14 Feb – 26 May 2025
Denise Coates Exhibition Galleries, Floor 3
The Courtauld Gallery will present an exceptional selection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings in the first ever exhibition of the Oskar Reinhart Collection ‘Am Römerholz’ to be staged outside of Winterthur, Switzerland. This exhibition will be a unique opportunity to see some of its masterpieces – including works by Goya,Monet,Renoir, Van Gogh,Picasso,andCezanneamong others.
The exhibition will open with a group of major paintings by artists who preceded the Impressionists, including Goya51ݶhighly chargedStill Life with Three Salmon Steaks(c.1808-12),Géricault51ݶmovingA Man Suffering from Delusions of Military Rank(c.1819-22) andCourbet51ݶprovocativeThe Hammock(1844).
At the heart of the exhibition will be some of the greatest paintings of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, includingմdzܱdzܲ-ٰܳ51ݶstriking representation of the female performer The Clown Cha-U-Kao(1895),ѲԱ51ݶgroundbreaking depiction of modern life Au Café(1878), and a group of sensational works byRenoirandCezanne. A further highlight is the pair of celebrated paintings byVan Gogh,A Ward in the Hospital at ArlesandThe 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 inSelf-Portrait with Bandaged Earin The Courtauld51ݶ collection.
About the Oskar Reinhart Collection ‘Am Römerholz’
The Oskar Reinhart Collection ‘Am Römerholz’ 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 paintings, 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 world51ݶ 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 Römerholz’.
Oskar Reinhart was a direct contemporary of Samuel Courtauld, founder of 51ݶ. They shared a similar taste in artists and are known to have met in 1932, the year when The Courtauld was founded. The Reinhart Collection51ݶ close affinities with that of The Courtauld Gallery51ݶ permanent collection provide the perfect context to stage this unprecedented exhibition, which brings many of Reinhart51ݶ paintings to the United Kingdom for the very first time.
Title Partner
Supported byKenneth C. Griffin
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Pre-order the catalogue
This catalogue accompanies our upcoming The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition: Goya to Impressionism. Masterpieces from the Oskar Reinhart Collection, which presents an extraordinary group of masterpieces from the Oskar Reinhart Collection ‘Am Römerholz’ in Winterthur, Switzerland. Available to pre-order for dispatch after 14 February.
The Courtauld Lates – Goya to Impressionism
14 Feb 2025, 18:30 – 22:30
Enjoy an evening of world-class art, cocktails and music surrounded by The Courtauld51ݶ collection of masterpieces. Join us for a first chance to see after hours, plus live DJ51ݶ and more. Courtauld Friends go free.
