150 Jahre André Evard (1876-1972) mit Paul Klee, Willi Baumeister, Max Ackermann, Erich Heckel und weiteren Ikonen der Moderne

Die Sprache der Farbe

October 17, 2026 – April 18, 2027

Top: André Evard, *Blossoming Tree in Spring I*, 1911, watercolors; *Les Roses*, 1923, oil on canvas; Bottom: André Evard, *Yellow Landscape with Black Birds*, 1908, watercolor on paper; Blue Roses, 1924, oil on canvas

Anlässlich des 150. Birthday des Schweizer Künstlers André Evard präsentiert die Kunsthalle Messmer vom October 17, 2026, through April 18, 2027 eine große Jubiläumsausstellung. Als einer der bedeutendsten Wegbereiter der Schweizer Abstraktion entwickelte, Evard bereits zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts eine eigenständige Bildsprache zwischen Gegenständlichkeit und Abstraktion und zählt zu den wichtigsten Pionieren der modernen Kunst.

André Evard, Tree in Bloom in Spring II, 1911, watercolors; André Evard, Girl with an Umbrella, 1911, watercolor on paper

The exhibition centers on more than 100 works that are returning to Germany for the first time following their successful world tour at the Powerlong Art Museum in Shanghai (June 12 to September 20, 2026). The exhibition shown there, featuring a total of 172 works, garnered significant international attention and impressively underscored Evard’s growing importance in the international art scene.

André Evard, Alps (Jungfrau), 1945, oil on cardboard; Right: Erich Heckel, Clouds of Fog Between Mountains, 1953, watercolor, Erich Heckel Estate, Hemmenhofen

Building on this international success, the Kunsthalle Messmer presents André Evard’s four major groups of works: his early works, influenced by Art Nouveau; his classical still lifes; his vibrantly colored landscapes; and his consistent evolution toward an abstract visual language.

André Evard, *La Machine*, 1925, oil on hardboard; Willi Baumeister, *Abstraction on Light Gray*, 1927, mixed media on cardboard, photo: Gerhard Sauer

The exhibition is complemented by significant works by his contemporaries, including Paul Klee, Georges Braque, Willi Baumeister, Max Ackermann, Erich Heckel, Auguste Herbin, and Sonia Delaunay, as well as other icons of modernism.

André Evard, *Cosmos II*, 1956, oil on hardboard; Paul Klee, *Play of Forces in a Lech Landscape*, 1917, watercolors on chalk ground and canvas, Galerie Rosengart

Together, the exhibition traces the fascinating beginnings and developments of abstract art in the early 20th century and honors André Evard’s outstanding contribution to European modernism.

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150 Years of André Evard — The Language of Color with Paul Klee, Georges Braque, Erich Heckel, Max Ackermann, Willi Baumeister, Robert Delaunay, Sonia Delaunay
, October 17, 2026 – April 18, 2027

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