Gespräch (letztes Bild, unvollendet / last painting, unfinished) [Detail], 1915
Öl auf Leinwand / Oil on canvas
121 x 150 cm
Kunstsammlung / Art collection Stadt Burgdorf
Foto / Photo: Pierre Montavon
Multifaceted Emmental
Art from the municipalities of the regional conference
22.03.2025 – 31.08.2025
In the spring/summer of 2025, the Franz Gertsch Museum, at the suggestion of the Cultural Commission of the Emmental Regional Conference, which has supported the museum since 2021, will present an exhibition on artistic creation from the Emmental. The exhibition will showcase artworks by Emmental artists or works related to the Emmental, primarily from the possession of the 39 municipalities that have joined the Regional Conference. The exhibition spans a wide range of well-known representatives from the 19th/20th centuries to more recent and contemporary art in mediums such as painting, watercolour, drawing, printmaking, photography, object art, sculpture, and ceramics.
Featuring works by Andreas Althaus (*1951), Hansueli Anliker (1941 – 2008), Cuno Amiet (1868 –1961), Alfred Bachmann (1880 –1964), Oliviu Beldeanu (1924 –1960), Manuel Burgener (*1978), Max Buri (1868 –1915), Henri Georges Delacour (1878 –19??), Ueli Dolder (*1951), Heinz Egger (*1937), Erika Fankhauser Schürch (*1969), Hans Gartmeier (1910 –1986), Werner Gfeller (1895 –1985), Jürg Grünig (*1939), Roland Kämpf (*1961), Sangwoo Kim (*1980), Hans Kohler (1939 – 2006), Selina Lutz (*1979), Rebecca Maeder (*1978), Willi Meister (1918 – 2012), Peter Merz (*1942), Ueli Mürner (*1953), Werner Neuhaus (1897 –1934), Hans Nussbaumer (1920 –1985), Ernst Purtschert (*1950), Aschi Rüfenacht (*1952), Jakob Siegenthaler (1884 –1969), Hans Stalder (*1957), Margrit Stalder (*1956), Fritz Steffen (*1947), and Ruth Steiner (1931 – 2022).
The opening of the exhibition features atmospheric photographs of the Emmental landscapes by Ernst Purtschert from his multimedia project “Die Emme… ein zorniger Fluss… ohne Quelle!” (The Emme… an angry river… without a source!). Painted landscape views from the Emmental by Peter Merz are also displayed in this room.
In the next hall, in addition to loans from various municipalities, works from the art collection of the City of Burgdorf, which includes around 700 works, are represented in larger numbers. Chronologically, the exhibition begins with landscapes and a self-portrait each by Cuno Amiet and Max Buri. The view from the Lueg Pass, just seen in the photographs, is encountered again as a painting. As the tour progresses, visitors come across various Emmental houses from past and present and other landscapes finely drawn to generously painted. Ruth Steiner is represented with a colourful view of Burgdorf. More abstract and small-scale works by Hans Kohler, active in the field of Art Brut, and Jürg Grünig are also exhibited. A small group of works revolves around Thorberg Castle (since 1893 a correctional facility in the municipality of Krauchthal) with documentary photographs by inmate Henri Georges Delacour and a sculpture created in prison by Romanian anti-communist activist Oliviu Beldeanu. The “Denkwand” (Thinking Wall) by Heinz Egger from his Burgdorf studio, to which he pinned his sketches, thoughts, newspaper cuttings and other material, is also displayed. On a long pedestal, we show a group of contemporary ceramics by Rebecca Maeder, Sangwoo Kim, Aschi Rüfenacht and Erika Fankhauser Schürch, whose stoneware reliefs each depict one square kilometer of the Emmental.
The exhibition was curated by Anna Wesle and Catharina Vogel.
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Additional institutions supported by the regional conference:
The opening of the exhibition features atmospheric photographs of the Emmental landscapes by Ernst Purtschert from his multimedia project “Die Emme… ein zorniger Fluss… ohne Quelle!” (The Emme… an angry river… without a source!). Painted landscape views from the Emmental by Peter Merz are also displayed in this room.
In the next hall, in addition to loans from various municipalities, works from the art collection of the City of Burgdorf, which includes around 700 works, are represented in larger numbers. Chronologically, the exhibition begins with landscapes and a self-portrait each by Cuno Amiet and Max Buri. The view from the Lueg Pass, just seen in the photographs, is encountered again as a painting. As the tour progresses, visitors come across various Emmental houses from past and present and other landscapes finely drawn to generously painted. Ruth Steiner is represented with a colourful view of Burgdorf. More abstract and small-scale works by Hans Kohler, active in the field of Art Brut, and Jürg Grünig are also exhibited. A small group of works revolves around Thorberg Castle (since 1893 a correctional facility in the municipality of Krauchthal) with documentary photographs by inmate Henri Georges Delacour and a sculpture created in prison by Romanian anti-communist activist Oliviu Beldeanu. The “Denkwand” (Thinking Wall) by Heinz Egger from his Burgdorf studio, to which he pinned his sketches, thoughts, newspaper cuttings and other material, is also displayed. On a long pedestal, we show a group of contemporary ceramics by Rebecca Maeder, Sangwoo Kim, Aschi Rüfenacht and Erika Fankhauser Schürch, whose stoneware reliefs each depict one square kilometer of the Emmental.
The exhibition was curated by Anna Wesle and Catharina Vogel.
Click here for the regional conference
Additional institutions supported by the regional conference:
Veranstaltungen / Events
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May 2025-
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Sun
18.05.
10 AM – 5 PM10 AM – 5 PMInternationaler Museumstag
"The Power of Museums"
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Sun
18.05.
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM12:30 PM – 1:30 PMLesung: Matto Kämpf aus seinem neuen Emmental-Roman „Im Krachenschachen“
Lesung mit Matto Kämpf aus seinem neuen Emmental-Roman „Im Krachenschachen“
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Sun
25.05.
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM3:30 PM – 4:30 PMSonderführung: Zeichnend durchs Museum
Sonderführung durch die aktuellen Ausstellungen
Mit Manuela Brügger, Künstlerin und Kunstvermittlerin, BA Art Education
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June 2025-
Sun
15.06.
11 AM – 12:30 PM11 AM – 12:30 PMLesung mit Musik: Werner Eichenberger liest aus „Der Schreiber von Lützelflüh“
Lesung mit Werner Eichenberger aus der fiktiven Autobiografie von Jeremias Gotthelf „Der Schreiber von Lützelflüh“ mit musikalischer Umrahmung durch Lorenz Mühlemann auf der Emmentaler Halszither
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Sun
29.06.
10:20 AM – 5:30 PM10:20 AM – 5:30 PMTagesexkursion „Cuno Amiet und das Emmental“
Mit Hans-Peter Keller, Experte für Schweizer Kunst, Galerie Kornfeld, und Catharina Vogel, wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Museum Franz Gertsch
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Werke / Works
