The frame within the picture
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Albert Marquet, Window in Algiers, 1932 Private collection, © 2013, ProLitteris Zürich Collection privée -
Gérard Dou, Woman and Parrot, circa 1665 From the collection of the Museum of Art and History, Geneva Musée d'rt et d'histoire de la ville de Genève -
René Magritte, Praise for Dialectic, 1936 Museum of Ixelles, Brussels, © 2013, ProLitteris Zürich Musée d'Ixelles, Bruxelles -
Edvard Munch, The Kiss, 1895 Jenisch Museum Vevey - Collection of the city of Vevey, © 2013, ProLitteris Zürich Musée Jenisch, Vevey -
Bernard Plossu, Marseille, 1975 From the artist's collection Collection de l'artiste -
Paul Klee, View from a Window, North Sea island,1923 Private collection, Switzerland Collection privée Suisse -
Lorenzo di Credi, Portrait of a Young Woman, or The Lady with Jasmine, 1485-1490 San Domenico Museum, Pinacoteca Civica, Forlí Museio San Domenico -
Pierre Bonnard, Interior, circa 1905 Foundation Collection E.G. Bührle, Zürich, © 2013, ProLitteris Zürich Fondation Collection E. G. Bührle -
Mario Schifano, from the collection Landscapes, 1970 Courtesy of Foundation Marconi, Milan, © 2013, ProLitteris Zürich Fondazione Marconi, Milano -
Antoine Duclaux, Queen Hortense in Aix-les-Bains, 1813 Napoleon Museum, Canton Thurgau, Salenstein Musée Napoléon Thurgovie, Salenstein -
Henri Matisse, Nice, Black Notebook, 1918 Hahnloser/Jaeggli Foundation, Winterthur, © Estate of H. Matisse / 2013, ProLitteris, Zürich Hahnloser/Jaeggli Stiftung, Winterthur -
Piet Mondrian, Composition No. Vl / Composition 9, 1914 Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, © 2013 Mondrian/Holtzman Trust Fondation Beyeler, Riehen -
Markus Raetz, Day or Night, 1998 Graphic collection of the ETH, Zürich, © 2013, ProLitteris Zürich Graphische Sammlung, ETH, Zürich
Artists have been fascinated for ages by windows. The exhibition "Windows – from the Renaissance to present. Dürer, Monet, Magritte..." shows how the theme has been expressed in Western iconography from the 15th Century to present times.
This content was published on March 2, 2013 - 11:00
More than 150 works on show at Lausanne's Fondation de l'Hermitage were loaned by a variety of Swiss and European institutions, as well as numerous prestigious private collections. The thematic journey through 500 years of art history brings together names like Dürer, Monet, Hammershøi, Munch, Mondrian, Jawlensky, Matisse, Duchamp, Vallotton, Ernst, Bonnard, Klee, Picasso, Balthus, Rothko and more. Paintings, engravings, photography and video installations are featured.
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