On the occasion of the exhibition Kirchner × Kirchner (12.9.2025–11.1.2026) Kunstmuseum Bern is showing Swiss art from across three centuries in an extensive display from its collection.
In his expressionist mountain landscapes from Davos, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was continuing a tradition in art spanning the so-called “Schweizer Kleinmeister” to Ferdinand Hodler. However, the depiction of the Alpine world is not the only connection between Kirchner and the art produced in his adopted country. The exhibition opens up an expansive panorama of Swiss artists and motifs that can be related to his work. It encompasses symbolist figure paintings from Arnold Böcklin to Ferdinand Hodler, genre scenes from Albert Anker to Max Buri as well as landscapes from Franz Niklaus König to Martha Stettler. The display is being complemented by permanent loans from the Stiftung Expressionismus at Kunstmuseum Bern, from whose holdings eleven outstanding paintings were added to the collection in 2024.
With works by Cuno Amiet, Albert Anker, Ernest Biéler, Arnold Böcklin, Max Buri, Giovanni Giacometti, Ferdinand Hodler, Franz Niklaus König, Albert de Meuron, Albert Müller, Gabriele Münter, Max Pechstein, Hermann Scherer, Annie Stebler-Hopf, Victor Surbek, Martha Stettler, Marianne von Werefkin, Caspar Wolf and many more.
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