Alongside Edouard Vuillard, Pierre Bonnard became the leading painter of intimate interiors at the beginning of the 20th century. They had a mutual interest in the refined use of colour in the rooms.

All his life Edouard Vuillard’s studio was in the apartment that he shared with his mother. Life and painting were closely related and his choice of models was no exception.

In around 1890 some young painters came together under the name of the “Nabis,” among them were, Pierre Bonnard, Maurice Denis, Félix Vallotton and Edouard Vuillard. They sought new ideas for the art of painting.

Odilon Redon was one of the great loners among French painters. His path was set apart from Realism and Impressionism.

In around 1900 the sculpture underwent profound changes; both material and space were treated in a new way. One of the great innovators in this was Auguste Rodin.

Camille Pissarro was one of the pioneering Impressionist painters.

At the beginning of the 20th-century Paris wasn’t only the city of leading painters but also the city of great sculptors. Rodin, Maillol, Medardo Rosso.

During his search for appropriate motifs Claude Monet moved to Normandy in the winter of 1882.

After the First World War Fernand Léger's work changed; the animated, fragmented compositions made way for a new form. A cool order determined his works.

View into Infinity came into being as the result of the contract for a mural in the stairwell of the Kunsthaus Zürich, which took years to complete.