental Rabbi portraits. There are extraordinary paintings by artists of international stature including Swiss master Ferdinand Hodler, Russian expressionist painter Alexej Jawlensky, works by Edouard Manet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne, Claude Monet, Amedeo Modigliani, Georges Rouault, and Wassily Kandinsky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume also studies how Staechlin and Im Obersteg developed friendships with and influenced the work of artists, and how they came to create two of the most significant collections of modern art in Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eDorothy Kosinski \u003c\/b\u003e is the director of The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eHans-Joachim Müller \u003c\/b\u003e is an art critic at the German weekly paper \u003ci\u003eDie Zeit \u003c\/i\u003e and the culture editor at \u003ci\u003eBasler Zeitung\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eHenriette Mentha \u003c\/b\u003e is the Curator of the Im Obersteg Collection at the Kunstmuseum Basel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eRenée Maurer \u003c\/b\u003e is assistant curator, The Phillips Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Consortium Book Sales \u0026 Dist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043836674288,"sku":"9781907804601","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781907804601_p0.jpg?v=1763619538","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781907804601","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}