With works by Hans Jakob Barth, Paul Basilius Barth, Numa Donzé, Erwin Emerich, Christoph Iselin, Faustina Iselin, Walter Schüpfer, Rudolf Wild-Bonifazi The summer exhibition Brise d'été is conceived as a small "entre act" in the exhibition programme of Kunst Raum Riehen. Paintings that capture summer in a variety of ways and awaken the desire for freshness will be shown in the Gartensaal. Brise d'été gives us a visual way to cool off in the summer and draws our attention to Mediterranean places. At the same time, we are bringing to light selected pictures from the Riehen art collection, which was built up from 1934 and now comprises more than 1,000 works. The pictures were created in the post-war period up until well into the Cold War era. Out of these rather gloomy times, the Riehen artists travelled to the sea, lakes and rivers and explored the local cultures. One of the earliest pictures was painted by Paul Basilius Barth (1881-1955) in 1949 and is entitled Breton Beach. One of the later paintings from 1967 is by Faustina Iselin (1915-2010) and is entitled Maledetta Toscana. The landscape of the south and life by the water are at the centre of the paintings on display. The colours blue, turquoise and azure dominate and awaken a longing for the vastness and tranquillity of nature. The rocky bay (1956) by Walter Schüpfer (1903-1972), for example, shifts from figuration to abstraction: cliffs and sea complement each other to form a harmonious curve, and the vibrant blue is also reminiscent of the boundlessness of outer space. Other paintings bear titles such as Lagoon, 1960 (Rudolf Wild-Bonifazi) or Crete 1, 1975 (Hans Jakob Barth) - the landscapes, captured in painting, exude a relaxed summer feeling. For the duration of the exhibition, ice cream will be sold by Gelateria di Berna, which can be enjoyed on the veranda of Kunst Raum Riehen (Baselstrasse entrance), which is furnished with tables and chairs. The exhibition will be closed on Saturday, 19 July 2025 and Friday, 1 August 2025.