The Kunstmuseum Bern is Switzerland's oldest fine art museum with a permanent collection ranging from Gothic times to the present. With currently over 3000 paintings and sculptures as well as around 48,000 drawings, prints, photographs, videos and films, it boasts not only one of Switzerland's leading collections but also international renown. The great diversity of its collection, including works by Ferdinand Hodler, Paul Klee, Albert Anker, Pablo Picasso, Franz Gertsch, Vincent van Gogh, Meret Oppenheim and many more, has secured the Kunstmuseum Bern an outstanding reputation worldwide. Large groups of works by Bernhard Luginbühl, Markus Raetz, Urs Lüthi, Dieter Roth and Sigmar Polke represent contemporary approaches.
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The Kunstmuseum Bern is Switzerland's oldest fine art museum with a permanent collection ranging from Gothic times to the present. With currently over 3000 paintings and sculptures as well as around 48,000 drawings, prints, photographs, videos and films, it boasts not only one of Switzerland's leading collections but also international renown. The great diversity of its collection, including works by Ferdinand Hodler, Paul Klee, Albert Anker, Pablo Picasso, Franz Gertsch, Vincent van Gogh, Meret Oppenheim and many more, has secured the Kunstmuseum Bern an outstanding reputation worldwide. Large groups of works by Bernhard Luginbühl, Markus Raetz, Urs Lüthi, Dieter Roth and Sigmar Polke represent contemporary approaches.
Bernese Carnation Master (unknown), John the Baptist’s Sermon before Herod, around 1490
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Bernese Carnation Master (unknown), John the Baptist’s Sermon before Herod, around 1490
Find out more about why John the Baptist rebuked Herod, king of Judaea, and why the unknown painter who executed the Bernese John the Baptist Altar is called the "Carnation Master." From the podcast series featuring highlights of the Kunstmuseum Bern Collection.
Museum of Fine Arts Bern
The Kunstmuseum Bern is Switzerland's oldest fine art museum with a permanent collection ranging from Gothic times to the present. With currently over 3000 paintings and sculptures as well as around 48,000 drawings, prints, photographs, videos and films, it boasts not only one of Switzerland's leading collections but also international renown. The great diversity of its collection, including works by Ferdinand Hodler, Paul Klee, Albert Anker, Pablo Picasso, Franz Gertsch, Vincent van Gogh, Meret Oppenheim and many more, has secured the Kunstmuseum Bern an outstanding reputation worldwide. Large groups of works by Bernhard Luginbühl, Markus Raetz, Urs Lüthi, Dieter Roth and Sigmar Polke represent contemporary approaches.
