Sch枚n?! 脛sthetische Betrachtung der Sammlung
Mar 08, 2025 - Feb 08, 2026
What is beautiful? An idyllic landscape, a perfect body, a child鈥檚 rosy-cheeked face or an abstract colour tone? Is good art beautiful? Does an objective beauty exist at all? Or is it a matter of taste?
Sometimes people write in our visitors鈥� book that they would like to see 鈥渕ore beautiful art鈥�. The collection exhibition outlines a small history of aesthetics with reference to different epochs and styles. What is beautiful for one person, can be repellent for another. What is regarded as beautiful depends on the cultural, social and societal background. Not only does the idea of beauty constantly change, the relationship between beauty and art does so too. For a long time, art was supposed to teach and to adorn. With modernism, however, the close relationship between beauty and art is no longer taken for granted, on the contrary. Beautiful art is suspected of being more pleasing than profound.
The exhibition does not illustrate a historical development, rather it addresses different ideas and invites visitors to get involved in the discussion.
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What is beautiful? An idyllic landscape, a perfect body, a child鈥檚 rosy-cheeked face or an abstract colour tone? Is good art beautiful? Does an objective beauty exist at all? Or is it a matter of taste?
Sometimes people write in our visitors鈥� book that they would like to see 鈥渕ore beautiful art鈥�. The collection exhibition outlines a small history of aesthetics with reference to different epochs and styles. What is beautiful for one person, can be repellent for another. What is regarded as beautiful depends on the cultural, social and societal background. Not only does the idea of beauty constantly change, the relationship between beauty and art does so too. For a long time, art was supposed to teach and to adorn. With modernism, however, the close relationship between beauty and art is no longer taken for granted, on the contrary. Beautiful art is suspected of being more pleasing than profound.
The exhibition does not illustrate a historical development, rather it addresses different ideas and invites visitors to get involved in the discussion.
Artists on show
- Albert Anker
- Albrecht Schnider
- Alexandre Calame
- Anton Graff
- Antonio Calderara
- Arnold Böcklin
- August Babberger
- Augusto Giacometti
- Chaim Soutine
- Christine Streuli
- Claude Loewer
- Cuno Amiet
- Félix Vallotton
- Ferdinand Hodler
- Ferri Jenny Losinger
- Gilberto Zorio
- Giovanni Giacometti
- Gustave Francois Barraud
- Hannes Vogel
- Hans Emmenegger
- Hans Schärer
- Hans Stalder
- Henry Fuseli
- Irma Ineichen
- Jakob Bill
- James Lee Byars
- Johann Gottfried Steffan
- Johannes Itten
- Leopold Häfliger
- Louis Béroud
- Ludwig Vogel
- Max Bill
- Nelly Rudin
- Olivier Mosset
- Raoul Dufy
- Richard Paul Lohse
- Robert Zünd
- Shara Hughes
- Shizuko Yoshikawa
- Sonja Sekula
- Ugo Rondinone
- Verena Loewensberg
Contact details
Sunday
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday
11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Thursday - Saturday
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Europaplatz 1 Lucerne, Switzerland 6002
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