Graphics Collection
The Kunst Museum Winterthur is home to an important collection of graphic art dating from the 15th century to the present day and comprising around 15,000 works. It combines the holdings of the Kunstverein and the Oskar Reinhart Foundation. It was Oskar Reinhart who was responsible for building up the Kunstmuseum’s graphic art collection before opening his own foundation. While his collection of paintings remained in the villa ‘Am Römerholz’, he transferred almost all the works on paper he owned to the foundation, so that today master prints from the 15th century, including first-class prints by Albrecht Dürer, form the historical prelude to the graphic collection. It also includes prints from the Dutch Golden Age, three cycles of works by Francisco de Goya, which are complete and in their first edition, and extensive groups of works by Honoré Daumier, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Félix Vallotton. Works on paper by classical modernists complement the holdings of paintings and sculptures. In addition, the Kunst Museum Winterthur owns all the prints and multiples by Richard Hamilton as well as the most extensive group of drawings by Gerhard Richter in a Swiss museum.