Kunst Museum Winterthur is run by the Winterthur Art Association (Kunstverein Winterthur), founded in 1848. It now owns the fourth major public collection of modern art in Switzerland, alongside Basel, Zurich and Bern.
Kunst Museum Winterthur is housed inside a building constructed between 1913 to 1915 to plans of architects Robert Rittmeyer and Walter Furrer. The inauguration took place on January 2, 1916. A temple portico with four Ionic columns emphasizes the building's main entrance.
facade with temple portico
The over 5 meters high paintings "Printemps" and "Automne" in the entrance hall were created by Ker-Xavier Roussel. Also to be seen here is the sculpture "La Nuit" by Aristide Maillol (1902).
entrance staircase leading to the art museum on the first floor
entrance to the administration
entrance staircase first floor with paintings by Ker-Xavier Roussel
The permanent collection includes many impressionist and post-impressionist paintings such as "Joseph Roulin" (Vincent van Gogh, 1888), "Nymphéas blancs et jaunes" (Claude Monet, 1915-17), "La liseuse" (Edouard Vuillard, 1910) or "Le monde perdu" (René Magritte, 1928).
exhibition with works by Edouard Vuillard and Pierre Bonnard
exhibition with paintings by Vincent Van Gogh and Claude Monet
exhibition with paintings by Oskar Schlemmer and Paul Klee
A new extension building was constructed between 1993 and 1995 to plans by the Zurich architectural firm Gigon/Guyer. The glazed steel structure with a sawtooth roof is reminiscent of industrial architecture and allowed the museum to almost double its exhibition space.
extension building
extension
The exhibition "They’ve Turned into Each Other. Which Is Which?" by Silvia Bächli is shown here between May 24 and August 18, 2024.
extension building - exhibition by Silvia Bächli
extension building - exhibition by Silvia Bächli
Kunst Museum Winterthur also manages nearby Villa Flora.
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