Foundation E.G. Bührle
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The Foundation E.G. Bührle was established by the Bührle family in Zürich, Switzerland to bring to public viewing Emil Georg Bührle's important collection of European sculptures and paintings. The Foundation's art museum is in a Zurich villa adjoining Bührle's former home.
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[edit] Collections
Although the collection includes a number of Old Masters and Modern art, it is made up mainly of French Impressionism and Post-Impressionism paintings by Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Georges Seurat, Alfred Sisley, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Vincent van Gogh and others.
[edit] Art theft
On 10 February 2008, four paintings worth CHF 180 million ($162.5 million) were stolen.[1] [2] [3] It is believed to be the most worth of art work stolen in history.[4] The four paintings are Cézanne's The Boy in the Red Vest (1894/1895)[5], Degas' Count Lepic and His Daughters (1871)[6], Monet's Poppies near Vétheuil (1879)[7] and Van Gogh's Blossoming Chestnut Branches (1890)[8].
.jpg/91px-Paul_Cézanne,_Jeune_garçon_au_gilet_rouge_(1888-89).jpg){kind=spacer} Paul Cézanne: |
 Edgar Degas: |
 Claude Monet: |
Two of the four paintings, Monet's Poppies near Vétheuil and Van Gogh's Blossoming Chestnut Branches, were recovered on February 18, 2008 in a car parked at a nearby hospital's parking lot.[4][9]
[edit] Gallery
 Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot: Lesendes Mädchen in rotem Trikot |
 Georges Seurat: |
 Vincent van Gogh: |
 Paul Cézanne: |
 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: Messalina |
 Amedeo Modigliani: |
 Edouard Manet: |
 Edouard Manet: |
[edit] Reference
- ^ Kantonspolizei Zürich: Zürich: Bewaffneter Raub in Museum (German)
- ^ Interpol: Four masterpieces stolen from Zurich museum (ref.: 2008/5583)
- ^ $160 Million in Art Stolen in Zurich The New York Times, By REUTERS, Published: February 11, 2008
- ^ a b 史上最高額の盗難絵画2点を発見 (Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
- ^ Foundation E.G. Bührle: The Boy in the Red Vest
- ^ Foundation E.G. Bührle: Count Lepic and His Daughters
- ^ Foundation E.G. Bührle: Poppies near Vétheuil
- ^ Foundation E.G. Bührle: Blossoming Chestnut Branches
- ^ 2 Stolen Paintings Found by Swiss
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