Zurich Art Gallery

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Zurich Art Gallery Description

(Local Name: Kunsthaus) A short distance south of Zurich's Conservatoire is the Heimplatz, on the southwest side of which we find the Art Gallery (Kunsthaus), with an important collection of pictures and sculpture from antiquity to the present day. To the right of the entrance can be seen a large piece of bronze sculpture, the "Porte de l'Enfer" ("Gate of Hell") by Auguste Rodin (1880-1917). The institution, run by the Zurich Society of Arts with the aid of a public subsidy, goes back to a society of artists, founded in 1787; the "Künstlergüetli" gallery was established in 1847. The buildings were extensively enlarged in 1925, in 1954-1958 and in 1976. In addition to Swiss painters of the 19th and 20th C., such

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Hobbies & Activities category: Paintings, art collections; Modern art; Standalone sculpture, statue or fountain

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Zurich Kunsthaus
Heimplatz 1, Postfach 8024
CH-8001 Zurich
Switzerland

http://www.kunsthaus.ch

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