Fondation Beyeler - Gauguin Exhibition

Feb. 21, 2015

Fondation Beyeler

Riehen, Basel
Switzerland

Cultural Visit to Paul Gauguin Exhibition At the Fondation Beyeler, Riehen (Basel).






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Cultural Visit to Paul Gauguin Exhibition

At the Fondation Beyeler, Riehen (Basel).

 

A PRIVATE GUIDED TOUR

This is an incredible opportunity to discover the work of Paul Gauguin during a private guided tour in English with one of the Foundations Curators.

The day will be structured as follows:

09:18: Geneva - Basel (direct train). Meet at reserved wagon.

11:53: Arrival to Basel, tram to Fondation Beyeler.

12:30 Lunch at Wiesener Garten, Riehens finest Italian restaurant

14:30-15:45: Guided tour by curator in English

Free time

17:03: Return train from Basel - Geneva (direct).

Please note: The price includes: lunch, entry fee and private tour. It does NOT include the train cost. Limited number of spaces, members may bring one guest. A pre reserved CFF train wagon will be organized.


Sam Keller, Director of the Foundation Beyeler, informed the press that it took 6 years to reunite from the world over, this unique Gauguin exhibition that will be held only in Basel. An explosion of colors!


"L'Expo du siècle" - Tribune de Genève

 

A Carte Journalière for two persons at CHF 69 - only one person needs a 1/2 tarif - can be purchased until Feb. 14. Call the office at 022 704 13 23 for details


Featured Speakers

Speaker Paul Gauguin
Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (French: 7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a French Post-Impressionist artist who was not well appreciated until after his death. Gauguin was later recognized for his experimental use of color and synthetist style that were distinguishably different from Impressionism. His work was influential to the French avant-garde and many modern …

Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (French: 7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a French Post-Impressionist artist who was not well appreciated until after his death. Gauguin was later recognized for his experimental use of color and synthetist style that were distinguishably different from Impressionism. His work was influential to the French avant-garde and many modern artists, such as Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. Gauguin’s art became popular after his death and many of his paintings were in the possession of Russian collector Sergei Shchukin.


He was an important figure in the Symbolist movement as a painter, sculptor, print-maker, ceramist, and writer. His bold experimentation with color led directly to the Synthetist style of modern art, while his expression of the inherent meaning of the subjects in his paintings, under the influence of the cloisonnist style, paved the way to Primitivism and the return to the pastoral. He was also an influential proponent of wood engraving and woodcuts as art forms.

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Date and Time

Sat, Feb. 21, 2015

9:15 a.m. - 7:45 p.m.
(GMT+0000) GMT

Location

Fondation Beyeler


Riehen, Basel
Switzerland

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