The Langmatt Museum in Baden, near Zurich, is a fascinating time capsule consisting of an outstanding collection of French Impressionism, an Art Nouveau villa and a historic park. Sidney and Jenny Brown bequeathed the estate and the collections to the town of Baden to establish a public museum, which opened in 1990. The sale of three of Paul Cezanne’s paintings from the collection ensured the public museum in 2023. This volume tells the story of the unique museum and how it was saved from the perspective of those involved.RENÉE LEVI (* 1960 in Istanbul, lives in Basel) studied architecture and fine art in Basel and Zurich. She has been a professor of painting at the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst in Basel since 2001. Her works have been exhibited around the globe for more than twenty years. In 2018 the artist was awarded the Société des Arts de Genève prize for art.



MARK WALLINGER (*1959, Chigwell Essex) is one of Britain’s leading contemporary artists. Taking part in Young British Artists’ group shows in the 1990s, he gained widespread recognition for Ecce Homo, the first sculpture to occupy the empty plinth in Trafalgar Square in 1999. Wallinger represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 2001, and won the prestigious Turner Prize in 2007 for his installation State Britain.