Lunch and Kunsthaus Part 3

 I went into Old Town for lunch at le Relais de Entrecote, a restaurant the AirBnB host recommended. You can't make a reservation for dinner, but can for lunch, so I did. I got a table outside, and the meal was delicious - salad with walnuts, steak with French fries (these were especially good for some reason - maybe because the restaurant is French), bread and then my very favorite - profiteroles for dessert.

The restaurant was in the shadow of St. Peter's church - the one with the largest clock face (see blog entry) in Europe.

I've seen these postal bikes around and finally got a good shot as the postman rode right by me.

They brought the wrong dessert (translation problem with the waitress) but soon fixed it. 

 

The exterior of the Kunsthaus:

Some interesting explanations above.

I liked the portrait of a philosopher.

I liked these still lifes.

The painting below is apparently a very important painting in the museum.

I liked this sculpture:

 

Augusto Giacometti was the same artist who did some of the stained glass windows at the Fraumunster.

This describes the groups of artists who met (all men) to discuss and maybe critique their art. Women were hardly ever present.

The above was by Maria Ellenrieder. It was so real, it was almost like a photograph.

I liked the above because of the realism of the horses.

I loved this of The Forest Winter, especially after seeing the ballet, Snowblind.

The expression on "Monsieur Ursenbach" face was very interesting.

 

The pictures below are by Giovanni Giacometti, the father of Augusto who did the stained glass. His other son, Alberto, is the one who does the very tall, skinny sculptures.

I thought this was really interesting - the museum's approach to looted art:

 

And finally, my tram to go back to the apartment, have dinner and pack.