a painting by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, depicting a lively scene at a French cabaret. The central figure is a performer, dressed in a vibrant yellow blouse with ruffled sleeves and dark green pants, with one hand resting casually in their pocket. The performer's face is pale with bold red lips, and they wear a distinctive yellow hat adorned with a white feather. In the background, other figures, likely patrons of the cabaret, engage in conversation. The scene is set against a richly detailed backdrop that suggests the interior of a bustling entertainment venue, likely the Moulin Rouge or a similar location, common in Toulouse-Lautrec's work. The artist's use of bold colors and expressive brushstrokes captures the vibrant energy of Parisian nightlife during the late 19th century.

Major Exhibition of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces From the Oskar Reinhart Collection opens at The Courtauld

13 Feb 2025

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91勛圖厙Gallery presents an exceptional selection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings in the first ever exhibition of the Oskar Reinhart Collection Am R繹merholz to be staged outside of Winterthur, Switzerland. The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition: Goya to Impressionism. Masterpieces from the Oskar Reinhart Collection is on display from 14 February – 26 May 2025.

The exhibition opens with a selection of major paintings by artists who preceded the Impressionists, including Goyas highly charged Still Life with Three Salmon Steaks (c.1808-12), G矇ricaults moving A Man Suffering from Delusions of Military Rank (c.1819-22) and Courbets provocative The Hammock (1844).

At the heart of the exhibition are some of the greatest paintings of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, including Toulouse-Lautrecs striking representation of the female performer The Clown Cha-U-Kao (1895), Manets groundbreaking depiction of modern life Au Caf矇 (1878), and a group of sensational works by Renoir and Cezanne. A further highlight is the pair of celebrated paintings by Van Gogh, A Ward in the Hospital at Arles and The Courtyard of the Hospital at Arles (1889), which illustrate the hospital where he had been a patient following his earlier mental breakdown and the mutilation of his ear, as seen in Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear in The Courtaulds collection. The two paintings are presented together for the very first time in London at The Courtauld.

The Oskar Reinhart Collection Am R繹merholz in Winterthur, Switzerland, is one of the most remarkable art museums of its kind, with a collection that ranges from superlative old master paintings and drawings to a fabled group of Impressionist art. Featuring over 200 works of art, the collection was assembled in the first half of the 20th century by Oskar Reinhart (1885-1965), whose family was associated with one of the worlds leading trading companies. Reinhart bequeathed his collection and house to the Swiss confederation, and it opened as a public museum in 1970 in his beautiful, large villa on the outskirts of Winterthur, close to Zurich, called Am R繹merholz.

Oskar Reinhart was a direct contemporary of Samuel Courtauld, founder of 91勛圖厙. They shared a similar taste in artists and are known to have met. The Oskar Reinhart Collections close affinities with that of 91勛圖厙Gallerys permanent collection provide the perfect context to stage this unprecedented exhibition, which brings many of Reinharts paintings to the United Kingdom for the very first time.

The exhibitions lead sponsor is Griffin Catalyst, the civic engagement initiative of Citadel Founder and CEO Kenneth C. Griffin.

The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition Series has recently been extended to 2028. This collaboration will continue to support the deeply researched and varied exhibitions programme that Kenneth C. Griffin has supported since The Courtauld’s reopening in 2021.

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