Temporary exhibitions

The exhibition ‘Fascination with Japan. The Albert Anker Collection’ focuses on the artist’s East Asian collection: Japanese woodblock prints, ceramics and lacquerware. It is surprising that Anker, known more as a traditionalist, built up a collection of Asian artefacts that were extremely fashionable in his day. In particular, the exceptional collection of so-called chirimen-e – Japanese woodblock prints on crepe paper – is astonishingly comprehensive and of high quality.

The exhibition was conceived by curator Daniela Schneuwly-Poffet in collaboration with Prof. Dr Hans Bjarne Thomsen from the Art History Institute at the University of Zurich and PhD candidate Saskia Goldschmid. The exhibition catalogue is available in the CAA shop.

With its first exhibition, ‘Light of the South’, the Centre Albert Anker is celebrating the opening of its newly built art pavilion. On display are over twenty little-known small-format travel sketches in the Impressionist style, as well as small oil paintings created during Anker’s study trips to the south. Also on display are Anker’s copies from famous museums, his geographical maps and ten of his so-called carnets, small notebooks he made himself. Spontaneous travel sketches, historical photographs, documents and Anker’s materials for plein air painting complete the exhibition.