The Kunstmuseum Basel opens exhibition of works by Carl Burckhardt
(Artdaily.org)

This past summer, a major exhibition at the Museo Vincenzo Vela in Ligornetto (Ticino) presented the art of Carl Burckhardt (1878–1923). The Kunstmuseum Basel now reprises the show in slightly more concentrated form and with a focus on aspects of Burckhardt’s oeuvre with special significance for Basel. Drawing attention to works that the city’s residents encounter on a daily basis and telling the story of their genesis, Carl Burckhardt. Classical Spirit—Modern Form pays homage to a local artist who, before his untimely death, helped pave the way for modern figurative sculpture. Several of Burckhardt’s creations occupy prominent spots in Basel’s urban fabric: the Amazon on the bridgehead of the Mittlere Brücke; the groups of figures Rhine and Wiese in front of the Badischer Bahnhof; Knight George overlooking the steps leading up from the old town to the Gymnasium Leonhard. Yet the man who sculpte