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 History of the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft and the Kunsthaus collection

Country: Switzerland
City: Zurich
History of the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft and the Kunsthaus collection History of the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft and the Kunsthaus collection Founded in 1787, the Künstlergesellschaft began to collect works of art in 1794. Every member donated either one of his or her own drawings or one by an artist towards what they termed a ‘Malerbuch’ – a painting book. In 1812 they took out a loan to acquire premises, which initially functioned as a club house and bar. Thank ...

 The Van Gogh Museum

Country: Netherlands
City: Amsterdam
The Van Gogh Museum The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam first opened its doors in 1973. The building, designed by Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld, houses the world's largest collection of works by Vincent van Gogh: some 200 paintings, 500 drawings and 700 letters, as well as the artist's own collection of Japanese prints. The collection originally belonged to Theo van Gogh (1857–1891), Vincent's younger brother. Followi ...

 The Getty Center

Country: United States
City: Los Angeles
The Getty Center The Getty is an international cultural and philanthropic institution devoted to the visual arts and the humanities that includes an art museum as well as programs for education, scholarship, and conservation. The Getty Center opened to the public in December 1997, unites the J. Paul Getty Trust's museum, institutes, and grant program on one site in Los Angeles. It has received well over one mill ...

 The Art Institute of Chicago

Country: United States
City: Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago The Art Institute of Chicago holds one of the world's great art collections. The following describes just a few of the wonderful exhibits: The African & Amerindian collection includes an African exhibit of wood sculpture, masks, ceramics, furniture, textiles, and beadwork from West, Central, and Southern Africa and an Amerindian collection of Mesoamerican and Andean ceramics, sculpture, texti ...

 Picasso Museum

Country: France
City: Antibes
Picasso Museum A visit to the Picasso Museum is a moving experience. It evokes joy and pain, despondency and exultation. Visitors cannot help but sense all that has gone on within these walls that were the Antibes Chateau. There was the delicate balance of a family relationship and the ensuing drama; the intrusion of the museum on the chateau; the silence and the magic. The chateau of Antibes is poetic, serious ...

 The Sphinx of Giza

Country: Egypt
City: Giza
The Sphinx of Giza The Sphinx of Giza is a symbol that has represented the essence of Egypt for thousands of years. Even with all of the pictures that we see of the Sphinx, nothing can really prepare you for the time that you finally see the Sphinx with your own eyes. Here's a look at the Sphinx that will give you a hint of what you can expect to see if you visit Egypt. Carved from the bedrock of the Giza plateau, ...

 Tassili n'Ajjer

Country: Algeria
City: Giza
Tassili n'Ajjer Located in a strange lunar landscape of great geological interest, this site has one of the most important groupings of prehistoric cave art in the world. More than 15,000 drawings and engravings record the climatic changes, the animal migrations and the evolution of human life on the edge of the Sahara from 6000 B.C. to the first centuries of the present era. The geological formations are of outs ...

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