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LAUSANNE. THE HERMITAGE Foundation devotes its major summer exhibition at one of the most prestigious private collections in Europe: the collection Hahnloser. Gathered between 1905 and 1936 in Winterthur by Arthur Hahnloser (1870-1936) and his wife Hedy Hahnloser-Buhler (1873-1952), this collection is exceptional in more ways than one. It is the result encounters and friendships with many artists including Ferdinand Hodler, Giovanni Giacometti, Felix Vallotton and Pierre Bonnard, who introduced the Hahnlosers on stage Paris art, helping and advising on their purchases.

Most of the works making up the collection were acquired directly in the painter’s workshop or with major retailers such Bernheim-Jeune in Paris, and Ambroise Vollard Eugène Druet. The close ties that Hahnloser has woven with the worlds of art are also translated by many artists stay among collectors, who regularly visited the Villa Flora, Winterthur and in their winter home at Cannes. Several works still attest to those privileged moments of friendship, shared with Vallotton, Manguin, Vuillard and Bonnard. After the death of Arthur (1936) and then Hedy (1952), their descendants founded the Foundation Hahnloser / Jaeggli. Under his leadership, the Flora Villa, built in 1858 has been revised and enlarged to accommodate the collection that was opened to the public in 1995.

The exhibition shows for the first time together, the masterpieces of the Villa Flora, associated with other gems of the Hahnloser collection  that are today in private hands. The event includes more than 150 iconic works from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

The showroom opens with beautiful works of Hodler and Giovanni Giacometti, the first painters collected by Hahnloser  and a wonderful selection of Symbolist Odilon Redon. The exhibition also pays homage to the "new painting" with paintings by Cezanne, Manet, Renoir, Van Gogh or Toulouse-Lautrec.

Besides Bonnard, dear friend of collectors, Winterthur Vallotton is the flagship of the artist's collection, mainly centered on the Nabis group, which also brings together works by Vuillard, Denis andMaillol. A significant choice of prints and drawings also evokes the extraordinary creativity of graphic these artists, with whom the Hahnlosers has maintained close relations. Fauvism is finally well represented, with paintings by Matisse, Marquet and Manguin, and a remarkable collection of Rouault.

Commissariat général : Juliane Cosandier, director of the Fondation de l'Hermitage,Lausanne
Commissariat : Angelika Affentranger Kirchrath-curator of the Villa Flora, Winterthur

Catalogue co-published with The Library of Art, the Hermitage Foundation publishes richly illustrated catalog, bringing together many scientific contributions, under the Margrit Hahnloser direction, art historian.
Fondation de l'Hermitage, Lausanne
24 June - 23 October
Collection of Arthur and Hedy Hahnloser
Van Gogh, Bonnard, Vallotton ...
Odilon Redon. Turquoise vase, circa 1910

Odilon Redon. Turquoise vase, circa 1910
 oil on canvas, 65 x 50 cm private collection Photo © Markus Mühlheim, Prolith AG, Switzerland

Giovanni Giacometti. Kids to bed, 1907

Giovanni Giacometti. Kids to bed, 1907
 Oil eternit, 55 x 33.5 cm private collection Photo © Dominique Uldry, Bern

Edouard Manet. Amazon, 1883

Edouard Manet. Amazon, 1883
 oil on canvas, 114 x 86 cm private collection, Villa Flora, Winterthur © photo Reto Pedrini, Zurich

Henri-Charles Manguin. The Siesta or The Rocking Chair, Jeanne, 1905

Henri-Charles Manguin. The Siesta or The Rocking Chair, Jeanne, 1905
 oil on canvas, 89 x 117 cm private collection, Villa Flora, Winterthur © photo Reto Pedrini, Zurich © 2011, ProLitteris Zurich

Henri Matisse. Nice black notebook, 1918

Henri Matisse. Nice black notebook, 1918
 oil on canvas, 33 x 40.7 cm private collection, Villa Flora, Winterthur © photo Reto Pedrini, Zurich © 2011 Succession H. Matisse / ProLitteris Zurich

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.Redhead (Justine God!), 1897

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.Redhead (Justine God!), 1897
 oil on cardboard, 58.5 x 48 cm Hahnloser / Jaeggli Stiftung, Villa Flora, Winterthur © photo Reto Pedrini, Zurich

Ferdinand Hodler. The Jungfrau massif seen from Mürren, 1911

Ferdinand Hodler. The Jungfrau massif seen from Mürren, 1911
 oil on canvas, 72 x 91 cm Hahnloser / Jaeggli Stiftung, Villa Flora, Winterthur © photo Reto Pedrini, Zurich

Pierre Bonnard Carafe Provencal (Marthe Bonnard and his dog Ubu), 1915

Pierre Bonnard Carafe Provencal (Marthe Bonnard and his dog Ubu), 1915
 oil on canvas, 63 x 65 cm. Hahnloser / Jaeggli Stiftung, Villa Flora, Winterthur. © photo Reto Pedrini, Zurich. © 2011, ProLitteris Zurich

Felix Vallotton The Esterel and the bay of Cannes, 1925

Felix Vallotton The Esterel and the bay of Cannes, 1925
 oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm. private collection, Villa Flora, Winterthur. © photo Reto Pedrini, Zurich

Paul Cezanne. Portrait of the Artist, 1877-1878

Paul Cezanne. Portrait of the Artist, 1877-1878
 oil on canvas, 25.5 x 19 cm Hahnloser / Jaeggli Stiftung, Villa Flora, Winterthur © photo Reto Pedrini, Zurich

Vincent van Gogh The Sower, 1888

Vincent van Gogh The Sower, 1888
 oil on canvas, 72 x 91.5 cm. Hahnloser / Jaeggli Stiftung, Villa Flora, Winterthur © photo Reto Pedrini, Zurich

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