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Kunstmuseum Basel

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Painting of a bearded man in a red cloak wading a river carrying a child, with rocky cliffs and a village behind.

Saint Christopher

Konrad Witz, 1435

Geometric abstract painting of black grid lines with white, grey, yellow, and blue rectangles.

Composition en demi-valeurs

Theo van Doesburg, 1928

Abstract painting of faceted pastel rock shapes beside a blue sea band under layered grey horizontal stripes.

Promontorio Ph

Paul Klee, 1933

Painting of an overgrown garden with a pale statue among roses, tall grasses, a stone urn and a curved stone basin.

Venus Abandoned

Arnold Böcklin, 1860

Painting of cowherds driving cattle, sheep and a mule through a shallow stream beneath a rocky cave arch at sunset.

Cowherds in a Cave

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, 1654

Painting of Christ and the Virgin Mary praying with hands joined against a gold background, in an arched panel.

Christ bidding farewell to the Virgin

Gerard David, 1490

Oil portrait of a man with curly hair and round wire glasses, wearing a dark coat and white collar, against a dark background

Portrait of Jakob Mähly

Arnold Böcklin, 1848

Painting of Christ carrying the cross past armored soldiers and a crowd toward a walled city, with a tree and women at right.

Christ bearing the cross

Pieter Coecke van Aelst, 1517

Painting of a boy in a black cap holding a white and black cat against a muted brown background.

Boy with Cat

Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1903

Painting of a village street with colorful houses, a woman in a blue hat in the foreground, and figures walking on the road.

Street in Åsgårdstrand

Edvard Munch, 1901

Paul Klee's 1928 painting: rows of small colored drawn houses and towers on a white panel under a dark disc, yellow border.

A Page from the Book of Towns

Paul Klee, 1928

Armored rider on a white horse overlooks a stone bridge, a hilltop town and a procession under a dark stormy sky.

The March of the Goths

Arnold Böcklin, 1881

Half-length portrait of a man in a black cap and gold chain, with trees and rolling hills behind him.

Portrait of Jacob of Savoy

Hans Memling, 1470

Paul Klee watercolor and ink drawing in yellow and grey bands of stylized plants and geometric motifs, 1924.

ARA. “Cooling in a Garden of the Torrid Zone”

Paul Klee, 1924

Painting of a large chestnut tree beside a grassy path leading to white farmhouses on rolling hills under a pale sky.

Chestnut trees in Osny

Camille Pissarro, 1883

Painting of a pale nude figure with raised arms bound to a large red tree trunk, with flowers below and a blue sky.

Saint Sebastian (Basel)

Odilon Redon, 1910

Two standing men in medieval armor and red robes hold goblets against a gold patterned background, on a tiled floor.

Sibbechai et Benaïa, scène extraite de David et les trois preux, retable du Miroir du salut

Konrad Witz, 1435

Painting of a woman in a red and gold dress beside a child holding an arrow, in front of green drapery.

Venus and Cupid

Hans Holbein the Younger, 1526

Painting of a green mountain peak under swirling blue and white clouds, with mist around its lower slopes.

Der Niesen bei Regen von Heustrich aus

Ferdinand Hodler, 1910

Loose oil sketch of a seated nude woman with blonde hair, face turned upward, against dark drapery and red background.

Nereid

Eugène Delacroix, 1822

Paul Klee's Senecio: a geometric, mask-like face with red eyes and blocky pink, yellow and white planes.

Senecio

Paul Klee, 1922

Group portrait of a family with a bearded man, women, young men and a child, with a marble bust and skull in the foreground.

The family of the engraver Matthäus Merian I (1593-1650)

Matthäus Merian the younger, 1642

Portrait du père Tanguy

Émile Bernard, 1887

Painting of a green-skinned winged figure with a scythe striding over a street where people lie fallen and flee.

The Plague

Arnold Böcklin, 1898

Abstract painting of thick black linework forming arches, faces and shapes, with flat red, yellow, green and purple accents o

Rich Harbor (A picture of a journey)

Paul Klee, 1938

Painting of women seated on a green bench under blue-trunked trees, with figures in orange, yellow and grey clothing.

The Market

Paul Gauguin, 1892

Fresco-style painting of King David with a crown and harp in an arched niche, with a winged cherub holding a scroll below.

King David

Arnold Böcklin, 1868

Abstract painting of colored blocks in blue, ochre, olive and black with two small stick figures at lower left.

With the two lost ones

Paul Klee, 1938

Painting of a turquoise lake with white clouds reflected in it, blue mountains on the horizon, and trees on a grassy shore.

Lake Geneva as seen from Chexbres

Ferdinand Hodler, 1905

Painting of the Virgin Mary, Saint Anne and the Christ Child under a red canopy, with a dove above and cherubs in garlands.

Virgin with Child and Saint Anne

Hans Baldung Grien