Since I checked off all the relevant sites in Basel yesterday, I decided to take an art interlude today. The main art museum here has a special exhibition of paintings on loan from the Prado in Madrid in dialogue with paintings from its collection. My uncle and I went to see it and then toured the 20th century collection, as well.
Rembrandt, David presenting King Saul with the head of Goliath, 1627
Unknown French, The Christian soul accepts the cross, 1630
Francisco de Zurbaran, Agnus Dei, 1635
Pablo Picasso, Seated Harlequin, 1923
Pablo Picasso, Woman with a guitar, 1911-14
Georges Braque, The Musician, 1917-18
Le Corbusier, Vertical Still Life, 1922
Paula Modersohn-Becker, Self portrait semi-nude with amber necklace, 1906
Emil Nolde, Twilight (Marsh Landscape), 1916
Franz Marc, Animal Destinies (The trees showed their rings, the animals their veins), 1913
This painting was supposed to be in a commemorative exhibition after Franz Marc fell at the Battle of Verdun in 1916, but there was a fire in the exhibition storage facility, and a third of the painting burned. Paul Klee then took it upon himself to restore the work in 1919, intentionally leaving the burned edge visible and slightly discoloring the new part.
Ferdinand Léger, Printemps
Adya van Rees, Embroidery, 1914
Hans Arp, Sophie Taueber-Arp, Untitled, 1916-17
Meret Oppenheim, White head, blue garment, 1935
Alberto Giacometti, Portrait of Annette with a yellow blouse, 1964
Theo van Doesburg, Composition XII in black and white, 1918
And apparently, FC Basel has done really well in soccer this year, and there's a big parade in town tonight. I'm not planning to go, but I think this guy is:
