Résumé:
Informationen zum Autor Dorothy Kosinski is the director of The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. Hans-Joachim Müller is an art critic at the German weekly paper Die Zeit and the culture editor at Basler Zeitung, a major Swiss daily newspaper. He lives and works as a freelance publicist in Germany and Italy.Henriette Mentha is the curator of the Im Obersteg Collection at the Kunstmuseum Basel.Renée Maurer is assistant curator, The Phillips Collection. Klappentext Showcases two stunning collections of early twentieth-century art, with works by Picasso, Van Gogh, Cezanne and Gauguin, amongst many others. Zusammenfassung Features remarkable examples of modern art. with works by Edouard Manet! Pierre-Auguste Renoir! Paul Cezanne! Claude Monet! Vincent van Gogh! Paul Gauguin! Marc Chagall! Pablo Picasso! Amedeo Modigliani! Georges Rouault! Alexej von Jawlensky and Wassily Kandinsky as well as Swiss Modernists Cuno Amiet and Ferdinand Hodler. Inhaltsverzeichnis FOREWORD by the Swiss AmbassadorPERSONAL FOREWORD by Ruedi StaechelinTHE IM OBERSTEG COLLECTION - IN THE US FOR THE FIRST TIME by Matthias Hagemann and Hans FurerACKNOWLEDGMENTS by Dorothy KosinskiCOLLECTIONS AND CULTURAL IDENTITY THE POWER OF COMMUNITY by Dorothy KosinskiRUDOLF STAECHELIN A COLLECTOR: HIS LIFE AND TIMES by Hans-Joachim MüllerTHE IM OBERSTEG COLLECTION by Henriette MenthaTHREE APPROACHES TO COLLECTING by Renée MaurerPLATES WORKS IN THE EXHIBITION PHOTO CREDITSINDEX Photo CreditsIndex