--- type: exposition title: "Cézanne, Monet, Renoir" language: en url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/cezanne-monet-renoir" --- # Cézanne, Monet, Renoir ## French Impressionism from the Museum Langmatt ![Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Das Boot, um 1878](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/header_cropped_1920x480_fp/public/2025-07/Renoir_Das%20Boot.jpg.webp?itok=hM1YPT3E) **Duration:** 24 September 2025 - 8 February 2026 The Belvedere is presenting selected works from the Museum Langmatt collection, one of the earliest and most extensive private collections of French Impressionism in Switzerland. Curated by Alexander Klee. ### [Lower Belvedere](https://www.belvedere.at/en/visit/lower-belvedere) **Opening hours:** Monday to Sunday, 10 am - 6 pm **Address:** Lower Belvedere, 1030 Vienna ([Getting there]()) [Tickets](https://www.belvedere.at/en/tickets?location%5B0%5D=3) ##### In cooperation with - [Parnass](https://www.parnass.at/) - [Logo ORF 3](https://tv.orf.at/orf3/index.html) - [derstandard.at](http://derstandard.at/) - [Logo Dorotheum](http://www.dorotheum.at) ## Impressions - ![Ausstellungsansicht "Cézanne, Monet, Renoir. Französischer Impressionismus aus dem Museum Langmatt", Unteres Belvedere — Exhibition view "Cézanne, Monet, Renoir. French Impressionism from the Museum Langmatt", Lower Belvedere — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2025-09/UB%20Langmatt%20PR-7.jpg.webp?itok=wXybQP6k) - ![Ausstellungsansicht "Cézanne, Monet, Renoir. Französischer Impressionismus aus dem Museum Langmatt", Unteres Belvedere — Exhibition view "Cézanne, Monet, Renoir. French Impressionism from the Museum Langmatt", Lower Belvedere — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2025-09/UB%20Langmatt%20PR-6.jpg.webp?itok=3VU91cyw) - ![Ausstellungsansicht "Cézanne, Monet, Renoir. Französischer Impressionismus aus dem Museum Langmatt", Unteres Belvedere — Exhibition view "Cézanne, Monet, Renoir. French Impressionism from the Museum Langmatt", Lower Belvedere — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2025-09/UB%20Langmatt%20PR-5.jpg.webp?itok=NT7UVwLu) - ![Ausstellungsansicht "Cézanne, Monet, Renoir. Französischer Impressionismus aus dem Museum Langmatt", Unteres Belvedere — Exhibition view "Cézanne, Monet, Renoir. French Impressionism from the Museum Langmatt", Lower Belvedere — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2025-09/UB%20Langmatt%20PR-4.jpg.webp?itok=hpn3wexT) - ![Ausstellungsansicht "Cézanne, Monet, Renoir. Französischer Impressionismus aus dem Museum Langmatt", Unteres Belvedere — Exhibition view "Cézanne, Monet, Renoir. French Impressionism from the Museum Langmatt", Lower Belvedere — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2025-09/UB%20Langmatt%20PR-3.jpg.webp?itok=4IoALWv4) - ![Ausstellungsansicht "Cézanne, Monet, Renoir. Französischer Impressionismus aus dem Museum Langmatt", Unteres Belvedere — Exhibition view "Cézanne, Monet, Renoir. French Impressionism from the Museum Langmatt", Lower Belvedere — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2025-09/UB%20Langmatt%20PR-2.jpg.webp?itok=iIP2icZX) - ![Ausstellungsansicht "Cézanne, Monet, Renoir. Französischer Impressionismus aus dem Museum Langmatt", Unteres Belvedere — Exhibition view "Cézanne, Monet, Renoir. French Impressionism from the Museum Langmatt", Lower Belvedere — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2025-09/UB%20Langmatt%20PR-1.jpg.webp?itok=WrXWHscY) - ![Ausstellungsansicht "Cézanne, Monet, Renoir. Französischer Impressionismus aus dem Museum Langmatt", Unteres Belvedere — Exhibition view "Cézanne, Monet, Renoir. French Impressionism from the Museum Langmatt", Lower Belvedere — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2025-09/UB%20Langmatt%20PH1%204%20M.jpg.webp?itok=RPor5N_q) - ![Ausstellungsansicht "Cézanne, Monet, Renoir. Französischer Impressionismus aus dem Museum Langmatt", Unteres Belvedere — Exhibition view "Cézanne, Monet, Renoir. French Impressionism from the Museum Langmatt", Lower Belvedere — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2025-09/UB%20Langmatt%20PH1%203%20M.jpg.webp?itok=lM8i4mRC) - ![Ausstellungsansicht "Cézanne, Monet, Renoir. Französischer Impressionismus aus dem Museum Langmatt", Unteres Belvedere — Exhibition view "Cézanne, Monet, Renoir. French Impressionism from the Museum Langmatt", Lower Belvedere — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2025-09/UB%20Langmatt%20PH1%201%20M.jpg.webp?itok=p5Xy1592) ## The Exhibition - ![Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Das Boot, um 1878 — Pierre-Auguste Renoir, The Boat, c. 1878 — Museum Langmatt, Stiftung Sidney and Jenny Brown, Baden, Switzerland](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2025-07/Renoir_Das%20Boot.jpg.webp?itok=Qswps8da) - ![Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Der Zopf, 1886/1887 — Pierre-Auguste Renoir, The Braid, c. 1886/1887 — Museum Langmatt, Stiftung Sidney and Jenny Brown, Baden, Switzerland](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2024-08/Renoir%2C%20Der%20Zopf%2C%20Inv.-Nr.%20182%2C%20Museum%20Langmatt%2C%20Baden%2C%20Schweiz.jpg.webp?itok=80mF9ISe) - ![Max Oppenheimer, Portrait of Jenny Brown, 1918 — Museum Langmatt, Stiftung Sidney and Jenny Brown, Baden, Switzerland](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2025-07/Max%20Oppenheimer%2C%20Bildnis%20Jenny%20Brown%2C%201918%2C%20%20Inv.-Nr.%20755%20Kopie_0.jpg.webp?itok=AMWCSHvy) - ![Alfred Sisley, Die Kirche von Moret, 1893 — Alfred Sisley, The Church of Moret, Rainy Weather, in the Morning, 1893 — Museum Langmatt, Stiftung Sidney and Jenny Brown, Baden, Switzerland](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2025-07/Die%20Kirche%20von%20Moret.jpg.webp?itok=k2rzGnRr) - ![Camille Pissarro, Boulevard Montmartre, Frühling, 1897 — Camille Pissarro, Boulevard Montmartre, Spring, 1897 — Museum Langmatt, Stiftung Sidney and Jenny Brown, Baden, Switzerland](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2025-07/Pissaro_Boulevard%20Montmartre.jpg.webp?itok=agiR5M2q) - ![Edgar Degas, Weiblicher Akt, um 1885/1886, später überarbeitet — Edgar Degas, Female Nude, around 1885/1886 — Museum Langmatt, Stiftung Sidney and Jenny Brown, Baden, Switzerland](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2025-07/Weiblicher%20Akt%201.jpg.webp?itok=XceeMlad) - ![Max Oppenheimer, Portrait of Sidney W. Brown, 1917 — Museum Langmatt, Stiftung Sidney and Jenny Brown, Baden, Switzerland](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2025-07/Oppenheimer%2C%20Bildnis%20Sidney%20W.%20Brown%2C%20756.jpg.webp?itok=iYcnFSIG) - ![Camille Pissarro, Autumn in the Meadow at Éragny, 1899 — Museum Langmatt, Stiftung Sidney and Jenny Brown, Baden, Switzerland](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2025-07/Herbst%20in%20Eragny.jpg.webp?itok=y5hb_Pzr) - ![Paul Gauguin, Stillleben mit Früchteschale und Zitronen, um 1889/1890 — Paul Gauguin, Still Life with Bowl of Fruit and Lemons, c. 1889/1890 — Museum Langmatt, Stiftung Sidney and Jenny Brown, Baden, Switzerland](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2024-08/Paul%20Gauguin%2C%20Stillleben%20mit%20Fr%C3%BCchteschale%20und%20Zitronen%2C%20Museum%20Langmatt%2C%20Baden.jpg.webp?itok=yi85jGod) - ![Paul Cézanne, Pfirsiche, Karaffe und Figur, um 1900 — Paul Cézanne, Peaches, Carafe, and Person, c. 1900 — Museum Langmatt, Stiftung Sidney and Jenny Brown, Baden, Switzerland](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2025-07/C%C3%A9zanne%2C%20Pfirsiche%2C%20Karaffe%20und%20Figur.jpg.webp?itok=-Hb4Izyj) - ![Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Portrait of Paul Meunier, c.1877 — Museum Langmatt, Stiftung Sidney and Jenny Brown, Baden, Switzerland](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2025-07/Bildnis%20Paul%20Meunier%2C%20Sohn%20von%20Murer.jpg.webp?itok=L9T98pnB) - ![Camille Corot, Ariccia, der Chigi-Palast, 1826/27 — Camille Corot, Ariccia with the Palazzo Chigi, 1826/27 — Museum Langmatt, Stiftung Sidney and Jenny Brown, Baden, Switzerland](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2024-08/Camille%20Corot%2C%20Ariccia%2C%20der%20Chigi-Palast%2C%20Museum%20Langmatt%2C%20Baden%2C%20Schweiz.jpg.webp?itok=Wu81i09_) - ![Claude Monet, Eisschollen im Dämmerlicht, 1893 — Claude Monet, Ice Floes at Twilight, 1893 — Museum Langmatt, Stiftung Sidney and Jenny Brown, Baden, Switzerland](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2024-08/Claude%20Monet%2C%20Ice%20Floes%20at%20Twilight%2C%201893%2C%20Museum%20Langmatt%2C%20Baden%2C%20Switzerland.jpg.webp?itok=adaRHNMg) - ![Paul Cézanne, Felsen und Bäume im Park des Château Noir, um 1904 — Paul Cézanne, Trees and Rocks in the Park of the Château Noir, c. 1904 — Museum Langmatt, Stiftung Sidney and Jenny Brown, Baden, Switzerland](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2024-08/Paul%20C%C3%A9zanne%2C%20Felsen%20und%20B%C3%A4ume%20im%20Park%20des%20Ch%C3%A2teau%20Noir%2C%20ca.%201904%2C%20Museum%20Langmatt%2C%20Baden.jpg.webp?itok=57wJuTOa) The Art Nouveau Villa Langmatt was not only the residence of Jenny and Sidney Brown but also a space dedicated to their passion for art. The Browns started focusing on French art in around 1907, first acquiring an oil painting by Paul Cézanne, a painting by Claude Monet, and several pictures among others by Mary Cassat, Camille Pissaro and Auguste Renoir. The couple were particularly interested in the artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir and collected an extensive selection of his paintings. The quality of this collection is also demonstrated by a group of outstanding works by Camille Corot. Over many years, the Browns systematically built up a collection of French Impressionism and its forerunners that is representative in its scope whilst at the same time reflecting their personal tastes. The couple’s collecting was not only a private passion but can also be seen in the context of the altered, modernized self-image of the Swiss industrial bourgeoisie. ## The Museum Langmatt ![Villa Langmatt mit Park und Römerstrasse, Postkarte, ca. 1910, Archiv Museum Langmatt, Baden — Villa Langmatt with park and Römerstrasse, postcard, c. 1910 — Archiv Museum Langmatt, Baden, Switzerland](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2025-07/Villa%20Langmatt%20mit%20Park%20und%20R%C3%B6merstrasse_Postkarte_ca.%201910.jpg.webp?itok=ro280PZp) In 1899 Jenny and Sidney Brown commissioned Swiss architect Karl Moser to design a villa on the site known as the “lange Matte” (long meadow) above River Limmat in Baden near Zurich. This magnificent Art Nouveau building surrounded by a park became the family home for the couple and their three sons, Sidney Hamlet (1898–1970), John Alfred (1900–1987), and Harry Frank (1905–1972). In 1979 John Alfred bequeathed the villa and art collection to the city of Baden, stipulating that the ensemble was to be preserved as a museum. The property was adapted after his death and has been open to the public as the Museum Langmatt since 1990. In the same period as the creation of the Langmatt Collection, Impressionist works were also being acquired for the Modern Gallery in Vienna—now the Belvedere—and these form part of its core collection today. ## Videos - - - - - [YouTube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3bNI_EoKes)