The Bührle collection, one of the most beautiful in the world

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Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890): Sower at Sunset, 1888 Bührle collection

Paul Cézanne (1839-1906): The Boy in the Red Waistcoat, 1888/90 Sammlung Bührle

Edgar Degas (1834-1917): Dancers in the Foyer, around 1889 Sammlung Bührle

Alfred Sisley (1839-1899): Summer at Bougival, 1876 Sammlung Bührle

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901): Messaline, 1900/01 Bührle collection

Amadeo Modigliani (1884-1920): Reclining Nude, 1916 Bührle collection

Francisco Goya (1746-1828): Procession in Valencia, year unknown Bührle collection

Chaim Soutine (1893-1943): Portrait of a Woman, around 1928 Sammlung Bührle

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640): The Holy Augustine, 1620 Sammlung Bührle

Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1697-1768): Santa Maria della Salute, 1738/42 Sammlung Bührle

Gustave Courbet (1819-1877): Portrait of a Hunter, around 1858 Bührle collection

Paul Gauguin (1848-1903): The Offering, 1902 Sammlung Bührle

Claude Monet (1840-1926): Waterloo Bridge, 1899/1901 Sammlung Bührle

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903): Road from Osny to Pontoise, 1873 Sammlung Bührle

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Emil Georg Bührle (1890-1956) was passionate about 19^th-century and early 20^th-century French art. The Zurich industrialist amassed one of the most important collections of European paintings.

The Bührle collection is rich in French Impressionist works and those of other artists from the 19th century who were precursors or contemporaries of the Impressionist movement. Emil Bührle acquired most of his collection between 1951 and 1956. Its main theme is the progressive evolution of the new artistic freedom, based on modern art. 

In 1960, Bührle’s family created a foundation which brings together a representative selection of some 200 paintings and sculptures which are on display to the public. The foundation’s museum is located in the neighbouring house, where Bührle stored his paintings, right next to his own home. 

(Images: the E.G. Bührle Collection Foundation)