Dali’s cryptic painting is based on a picture executed by Millet. The famous surrealist transformed the idyllic landscape into a scene of horror, filling it with macabre eroticism.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864 – 1901), Mrs. Misia Natanson at the Piano, 1897

Sep 7th, 2015 3m 22s

Misia Natanson was Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s friend and muse. He painted her portrait nine times in all. Find out more about this artist, who descended from an old aristocratic family, and the pianist from Saint Petersburg, who was the patron

Alexandre Calame (1810 – 1864), The Grand Eiger, 1844

Aug 2nd, 2015 3m 58s

Alexandre Calame’s painting is firmly rooted in the romantic tradition. Find out more about his painting of the Eiger and why this artist from western Switzerland traveled to the Bernese Oberland.

Louis Moilliet (1880 – 1962), At the Music-Hall, 1913

Jul 5th, 2015 3m 29s

The composition of Louis Moilliet’s richly colored painting is highly sophisticated. Find out more about this artist, who was born in Bern, and very unjustly destined to be overshadowed by his friends Paul Klee and August Macke. He accompanied

Chaim Soutine (1893 – 1943), Flayed Beef, 1926

Jun 7th, 2015 3m 55s

Find out more about Chaim Soutine’s expressive painted masterpiece depicting a slaughtered ox. And about the painter too, who was friends with both Modigliani and Chagall. He lived and worked in the La Ruche studio collective in Paris.

Johannes Itten (1888 – 1967), Composition in Blue, 1918

May 3rd, 2015 4m 32s

Find out more about Johannes Itten, who was born in Emmental and was a Bauhaus teacher and “master.” This abstract painting demonstrates Itten’s theory of color and design in practice, which proved groundbreaking for developments in modern art.

Piet Mondrian (1872 – 1944), Painting No. II with Grey and Black, 1925

Apr 5th, 2015 3m 40s

Despite its asymmetry, Piet Mondrian's painting emanates harmony and serenity. Find out more about why the Dutch artist decided to compose only with rectangles and black lines in his paintings. From the podcast series featuring highlights of th

Max Ernst (1891 – 1976), Forest and Sun (Nocturnal Landscape), 1928

Mar 9th, 2015 3m 32s

Max Ernst has the sun set in a mysterious, nocturnal forest landscape. Find out in what way this artwork is relevant to the artist's childhood. From the podcast series featuring highlights of the Kunstmuseum Bern Collection.

Hans Arp (1886 – 1966), Duo Painting based on a collaborative drawing with Sophie Taeuber

Feb 1st, 2015 3m 23s

Hans Arp and his wife Sophie Taeuber-Arp produced a number of artworks together. Find out in the video how the richly contrasting pictures mirror the relationship between the two artists. From the podcast series featuring highlights of the Kuns

Adolf Wölfli (1864 – 1930), General=View of the Island Neveranger, 1911

Jan 4th, 2015 3m 45s

Adolf Wölfli, who spent many years of his life in the Waldau psychiatric clinic near Bern, created a universe of his own in drawings and writings. The wealth of lines, patterns, musical notation and script is literally mesmerizing to look at. F

Bernese Carnation Master (unknown), John the Baptist’s Sermon before Herod, around 1490

Dec 7th, 2014 3m 30s

Find out more about why John the Baptist rebuked Herod, king of Judaea, and why the unknown painter who executed the Bernese John the Baptist Altar is called the "Carnation Master." From the podcast series featuring highlights of the Kunstmus

Alfred Sisley (1839 – 1899), Storr's Rock, Langland Bay – Morning, 1897

Nov 2nd, 2014 3m 36s

On his last trip to Wales, the English painter Alfred Sisley executed a series of views of the coastline. The paintings leave an impression of eternity and, at the same time, express the singularity of the moment. From the podcast series featur

Cuno Amiet (1868–1961), Fruit Harvest, 1912

Oct 3rd, 2014 3m 32s

« Fruit Harvest » clearly demonstrates the extent to which the artist, who was born in Solothurn in1868, engaged with the trends of his era. Amiet created a sgraffito of an apple harvest for the main façade of the building in 1936, long after

Henri Matisse (1869-1954), The Blue Blouse, 1936

Sep 5th, 2014 3m 3s

Learn more about the artistic credo of Henri Matisse and about the woman who served Matisse as a model for several years. From the podcast series featuring highlights of the Kunstmuseum Bern’s collection.

Mark Rothko (1903–1970), No. 7 (Dark Brown, Grey, Orange), 1963

Aug 4th, 2014 3m 25s

Immerse yourself in this great work of Rothko and the world of Abstract Expressionism. Learn how the artist succeeded to establish "a consummated experience between picture and onlooker". From the podcast series featuring highlights of the Kuns

Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947), In a Southern Garden, around 1914

Jul 4th, 2014 3m 17s

Pierre Bonnard's most common motifs are brightly lit gardens and landscapes, colourful still lifes and initmate female nudes. The woman relaxing and dozing in the deckchair represents his muse, life partner and future wife Marthe. From the podc

Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), Woman from Venice I, 1956

Jun 2nd, 2014 3m 21s

Alberto Giacometti is one of the most renowned sculptors of the 20th century. His "Woman from Venice I" is a figure full of contradictions: on the one hand she is upright and self-assured, but on the other she is fragile and vulnerable; her fee

Marc Chagall (1887–1985)To My Fiancée, 1911

May 2nd, 2014 3m 25s

The artist found the artistic inspiration for his works in his jewish-russian background. Find out more about this painting, very likely dedicated to his fiancé. From the podcast series featuring highlights of the Kunstmuseum Bern’s collection.

Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), Backward glance, 1924

Apr 7th, 2014 3m 5s

Wassily Kandinsky, born 1866 in Russia, was a painter, graphic artist and art theoretician. Using strong contrasts in shape and color, Kandinsky makes the disjointedness of the period before the First World War visible. From the podcast series

Joan Miró (1893-1983), Peinture, 1933

Feb 28th, 2014 3m 9s

Due to his colorful and visionary paintings Joan Miró was one of the most popular artists of the 20th century. Learn more about Miró's work of art and why the technique of collage was so important to him.From the podcast series featuring highli

Elisabeth Louise Vigée-Lebrun (1755–1842), Celebration of Alpine Herders in Unspunnen on August 17, 1808; 1808/1809

Jan 31st, 2014 3m 51s

This painting depicts the second Unspunnen Festival, which took place on 17. August 1808. The Artist attended the Festival in the Bernese Oberland in company with Madame de Stael who is standing arm in arm with an elegantly dressed gentleman in

Karl Stauffer-Bern (1857–1891), Female Nude Sitting, 1879

Jan 3rd, 2014 3m 41s

Stauffer-Bern often drew and painted from photographic templates. His primary artistic concerns were to depict nature as a source and to create realistic representations of his motifs. From the podcast series featuring highlights of the Kunstmu

August Macke (1887-1914), Garden Restaurant, 1912

Nov 29th, 2013 3m 21s

August Macke was one of the renowned expressonist artists. In the year our picture was painted, he was living in Bonn, joined the "Blue Rider" group of artists in Munich and visited the painter Robert Delaunay in Paris with Franz Marc. From th

Joseph Werner the Younger (1637 – 1710), Odysseus outwits Achilles, who is dressed as a young woman, in the palace of King Lycomedes, 1678

Nov 17th, 2013 3m 4s

Learn more about how Odysseus outwitted Achilles and also why the artist Joseph Werner was among the most important painters and sparkling personalities in 17th-century Bern. From the podcast series featuring highlights of the Kunstmuseum Bern’

Albrecht Kauw (1616 – 1681), Still Life with Fish and Seated Girl, around 1660/1665

Oct 4th, 2013 3m 16s

The famous Bern artist Albrecht Kauw presents in his still life a rich selection of fish as we might have found served in a patrician household during his lifetime. Kauw follows Netherlandish painting in his art while depicting the lifestyle an