Travel Pick: Art and Archaeology in Switzerland
Venice: From Canaletto and Turner to Monet

Claude Monet: The Palazzo Contarini, 1908 Oil on canvas, 92 x 81 cm Photo courtesy of

Venice: From Canaletto and Turner to Monet SWITZERLAND BASEL  •  Fondation Beyeler  •  28 September 2008 - 25 January 2009   The Fondation Beyeler devotes an exhibition to the city on the lagoon and the myths that have formed around it, comprising 150 oil and watercolor paintings from major museums and private collections around the world. Renowned Venice pictures by famous artists such as Canaletto, Francesco Guardi, William Turner, James McNeill Whistler, John Singer Sargent, Edouard Manet, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Odilon Redon, and Paul Signac are on display together. A large part of the paintings Claude Monet executed in Venice in 1908 will form a high point in the exhibition. Leitmotifs are the famous views of Venice, such as the Piazza San Marco, the Canal Grande, Palladio’s San Giorgio Maggiore Church, and Santa Maria della Salute Church. Fondation Beyeler Web Site Contact: Baselstrasse 77 CH-4125 Riehen/Basel Tel: (41) 61 645 97 00 email this item to a friend