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Zurich's Kronenhalle restaurant is a living legend and 2024 marks the centenary of the likewise
legendary Hulda Zumsteg (1890-1984) taking over as its landlady. For decades  the restaurant
and adjacent bar have brought together the city's bohemians and the bourgeoisie. Celebrities
from the worlds of art  design  literature  and stage were among the regulars. Works by artists
such as Pierre Bonnard  Henri Matisse  Joan Miró  and Pablo Picasso are naturally part of its
interior.   The revised new edition of this book  first published in 2019  explores the art at
the Kronenhalle from various perspectives. Photographs offer atmospheric impressions of the
brasserie  dining rooms  and bar  in daylight and at night. Literary texts turn paintings into
protagonists. A complete catalogue and the story of its emergence and evolution place the
collection in wider context and portray one of Zurich's most traditional restaurants against
the backdrop of an extraordinary family and business history.   The restaurant's enduring
success is founded in the unique way in which Hulda Zumsteg ran the place  and in the
friendships that her son Gustav Zumsteg (1915-2005) brought to Zurich. His deep appreciation of
art fueled the textile creations of Abraham AG  the silk trading firm he owned  and led to him
assembling the fine collection that today turns every lunch  dinner  or drink at the
Kronenhalle into an encounter with classical modernism in art.

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