Thursday, 28 March 2019

Bern city centre - The Cathedral - The 2nd of January 2019



Having left the KunstMuseum we strolled back onto the main pedestrian street having finally taken the time to stop at the late Gothic Bern Minster, whose central portal I was astounded by. It is decorated with a series of statues representing the last judgement. On it we could also perceive images of the wise and fool Virgins.
 
 
Once we entered the Cathedral the vaulted ceiling with its lace-like strucutre caught my attention almost immediately. It took me a certain time to lower down my eyes, as I admired its intricate work. Amidst the beautiful carvings and stained glass windows stood a modern sculpture built up with x-rays, which I found to be rather interesting, particularly as under different circumstance it might sound inadequate. Modernity is being introduced in churches and I don't dislike it.
 
 
 




















































































Bern seemed to me as potentially being a city of details, which need to be looked at and appreciated even when the observer does not quite understand what lies behind them. Prior to having caught a train to Germany we took one last picture of a wooden figure (Christ? ... and Apostle?) on the train station that we both felt for.



























 

Bern KunstMuseum - The 2nd January 2019


A visit to any Museum is an immersion into a world I feel for and get most satisfaction from. This is exactly what happened in regards to my exploration of the KunstMuseum galleries in Bern. Photos were allowed and I didn't hesitate in taking a few close ups of the many paintings I fell in love with.






















Deux nus by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - 1912









 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Frau aus Venedig (right) by Alberto Giacometti - 1956









Nu debout by Amedeo Modigliani - 1918








Dédié à ma fiancée by Marc Chagall - 1911/12
 
 
 
 
 




Buveuse assouple by Pablo Picasso - 1902-1912/13






 















La blouse bleue - 1936 and Odalisque debout - 1918/19 by Henri Matisse




















Ad Parnassum by Paul Klee -1932


















Modèle assis sur le divan de l'atelier - 1904 and La blanche et le noir - 1913 by Félix Vallotton























Les faunes by Pierre Bonnard - 1905




















 
 
Petit nu penché by Pierre Bonnard - 1916




 
 



L'embarcadère de Cannes by Pierre Bonnard - 1934






















Amazone by Edourd Manet - 1883

 
 
 
 
 



Femme Rousse by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec - 1897









Kaffee, Milch und Kartoffeln by Albert Anker - 1896






















 
Le semeur by Vincent van Gogh - 1888
 
 
 


Verblühte Sonnenblumen by Vincent van Gogh - 1887











 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Portrait de l'artiste au chapeau à large bord - 1879/80 and Plaine Provençale -1883/85 by Paul Cézanne










Le réveil by Gustave Courbet - 1866


 
 
 
 
 



Le couronnement de Marie by Meister der Madonna della Misericordia -1370

 
 
 
 
 



La fête des bergers Suisses à Unspunnen le 17 Août 1808 by Louise Elisabeth Vigée le Brun - 1808/1809








Le moulin by Wolfgang Adem Töpffer - 1915