Museum Franz Gertsch

Burgdorf
Switzerland
Museum Franz Gertsch
Art
Stiftung Willy Michel
Besides the presentation of Franz Gertsch's works, the museum is a regular venue for temporary exhibitions of a wide spectrum of contemporary art. Contemporaries and comparable younger colleagues, also contrasting approaches to reality are the exhibition themes, with the crossover between painting and photography giving a further emphasis. The quality of Franz Gertsch's works is thereby obligation and a benchmark for the program.

47.057817, 7.624913

Address

Museum Franz Gertsch

Platanenstrasse 3
3400
Burgdorf
Switzerland
Opening hours
Open all year from
Tuesday - Friday: 10:00-18:00
Saturday - Sunday: 10:00-17:00

Contact and additional information
+41 34 421 40 20

Currently and upcoming

Franz Gertsch Doris, 1989 Holzschnitt / woodcut, 218 x 157 cm Handabzug 17/18 auf Kumohadamashi Japanpapier von Heizaburo Iwano / Woodcut 17/18 on Kumohadamashi Japanese paper by Heizaburo Iwano, 244 x 184 cm Türkis verblaut / Turquoise Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf © Franz Gertsch AG
Exhibition
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Portraits and nature pieces are on display.

Max Buri Gespräch (letztes Bild, unvollendet / last painting, unfinished), 1915 Öl auf Leinwand / Oil on canvas 121 x 150 cm Kunstsammlung / Art collection Stadt Burgdorf Foto / Photo: Pierre Montavon
Exhibition
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In the spring/summer of 2025, the Franz Gertsch Museum, at the suggestion of the Cultural Commission of the Emmental Regional Conference, which has supported the museum since 2021, will present an ...

Hiroshi Yoshida, Fujiyama from Okitsu [Detail], 1928, 27.1 x 40.5 cm
Exhibition
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This new type of woodcut from the 1920s to 1960s combines old tradition and technique with modern motifs, compositions and international themes.

Franz Gertsch, Mädchenkopf, 1950 (1997), Holzschnitt / Woodcut, 18 x 12.5 cm, Handabzug 7 6/27 auf Kumohadamashi-Japanpapier von Heizaburo Iwano / Woodcut 7 6/27 on Kumohadamashi Japanese paper by Heizaburo Iwano, Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf © Franz Gertsch AG
Exhibition
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The Museum Franz Gertsch exhibits a selection of Franz Gertsch’s early woodcuts from the 1940s and 1950s in the Cabinet.

Franz Gertsch, Silvia I, 1998, Eitempera auf ungrundierter Baumwolle / Tempera on unprimed cotton, 290 x 280 cm, Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf © Franz Gertsch AG
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During this exhibition period, large-format paintings and woodcuts by Franz Gertsch can be seen at the Museum Franz Gertsch. The exhibition focuses on portraits and nature pieces.

Alois Lichtsteiner, AL2024.004, 2022/24, Öl auf Leinwand / Oil on canvas, 130 x 200 cm, Privatsammlung, Schweiz / Private collection, Switzerland © Alois Lichtsteiner
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The Swiss painter and graphic and object artist Alois Lichtsteiner (*1950) will premiere a group of monumental works at the Museum Franz Gertsch which mark key moments in his painterly quest. The show ...