Stiftung Sammlung E. G. Bührle

Stiftung Sammlung E. G. Bührle Review

A stunning array of Cézannes, Manets, Monets, and Degas make this eye-knocking collection one of the best art museums in Europe—unfortunately and tragically, since a spectacular robbery in February 2008, visits are by appointment only. Amazingly, this fabled collection was all put together in the space of a single decade. During the 1950s, Zürich industrialist E.G. Bührle purchased the finest offerings from the world's most prestigious art dealers, winding up with a collection studded with legendary Impressionist and Postimpressionist works, including Cézanne's Self Portrait with Palette, Renoir's Little Irene, and Degas's Little Dancer. The museum also encompasses religious sculptures (with great holdings of medieval wooden Pietà sculptures), as well as Spanish and Italian paintings from the 16th to 18th centuries and gorgeous landscapes by Dutch masters like Meindert Hobbema and Salomon van Ruysdael. Take Tram 11 from Bellevue, then Bus 77 from Hegibachplatz to the Altenhofstrasse stop.