The Art Museum in Basel is a major public collection of art in Switzerland. Swiss art. At the core of the museum's rich collection is a large collection of paintings by local collector Basilius Amerbach. The museum's collection The museum's collection was constantly being added to, mainly through gifts and bequests from various wealthy citizens and collectors. wealthy citizens and collectors. Publisher and urban artist Samuel Burman bequeathed to the museum not only the collection he had amassed, but also half of his fortune, with the stipulation that his money would be used to fund the museum. of his fortune on the condition that his money would be used to purchase canvases of contemporary Swiss artists, so the works of many Swiss artists were not overlooked.
This museum is the repository of the world's largest collection of works by of Holbein artists in the world. Basilius Amerbach and his family were on friendly terms Holbein family, so they inherited many of the artists' works. It's in this in this museum you can see Holbein's two-metre high painting of the dead body of Christ, which so shocked F.M.Dostoyevsky in his time.
The exposition of the museum is located on two floors. On the ground floor you can see the works of masters XV-XIX centuries, such as: Holbeins, Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt, etc. There are works by Impressionists Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh. On the first floor is a collection of sculptures and paintings of the 20th century. Here are the works of of the so-called Cubists, including Pablo Picasso. Also in the museum you can the works of the Constructivists, Dadaists and Surrealists. The most famous of the latter is Salvador Dali.
