“Goya to Impressionism. Masterpieces from the Oskar Reinhart Collection” at The Courtauld Gallery

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A new exhibition at London’s Courtauld Gallery will welcome landmark paintings of impressionism and post-impressionism from the Oskar Reinhart Collection “Am Römerholz,” marking its first-ever showing outside of  Winterthur, Switzerland. This charming museum was established in 1970 after the renowned 20th-century collector Oskar Reinhart left his artworks and villa to the Swiss confederation. Modern European masterpieces and their forerunners form the main focus of the collection, with additional artworks spanning the 14th to 20th centuries, and the London presentation is led by Toulouse-Lautrec’s striking representation of the female performer  “The Clown Cha-U-Kao” (1895), Manet’s groundbreaking depiction of modern life “Au Café” (1878) and a group of sensational works by Renoir and Cézanne. Two celebrated paintings by van Gogh, created just four months after the Dutch artist mutilated his own ear, offer rare depictions of the hospital in Arles where he recovered — his only such works on this subject. A selection of earlier artworks rounds out the exhibition, highlighting their influence on the groundbreaking modernists. Notable works include Goya’s evocative “Still Life with Three Salmon Steaks” (c.1808-12), Géricault’s moving “A Man Suffering from Delusions of Military Rank” (c.1819-22) and Courbet’s provocative “The Hammock” (1844).

^{Vincent van Gogh, “The Courtyard of the Hospital at Arles,” 1889. Image: The Swiss Confederation, Federal Office of Culture, Oskar Reinhart Collection “Am Römerholz,” Winterthur}