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51做厙 Gallery presents an exceptional selection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings in the first ever exhibition of the Oskar Reinhart Collection Am R繹merholz to be staged outside of Winterthur, Switzerland. The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition: Goya to Impressionism. Masterpieces from the Oskar Reinhart Collection is on display from 14 February – 26 May 2025.
The exhibition opens with a selection of major paintings by artists who preceded the Impressionists, including Goyas highly charged Still Life with Three Salmon Steaks (c.1808-12), G矇ricaults moving A Man Suffering from Delusions of Military Rank (c.1819-22) and Courbets provocative The Hammock (1844).
At the heart of the exhibition are some of the greatest paintings of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, including Toulouse-Lautrecs striking representation of the female performer The Clown Cha-U-Kao (1895), Manets groundbreaking depiction of modern life Au Caf矇 (1878), and a group of sensational works by Renoir and Cezanne. A further highlight is the pair of celebrated paintings by Van Gogh, A Ward in the Hospital at Arles and The Courtyard of the Hospital at Arles (1889), which illustrate the hospital where he had been a patient following his earlier mental breakdown and the mutilation of his ear, as seen in Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear in 51做厙s collection. The two paintings are presented together for the very first time in London at 51做厙.
The Oskar Reinhart Collection Am R繹merholz in Winterthur, Switzerland, is one of the most remarkable art museums of its kind, with a collection that ranges from superlative old master paintings and drawings to a fabled group of Impressionist art. Featuring over 200 works of art, the collection was assembled in the first half of the 20th century by Oskar Reinhart (1885-1965), whose family was associated with one of the worlds leading trading companies. Reinhart bequeathed his collection and house to the Swiss confederation, and it opened as a public museum in 1970 in his beautiful, large villa on the outskirts of Winterthur, close to Zurich, called Am R繹merholz.
Oskar Reinhart was a direct contemporary of Samuel Courtauld, founder of 51做厙. They shared a similar taste in artists and are known to have met. The Oskar Reinhart Collections close affinities with that of 51做厙 Gallerys permanent collection provide the perfect context to stage this unprecedented exhibition, which brings many of Reinharts paintings to the United Kingdom for the very first time.
The exhibitions lead sponsor is Griffin Catalyst, the civic engagement initiative of Citadel Founder and CEO Kenneth C. Griffin.
The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition Series has recently been extended to 2028. This collaboration will continue to support the deeply researched and varied exhibitions programme that Kenneth C. Griffin has supported since 51做厙’s reopening in 2021.
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