Foundation E.G.

Bhrle

Foundation E.G. Bhrle

Foundation E.G. Bhrle Collection

Established 1960 Location Type Director Website Zrich, Switzerland Art museum Lukas Gloor http:/ / www. buehrle. ch

The Foundation E.G. Bhrle Collection (Stiftung Sammlung E. G. Bhrle) was established by the Bhrle family in Zrich, Switzerland to bring to public viewing Emil Georg Bhrle's important collection of European sculptures and paintings. The Foundation's art museum is in a Zurich villa adjoining Bhrle's former home.

Collections
Although the collection includes a number of Old Masters and Modern art including works by Pierre Bonnard, Georges Braque, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso, it comprises mainly French Impressionism and Post-Impressionism paintings by Paul Czanne, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, douard Manet, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Georges Seurat, Alfred Sisley, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Vincent van Gogh and others.

Gallery

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot: A Girl Reading, 1845-1850

douard Manet: The Swallows Oil on Canvas, 1873

douard Manet: The Suicide, 1877-1881

Paul Signac: Two Milliners in the Rue du Caire, 1885-86

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Vincent van Gogh: The Sower (after Millet), 1888

Paul Czanne: Self-Portrait with Palette, 1890

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: Messaline, 1900-1901

Amedeo Modigliani: Reclining Nude, 1916

Art theft
On 10 February 2008, four paintings worth CHF 180 million ($162.5 million) were stolen. The four paintings are Czanne's The Boy in the Red Vest (1894/1895), Degas' Count Lepic and His Daughters (1871), Monet's Poppies near Vtheuil (1879) and Van Gogh's Blossoming Chestnut Branches (1890).

Paul Czanne: The Boy in the Red Vest Oil on Canvas (1894/1895)

Edgar Degas: Count Lepic and His Daughters (1871)

Claude Monet: Poppies near Vtheuil

Vincent van Gogh: Blossoming Chestnut Branches (1890)

All four paintings have since been recovered. Monet's Poppies near Vtheuil and Van Gogh's Blossoming Chestnut Branches, were recovered on February 18, 2008 in a car parked at a nearby hospital's parking lot.[1] Czanne's "The Boy in the Red Vest" was recovered in Serbia on April 12, 2012. Count Lepic and His Daughters was recovered in April 2012 with slight damages.[2] Three men were arrested in connection with the theft.

References
[1] 2 Stolen Paintings Found by Swiss (http:/ / ap. google. com/ article/ ALeqM5hRDbcIWkDAJuntYwgLB0roJ43VVQD8UTF28G0) [2] http:/ / www. swissinfo. ch/ eng/ culture/ Stolen_Degas_recovered_damaged. html?cid=32566670

Literature
Gloor, Lukas (ed.): Stiftung Sammlung E. G. Bhrle: Katalog IIII. Silvana 20042005, ISBN 88-87582-95-5 (1), ISBN 88-87582-88-2 (2), ISBN 88-87582-73-4 (3). Emil Maurer: Stiftung Sammlung E. G. Bhrle, Zrich. Bern 1992 ISBN 3-85782-526-X Katalog Washington D.C.: The Passionate Eye, Impressionist and other Master Paintings from the E. G. Bhrle Collection. Zrich 1990 ISBN 0-8478-1215-4

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External links
Official webpage in German (http://www.buehrle.ch/) and in English (http://www.buehrle.ch/index. php?lang=en) Complete list of artists in the Bhrle Foundation's collection (http://www.buehrle.ch/painters.php?lang=en) Coordinates: 472111N 83342E (http:/ / tools. wmflabs. org/ geohack/ geohack. php?pagename=Foundation_E. G._Bhrle&params=47_21_11_N_8_33_42_E_region:CH-ZH_type:landmark)

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