Musée Jenisch

Musée Jenisch Vevey2013

next project previous project
Babl Jenisch 34

Located in Vevey on the shores of Lake Geneva (one of the stages of the Romantic Grand Tour’) the museum attracts vis­it­ors drawn by the her­it­age of Rousseau and Byron. It owes its cre­ation to a gift: as a mark of her grat­it­ude towards a town in which she had spent many happy times with her hus­band, Fanny Jenisch (18011881), the wid­ow of a sen­at­or from Hamburg, donates two hun­dred thou­sand gold francs to the town of Vevey to fund the con­struc­tion of an encyc­lo­paed­ic museum com­bin­ing art and science.

Girafe002

La gir­affe de Vevey.

Inaugurated in March 1897, the museum is built in a neo-clas­sic­al style by the archi­tects Maillard and Convert. A rep­lica of the Parthenon frieze adorns its façade, while the entrance hall and main stair­case have mosa­ic floors and are dec­or­ated with columns and statues based on mod­els from Antiquity. In accord­ance with Fanny’s wishes the museum also houses a lib­rary, and wel­comes gen­er­a­tions of school­chil­dren who come to dis­cov­er its stuffed anim­als – includ­ing the fam­ous gir­affe – and attend draw­ing les­sons. In the 1980s, the sci­entif­ic col­lec­tions are trans­ferred to the can­ton­al zoology museum in Lausanne. In 1989, the ren­ov­ated museum becomes home to the Fondation Oskar Kokoschka and the Canton of Vaud prints col­lec­tion. The depar­ture of the muni­cip­al lib­rary in 2004 frees up a space on the lower level, enabling the now some­what cramped museum to expand in order to accom­mod­ate its grow­ing collections.

Babl Jenisch 22 2

Rez supérieur.

Babl Jenisch 41

Coupe trans­ver­s­ale.

Babl Jenisch 40

Coupe lon­git­ud­inale.

We tried to embed the his­tor­ic build­ing in its mod­ern con­text while remain­ing faith­ful to its past. Wherever pos­sible, the aim was to restore the build­ing to its ori­gin­al appear­ance pre­serving the unique atmo­sphere, reflec­ted in the mosa­ic floors and the col­or­a­tion of the walls in the hall. Passing through the entrance hall with its remark­able epic décor, so redol­ent of Antiquity – columns, mould­ings, Pompeii-style walls and fres­coes by Ernest Biéler – vis­it­ors encounter the exhib­i­tion gal­ler­ies in the mod­ern­ised areas, in a delib­er­ate depar­ture from the his­tor­icising register. The museum now houses tem­por­ary exhib­i­tions on the ground floor, while the high­lights – the his­tor­ic­al col­lec­tions, from 16th-cen­tury paint­ings to con­tem­por­ary works, the Fondation Oskar Kokoschka sec­tion, the prints and draw­ings – are on per­man­ent dis­play on the upper floor, with reg­u­larly chan­ging hangings.

Babl Jenisch 36
Babl Jenisch 30
Babl Jenisch 44

La méch­a­nique physique des flux et lumières.

Babl Jenisch 35

Les différences géométriques entre la logique de dedans et dehors. 

Babl Jenisch 01

Le jeu entre la lumière de jour et arti­fi­ci­elle, l’in­tens­ité et la tem­pérat­ure conditionnée.

Babl Jenisch 27

La salle Kokoschka.

Babl Jenisch 03

La salle des estampes en lav­is Mariette’, basée sur une har­monie en bleu, blanc et or de cadre.

Babl Jenisch 04
Babl Jenisch 06

Le hall d’en­trée avec un béli­er de Troie.

Babl Jenisch 14

Le desk d’ac­cueil mobil qui reprend la tex­ture d’un béli­er du fresque au fond. 

Babl Jenisch 12

la voilà le béli­er en cause..

Babl Jenisch 08
Babl Jenisch 05
Images Php
Babl Jenisch 20
Jenisch Eingang

Le gardi­en prin­cip­al dans sa bête.

Babl Jenisch 09

Les cheveux peints à la main un par un.

Babl Jenisch 29

Une vit­rine albino.

Babl Jenisch 13

La bib­lio­thèque sous le toit.

Babl Jenisch 22

L’escalier recon­stru­it vers la col­lec­tion dans la cave.

Babl Jenisch 21

Béton pon­cé.

Babl Jenisch 24

Le dépot des tableaux.

Babl Jenisch 33

L’arrière de Jenisch avec l’ég­lise ortho­dox de la même époque.

Babl Jenisch 31

Jenisch noc­turne.

Babl Jenisch 34

Located in Vevey on the shores of Lake Geneva (one of the stages of the Romantic Grand Tour’) the museum attracts vis­it­ors drawn by the her­it­age of Rousseau and Byron. It owes its cre­ation to a gift: as a mark of her grat­it­ude towards a town in which she had spent many happy times with her hus­band, Fanny Jenisch (18011881), the wid­ow of a sen­at­or from Hamburg, donates two hun­dred thou­sand gold francs to the town of Vevey to fund the con­struc­tion of an encyc­lo­paed­ic museum com­bin­ing art and science.

Girafe002

Inaugurated in March 1897, the museum is built in a neo-clas­sic­al style by the archi­tects Maillard and Convert. A rep­lica of the Parthenon frieze adorns its façade, while the entrance hall and main stair­case have mosa­ic floors and are dec­or­ated with columns and statues based on mod­els from Antiquity. In accord­ance with Fanny’s wishes the museum also houses a lib­rary, and wel­comes gen­er­a­tions of school­chil­dren who come to dis­cov­er its stuffed anim­als – includ­ing the fam­ous gir­affe – and attend draw­ing les­sons. In the 1980s, the sci­entif­ic col­lec­tions are trans­ferred to the can­ton­al zoology museum in Lausanne. In 1989, the ren­ov­ated museum becomes home to the Fondation Oskar Kokoschka and the Canton of Vaud prints col­lec­tion. The depar­ture of the muni­cip­al lib­rary in 2004 frees up a space on the lower level, enabling the now some­what cramped museum to expand in order to accom­mod­ate its grow­ing collections.

Babl Jenisch 22 2
Babl Jenisch 41
Babl Jenisch 40

We tried to embed the his­tor­ic build­ing in its mod­ern con­text while remain­ing faith­ful to its past. Wherever pos­sible, the aim was to restore the build­ing to its ori­gin­al appear­ance pre­serving the unique atmo­sphere, reflec­ted in the mosa­ic floors and the col­or­a­tion of the walls in the hall. Passing through the entrance hall with its remark­able epic décor, so redol­ent of Antiquity – columns, mould­ings, Pompeii-style walls and fres­coes by Ernest Biéler – vis­it­ors encounter the exhib­i­tion gal­ler­ies in the mod­ern­ised areas, in a delib­er­ate depar­ture from the his­tor­icising register. The museum now houses tem­por­ary exhib­i­tions on the ground floor, while the high­lights – the his­tor­ic­al col­lec­tions, from 16th-cen­tury paint­ings to con­tem­por­ary works, the Fondation Oskar Kokoschka sec­tion, the prints and draw­ings – are on per­man­ent dis­play on the upper floor, with reg­u­larly chan­ging hangings.

Babl Jenisch 36
Babl Jenisch 30
Babl Jenisch 44
Babl Jenisch 35
Babl Jenisch 01
Babl Jenisch 27
Babl Jenisch 03
Babl Jenisch 04
Babl Jenisch 06
Babl Jenisch 14
Babl Jenisch 12
Babl Jenisch 08
Babl Jenisch 05
Images Php
Babl Jenisch 20
Jenisch Eingang
Babl Jenisch 09
Babl Jenisch 29
Babl Jenisch 13
Babl Jenisch 22
Babl Jenisch 21
Babl Jenisch 24
Babl Jenisch 33
Babl Jenisch 31