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Kunstmuseum Basel

163 works by 22 artists

163 works by 22 artists, from the 15th to the 20th century, held in this collection (Switzerland).

Ad marginem, Paul Klee

Ad marginem, 1930.

Ad marginem (museum title)

Paul Klee (Swiss), watercolor and pen on lacquer ground, on cardboard

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Composition of Lines and Planes, Sophie Taeuber-Arp

Composition of Lines and Planes, 1941.

Croisement de lignes, barres et plans-figures (museum title)

Sophie Taeuber-Arp (Swiss), colored pencil on paper

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Christ on the Mount of Olives (one panel of the Passion cycle), Hans Holbein le Jeune

Christ on the Mount of Olives (one panel of the Passion cycle), c. 1524.

Christus am Ölberg (museum title)

Hans Holbein le Jeune (Swiss), oil on limewood

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Selbstbildnis im Atelier, Arnold Böcklin

Selbstbildnis im Atelier, 1893.

Selbstbildnis im Atelier (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), tempera (?) on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Composition, Sophie Taeuber-Arp

Composition, 1935.

Composition (museum title)

Sophie Taeuber-Arp (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Summer (From the Cycle: the Four Seasons), Fernand Léger

Summer (From the Cycle: the Four Seasons), 1928.

L'été (du cycle: les quatre saisons) (museum title)

Fernand Léger (French), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Crystal Gradation, Paul Klee

Crystal Gradation

Kristall-Stufung (museum title)

Paul Klee (Swiss), watercolor on paper, bordered with brush and pen, mounted on cardboard

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Das Spiel der Nereïden, Arnold Böcklin

Das Spiel der Nereïden, 1886.

Das Spiel der Nereïden (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Double Portrait of Jacob Meyer zum Hasen and his Wife Dorothea Kannengiesser (interior panels); full coat of arms of Jacob Meyer on red ground (exterior of the male portrait), Hans Holbein le Jeune

Double Portrait of Jacob Meyer zum Hasen and his Wife Dorothea Kannengiesser (interior panels); full coat of arms of Jacob Meyer on red ground (exterior of the male portrait), 1516.

Doppelbildnis des Jacob Meyer zum Hasen und seiner Frau… (museum title)

Hans Holbein le Jeune (Swiss), oil on limewood

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Blue Night, Paul Klee

Blue Night

Blaue Nacht (museum title)

Paul Klee (Swiss), pastel on cotton on paste color on jute (original frame strips)

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

The Plague, Arnold Böcklin

The Plague, 1898.

Die Pest (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), tempera (?) on fir wood

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Villa R, Paul Klee

Villa R, 1919.

Villa R (museum title)

Paul Klee (Swiss), oil on cardboard

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Blossoming, Paul Klee

Blossoming

Aufblühend (museum title)

Paul Klee (Swiss), pastel on cotton, glued on white paper

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam Writing, Hans Holbein le Jeune

Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam Writing, 1523.

Bildnis des schreibenden Erasmus von Rotterdam (museum title)

Hans Holbein le Jeune (Swiss), mixed technique on paper mounted on fir wood

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Black, Still in Place, Paul Klee

Black, Still in Place

Schwarz, noch am Ort (museum title)

Paul Klee (Swiss), tempera on canvas, mounted on paper

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Locksmith, Paul Klee

Locksmith

Schlosser (museum title)

Paul Klee (Swiss), paste color on paper, mounted on cardboard

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Vita somnium breve [Das Leben, ein kurzer Traum], Arnold Böcklin

Vita somnium breve [Das Leben, ein kurzer Traum], 1888.

Vita somnium breve [Das Leben, ein kurzer Traum] (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), oil on mahogany

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Adam and Eve, Hans Holbein le Jeune

Adam and Eve, 1517.

Adam und Eva (museum title)

Hans Holbein le Jeune (Swiss), oil on paper, mounted (probably at a later date) on spruce wood; watermark: ox head with rope

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Dursli with Two Bundles of Wood in Front of His House, Albert Anker

Dursli with Two Bundles of Wood in Front of His House, 1893–1896.

Dursli mit zwei Holzbündeln vor seinem Haus (museum title)

Albert Anker (Swiss), pen and black ink on cardboard

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Der Gotenzug, Arnold Böcklin

Der Gotenzug, 1881.

Der Gotenzug (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Head of a Female Saint, Hans Holbein le Jeune

Head of a Female Saint, c. 1515.

Kopf einer weiblichen Heiligen (museum title)

Hans Holbein le Jeune (Swiss), oil on spruce wood

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Laïs of Corinth, Hans Holbein le Jeune

Laïs of Corinth, 1526.

Laïs Corinthiaca (museum title)

Hans Holbein le Jeune (Swiss), mixed media on limewood panel

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Bildnis des Erasmus von Rotterdam "im Rund", Hans Holbein le Jeune

Bildnis des Erasmus von Rotterdam "im Rund", c. 1532.

Bildnis des Erasmus von Rotterdam "im Rund" (museum title)

Hans Holbein le Jeune (Swiss), oil on limewood

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Composition with Coinciding Squares, Rectangles, and Circles, Sophie Taeuber-Arp

Composition with Coinciding Squares, Rectangles, and Circles, 1939.

Composition à carrés, rectangles et cercles coïncidents (museum title)

Sophie Taeuber-Arp (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb, Hans Holbein le Jeune

The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb, 1521–1522.

Der tote Christus im Grab (museum title)

Hans Holbein le Jeune (Swiss), oil on limewood

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Two Skulls in a Window Niche, Hans Holbein le Jeune

Two Skulls in a Window Niche, c. 1520.

Zwei Schädel in einer Fensternische (museum title)

Hans Holbein le Jeune (Swiss), mixed technique on limewood

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Portrait of Bonifacius Amerbach, Hans Holbein le Jeune

Portrait of Bonifacius Amerbach, 1519.

Bildnis des Bonifacius Amerbach (museum title)

Hans Holbein le Jeune (Swiss), mixed technique on fir wood

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Spring (From the Cycle: the Four Seasons), Fernand Léger

Spring (From the Cycle: the Four Seasons), 1928.

Le printemps (du cycle: les quatre saisons) (museum title)

Fernand Léger (French), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Maiden (Dreaming), Paul Klee

Maiden (Dreaming)

Jungfrau (träumend) (museum title)

Paul Klee (Swiss), etching (on zinc) on cardboard

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Head of a Male Saint, Hans Holbein le Jeune

Head of a Male Saint, c. 1515.

Kopf eines männlichen Heiligen (museum title)

Hans Holbein le Jeune (Swiss), oil on spruce wood

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Senecio (Soon to be Aged), Paul Klee

Senecio (Soon to be Aged), 1922.

Senecio (Baldgreis) (museum title)

Paul Klee (Swiss), oil on chalk ground on gauze, mounted on cardboard

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

The Rosenlaui Valley with the Wetterhorn, Alexandre Calame

The Rosenlaui Valley with the Wetterhorn, 1856.

Das Rosenlauital mit dem Wetterhorn (museum title)

Alexandre Calame (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

La tasse de chocolat, Edgar Degas

La tasse de chocolat, 1903.

La tasse de chocolat (museum title)

Edgar Degas (French)

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

With Parasol, Paul Klee

With Parasol

mit Sonnenschirm (museum title)

Paul Klee (Swiss), watercolor and pencil on black ground on paper, mounted on a second paper

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

On Lake Uri, Alexandre Calame

On Lake Uri, 1849.

Am Urnersee (museum title)

Alexandre Calame (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Animated Circle Picture, Sophie Taeuber-Arp

Animated Circle Picture, 1934.

Bewegtes Kreisbild (museum title)

Sophie Taeuber-Arp (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Winter (From the Cycle: the Four Seasons), Fernand Léger

Winter (From the Cycle: the Four Seasons), 1928.

L'hiver (du cycle: les quatre saisons) (museum title)

Fernand Léger (French), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

On a Motif from Hammamet, Paul Klee

On a Motif from Hammamet

Über ein Motiv aus Hammamet (museum title)

Paul Klee (Swiss), oil on cardboard

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Der heilige Hain, Arnold Böcklin

Der heilige Hain, 1882.

Der heilige Hain (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Boy Asleep in the Hay, Albert Anker

Boy Asleep in the Hay, 1891–1897.

Schlafender Knabe im Heu (museum title)

Albert Anker (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Portrait of the Artist's Wife with the Two Elder Children, Hans Holbein le Jeune

Portrait of the Artist's Wife with the Two Elder Children, c. 1528–1529.

Bildnis der Frau des Künstlers mit den beiden ältesten… (museum title)

Hans Holbein le Jeune (Swiss), mixed technique on cut-out paper, mounted on limewood

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

ARA. 'Coolness in a Garden of the Hot Zone', Paul Klee

ARA. 'Coolness in a Garden of the Hot Zone'

ARA. 'Kühlung in einem Garten der heissen Zone' (museum title)

Paul Klee (Swiss), pen in black and watercolor, wet-on-wet, on paper, mounted on cardboard

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

With the Two Lost Ones, Paul Klee

With the Two Lost Ones

mit den beiden Verirrten (museum title)

Paul Klee (Swiss), paste color on newspaper, mounted on cardboard

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Jeanne de Boulogne, Duchess of Berry, Hans Holbein le Jeune

Jeanne de Boulogne, Duchess of Berry, c. 1523.

Jeanne de Boulogne, Herzogin von Berry (museum title)

Hans Holbein le Jeune (Swiss), black and colored chalk, backed with Japan paper

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Equilibrium, Sophie Taeuber-Arp

Equilibrium, 1934.

Équilibre (museum title)

Sophie Taeuber-Arp (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Fall (From the Cycle: the Four Seasons), Fernand Léger

Fall (From the Cycle: the Four Seasons), 1928.

L'automne (du cycle: les quatre saisons) (museum title)

Fernand Léger (French), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

City with the Three Domes, Paul Klee

City with the Three Domes

Stadt mit den drei Kuppeln (museum title)

Paul Klee (Swiss), watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper on green cardboard, extended at top, on cardboard

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Odysseus and Calypso, Arnold Böcklin

Odysseus and Calypso, 1882.

Odysseus und Kalypso (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), oil on mahogany

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Signboard for a Schoolmaster (Adults' Side), Hans Holbein le Jeune

Signboard for a Schoolmaster (Adults' Side), 1516.

Aushängeschild eines Schulmeisters (Erwachsenenseite) (museum title)

Hans Holbein le Jeune (Swiss), mixed technique on spruce wood

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Composition with Rectangles and Circles, Sophie Taeuber-Arp

Composition with Rectangles and Circles, 1930.

Composition à rectangles et cercles (museum title)

Sophie Taeuber-Arp (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland