Kunst Museum Winterthur | Villa Flora

About this place

Villa Flora, built in 1846 and renovated in 1908 in Art Nouveau style by the architects Rittmeyer/Furrer, was the home of Hedy Hahnloser-Bühler (1873–1952) and Arthur Hahnloser (1870–1936). The collector couple quickly developed a passion for the art of their time: between 1906 and 1936, Arthur and Hedy Hahnloser brought together works of Post-Impressionism, the Nabis artists’ group and the Fauves, as well as works by contemporary Swiss artists such as Ferdinand Hodler and Giovanni Giacometti. They had close friendships with Félix Vallotton, Pierre Bonnard and other artists of their time. Villa Flora became a meeting place for artists and art lovers. The former Arthur and Hedy Hahnloser-Bühler collection, united in the Hahnloser/Jaeggli Foundation, brings together masterpieces by Edouard Manet, Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, Odilon Redon, Henri Matisse and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

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