Reinhart’s 500-strong collection of Swiss, German and Austrian works of art from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries is displayed in this museum on the edge of the central city park. Star exhibits include works by German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich and Austrian Biedermeier painter Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, alongside 18th-century Swiss landscapes by Caspar Wolf.
Museum Oskar Reinhart am Stadtgarten
Canton of Zürich
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