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Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, 2022
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Kunstmuseum St. Gallen (English: Art Museum St. Gallen), is a Swiss art museum founded in 1877 and located in St. Gallen, Switzerland. It is an important museum within Eastern Switzerland because of their expansive European art collection.

About

Neues Museum St. Gallen, 19th-century drawing Johann Christoph Kunkler
Neues Museum St. Gallen, 19th-century drawing Johann Christoph Kunkler

The St. Gallen Kunstverein (English: St. Gallen Art Association) helped found the museum. Since 2012, the museum is operated by Stiftung Kunstmuseum St. Gallen (English: The Kunstmuseum St. Gallen Foundation). The building for the museum was designed by architect Johann Christoph Kunkler [de].

The museum art collection includes Swiss, Dutch, French, and other European-originating paintings and sculptures, ranging in time from the late-Middle Ages to the present-day. Since 1989/1990, the Kunstmuseum St. Gallen has participated in the Manor Cultural Prize, which is awarded every two years for Swiss emerging artist representing the Canton of St. Gallen.

References

  1. ^ Omlin, Sibylle (2004). Art from Switzerland: Art Production and the Art System in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Pro Helvetia Documentation-Information-Press. p. 129. ISBN 978-3-909622-01-6.
  2. ^ "Kunstmuseum St.Gallen". Schweiz Tourismus. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  3. Connaissance des arts (in French). Société Française de Promotion Artistique. 2005. pp. XXII.
  4. "L'artiste Sarah Margnetti reçoit le Prix culturel Manor Vaud". blue News (in French). Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  5. Ammann, Jean-Christophe (2000). Hier, da und dort: Kunst in Singen : Aufsätze zur Kunst im öffentlichen Raum und Dokumentation des Projekts (in German). Häusser-media. p. 315. ISBN 978-3-89552-071-6.

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