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Félix Vallotton, Femme nue lutinant un Silène (Nude woman fondling a Silenus), 1907

Félix Vallotton

Femme nue lutinant un Silène (Nude woman fondling a Silenus), 1907

As Félix Vallotton left his Nabi period behind, he began to move on to larger formats, producing a series of canvases featuring bathing women, allegories,…

Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, Le Rêve (The Dream), 1890

Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen

Le Rêve (The Dream), 1890

This poster for a ballet at the Académie nationale de musique in Paris is typical of the craze for all things Japanese in the last…

Maurice Denis, Septima hora, c. 1903

Maurice Denis

Septima hora, c. 1903

The painting’s warm, velvety, almost acid hues and thick, matte paintwork make it almost glow. It dates from a period when Maurice Denis was moving…

Maurice Denis, Allégorie (Allegory), 1899

Maurice Denis

Allégorie (Allegory), 1899

Allégorie is the opening lithography in Amour, an illustrated book commissioned by the publisher and art dealer Ambroise Vollard in 1892. When it was eventually…

Otto Charles Bänninger , Buste de Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz (Bust of Charles Ferdinand Ramuz), 1942

Otto Charles Bänninger

Buste de Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz (Bust of Charles Ferdinand Ramuz), 1942

Otto Charles Bänninger studied sculpture with Franz Wanger in Zurich before moving to Paris in 1920 to join Émile-Antoine Bourdelle's studio at the Académie de…

Aimé-Jules Dalou , Le Terrassier (The Road builder), between 1889 and 1898

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Aimé-Jules Dalou

Le Terrassier (The Road builder), between 1889 and 1898

Aimé-Jules Dalou, a pupil of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux and contemporary of Auguste Rodin, was a major French sculptor in the latter half of the nineteenth century.…

Eugène Grasset, Concours de fontaine monumentale à ériger à côté d'un Palais de Justice (Entry for a competition to design a monumental fountain to stand alongside a law court), 1885

Eugène Grasset

Concours de fontaine monumentale à ériger à côté d'un Palais de Justice (Entry for a competition to design a monumental fountain to stand alongside a law court), 1885

The Lausanne authorities decided to build a fountain on the Promenade de Montbenon after launching the building works for the Federal Courthouse (now the arrondissement…

François Bocion, Le remorqueur (The Tug), 1867

François Bocion

Le remorqueur (The Tug), 1867

September 24, 1859. The Lake Geneva tugboat operating company launches the Mercure in Morges harbour as a crowd of onlookers claps and cheers. The steamship,…

François Keiserman, Le tombeau de Plautius sur la route de Tivoli (The tomb of Plautius on the road to Tivoli), 1793

François Keiserman

Le tombeau de Plautius sur la route de Tivoli (The tomb of Plautius on the road to Tivoli), 1793

François Keiserman arrived in Rome in 1789, financed by the Vaud-based art entrepreneur Louis Ducros who had hired him as a watercolourist at his rapidly…

Auguste de Niederhäusern, dit Rodo, Les Initiés (The Initiates), 1898

Auguste de Niederhäusern, dit Rodo

Les Initiés (The Initiates), 1898

Auguste de Niederhaüsern studied industrial art and fine art in Geneva before moving to Paris in 1886, where he joined the studios of the sculptors…

Édouard Ravel , Fête patronale au val d'Hérens (Patronal Feast Day, Val d'Hérens), 1889

Édouard Ravel

Fête patronale au val d'Hérens (Patronal Feast Day, Val d'Hérens), 1889

Edouard Ravel studied under Barthélemy Menn and Alfred van Muyden and eventually took up a teaching position at the Geneva School of Fine Art himself.…

Ferdinand Hodler, Au pied du Salève (At the foot of the Salève), 1888

Ferdinand Hodler

Au pied du Salève (At the foot of the Salève), 1888

Ferdinand Hodler painted this landscape at the foot of the Salève, near Veyrier, in the countryside outside Geneva. This is the largest of some fifteen…

Marius Borgeaud , Le mal de dents (Toothache), 1911

Marius Borgeaud

Le mal de dents (Toothache), 1911

Like many other artists, Marius Borgeaud spent much of his career painting in Brittany. But while others focused on picturesque Breton scenes, from widows mourning…

Charles Gleyre, Cavaliers turcs et arabe (Turks and an Arab on horseback), c. 1838 - 1839

Charles Gleyre

Cavaliers turcs et arabe (Turks and an Arab on horseback), c. 1838 - 1839

The spring of 1838 saw Charles Gleyre return to Paris after a lengthy tour of the eastern Mediterranean. It took him until 1843 to digest…

Alice Bailly, Ier Chant (First Song), 1918

Alice Bailly

Ier Chant (First Song), 1918

In June 1918, Alice Bailly became acquainted with Werner Reinhart, a German-speaking Swiss philanthropist renowned for his patronage of the arts. The pair met in…

Charles-Louis Corbet, Portrait du général Bonaparte (Portrait of General Bonaparte), c. 1800

Charles-Louis Corbet

Portrait du général Bonaparte (Portrait of General Bonaparte), c. 1800

This life-sized bust was commissioned by the Directoire, which hailed Napoléon Bonaparte as a hero on his return from the Italian campaign in December 1797.…

Alice Bailly, Rade de Genève ou Vol de mouettes (Geneva Harbour or Flight of Gulls), 1915

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Alice Bailly

Rade de Genève ou Vol de mouettes (Geneva Harbour or Flight of Gulls), 1915

Alice Bailly was on the cusp of turning forty when her decision to adopt an avant-garde style paid off in Paris. She became friends with…

Eugène Grasset, Femme à la rose (Woman and Rose), c. 1900

Eugène Grasset

Femme à la rose (Woman and Rose), c. 1900

Eugène Grasset was something of a paradox. Though considered in his day as the artist who best captured the essence of womanhood, he expressed gross…

Alice Bailly, Joueuses d'osselets (Women playing knucklebones), 1912

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Alice Bailly

Joueuses d'osselets (Women playing knucklebones), 1912

After Alice Bailly moved to Paris in 1906, she began to move in Fauvist circles. At the start of the 1910s, her style changed dramatically…

Emile David, Le Bosphore (The Bosphorus), between 1870 and 1878

Emile David

Le Bosphore (The Bosphorus), between 1870 and 1878

Émile David studied with Barthélémy Menn in Geneva and Charles Gleyre in Paris before heading for Italy in 1848. He spent much of his time…

Charles Gleyre, Esquisse pour

Charles Gleyre

Esquisse pour "La séparation des apôtres" (Sketch for the Separation of the Apostles), 1844-1845

Charles Gleyre achieved instant success at the 1843 Paris Salon with Le Soir (Evening), an Orientalist reverie that won a Second Class medal and was…

Auguste Baud-Bovy , Portrait d'enfant. Valentin en train de peindre, grandeur nature (Portrait of a Child. Valentin painting, life size), 1883

Auguste Baud-Bovy

Portrait d'enfant. Valentin en train de peindre, grandeur nature (Portrait of a Child. Valentin painting, life size), 1883

As a young man, Auguste Baud was influenced by his friendship with the artistically and intellectually inclined Bovy family of Geneva, who introduced him to…

Eugène Burnand, Chrétien et Plein d'Espoir capturés par le géant Désespoir (Christian and Hopeful captured by the giant Despair), c. 1897

Eugène Burnand

Chrétien et Plein d'Espoir capturés par le géant Désespoir (Christian and Hopeful captured by the giant Despair), c. 1897

Seeing Fra Angelico's frescos on a trip to Italy in 1877 confirmed Eugène Burnand's intention to turn to religious subjects: from the latter half of…

Albert Anker, Les Petites Brodeuses (The Little Embroideresses), 1875

Albert Anker

Les Petites Brodeuses (The Little Embroideresses), 1875

This painting is the perfect example of how Swiss painters based abroad adapted their output to local markets. Albert Anker trained at the Vaud-born master…

Albert Anker, La reine Berthe et les fileuses (Queen Bertha and the Spinners), 1888

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Albert Anker

La reine Berthe et les fileuses (Queen Bertha and the Spinners), 1888

A woman is busy teaching four girls hand-spinning. The activity lets Albert Anker form a diagonal across the centre of the composition, from the basket…

Léopold Robert, Brigand de la campagne romaine (Brigand in the Roman Campagna), 1821

Léopold Robert

Brigand de la campagne romaine (Brigand in the Roman Campagna), 1821

Léopold Robert initially trained as an engraver. In 1812, he joined the studio of Jacques-Louis David, who encouraged him to turn to painting. Robert moved…

Edouard Girardet, Le Retour de la montagne (Return from the Mountain), 1851

Edouard Girardet

Le Retour de la montagne (Return from the Mountain), 1851

The Bernese Oberland developed a busy tourist trade as early as the latter half of the eighteenth century. Local artists would churn out engravings and…

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