- Abteiberg Museum
The Museum Abteiberg is a municipal
museum forcontemporary art in the German cityMönchengladbach .The museum became famous for its
avant-garde exhibitions curated by director Johannes Cladders and its museum architecture, designed by Austrian architectHans Hollein , as a highpoint of postmodern design.Directors of the Museum
* 1907‒1933 Carl Schurz
* 1933‒1945 Julius Koenzgens
* 1945‒1967 Heinrich Dattenberg
* 1967‒1985 Johannes Cladders
* 1985‒1994 Dierk Stemmler
* 1994‒1995 Hannelore Kersting (provisional director)
* 1995‒2003 Veit Loers
* 2003‒2004 Hannelore Kersting (provisional director)
* since 2004 Susanne TitzCollection
Expressionism *
Ernst Barlach , Head of the Güstrow Memorial, 1927
*Wladimir Bechtejew , Two Bathing Women at the Beach, 1910
*Heinrich Campendonk , Shepherdess with Animals, around 1917
*Heinrich Campendonk , Red Shepherd with Animals, 1928
*Erich Heckel , Street in Berlin, 1911
*Erich Heckel , Beach at Osterholz, 1913
*Erich Heckel , Madmen eating, 1914
*Erich Heckel , Flandric Plains, 1916
*Alexej von Jawlensky , Lady with a blue Hat, 1912/13
*Anton Kerschbaumer , Möckernbrücke in Berlin, 1926
*Ernst Ludwig Kirchner , Female Nude in the Greens, 1914/15
*Wilhelm Lehmbruck , Little Female Torso (Hagen Torso), 1910/11
*Franz Marc , Landscape with a rainbow, 1913
*Ewald Mataré , Large Lying Cow, 1930
*Otto Mueller , Forest, um 1923
*Heinrich Nauen ,Garden, 1913
* Hermann Max Pechstein, Upcoming Thunderstorm, 1919
* Hermann Max Pechstein, Mother and Child (Artist's wife and son), 1920
*Christian Rohlfs , God Creating the first Man, 1916
*Christian Rohlfs , Hunted Man, 1918
= Constructivism =*
Willi Baumeister , Plains (The Painter I), 1920
*Rudolf Belling , Sculpture 23, 1923/1966
*Karl Buchheister , Variation in Black and White, 1927
*Alexander Calder , Silverwhite, um 1953
*Otto Coenen , Still Life with Alarm Clock, 1931
*Otto Coenen , Landscape with a white House, 1932
*Sonja Delaunay-Terk , no title, 1916
*Otto Freundlich , Composition in Gray, um 1935
*Heinrich Hoerle , Rhenian Landscape, 1932
*Heinrich Hoerle , Standing Female Nude, um 1935
*Boris Kleint , Black and White Disk, 1938
* Frank Kupka, Panneau décoratif, before 1924
* Frank Kupka, Deux Gris I, 1928
*Bart van der Leck , Arbres, 1922/23
*Oskar Schlemmer , Abstract Figure (Grotesque), 1923/64
*Oskar Schlemmer , Three Nudes, 1929
*Franz Wilhelm Seiwert , Feierabend I, 1925
*Nikolaj Michailowitsch Suetin , no title, around 1920
*Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart , Composition Nr. 149, 1945Dada *
Marcel Duchamp , La Mariée mise à nu par ses Célibataires, même (Boîte verte), 1934
*Marcel Duchamp , De ou par Marcel Duchamp ou Rrose Sélavy, 1966
*Max Ernst , Arizona-Landscape, nach 1946
*Wasily Kamensky , Mousetrap, 1915
*Kurt Schwitters , The Whale, 1924
= Informel =*
Peter Brüning , Composition 1/59, 1959
*Karl Fred Dahmen , Samum, 1957
*Karl Otto Goetz , Soel, 1964
*Wilhelm Nay , Corroborée, 1954Photography *
Man Ray , Portrait of James Joyce, 1922/59
*Man Ray , Kiki's Lips, 1929/59
*Man Ray , Tears, 1933/59
*Man Ray , Women with open Hair, 1931/59
*Man Ray , Selfportrait with Camera 1931/59
*Man Ray , Antique Head with Mirror, 1931/59Op art *
Yaacov Agam , Ambiance, 1955
*Gerhard von Graevenitz , Moving Object, 1971
*Adolf Luther , 10 x 10 Concave Mirrors, 1968
*Francois Morellet , Wire Grating, 1959/60
*Jesús Rafael Soto , Vibration-Object, 1963
*Victor Vasarely , Alphard, 1957Zero *
Heinz Mack , Silver-Dynamo, 1965
*Heinz Mack , White in White, 1959
*Otto Piene , Whitewhitewhite (Ton I), 1959/60
*Günther Uecker , Phantom I, 1963
*Günther Uecker , Great Wind, 1966Nouveau Réalisme *
Arman , Les tampons buvards, 1961
*Francois Dufrêne , Eye, 1960
*Raymond Hains , Affiche lacérée sur tôle, 1961
*Yves Klein , Monochrome bleu, 1959
*Yves Klein , Monogold, 1960
*Yves Klein , Victoire de Samothrace, 1962
*Martial Raysse , Supermarket, 1961
*Mimmo Rotella , Grande Comp, 1961
*Daniel Spoerri , Tableau piège chez Tinguelay, 1960
*Jean Tinguely , Hommage à Duchamp, 1960
*Jacques de la Villeglé , no title (Vér), 1962Pop Art * Richard Hamilton, Toaster, 1967
*Roy Lichtenstein , Bread in Bag, 1961
* George Segal, Man seated at table, 1960
*Tom Wesselmann , Still Life # 27, 1963
*Andy Warhol , Campell's Soup, 1962
*Andy Warhol , Louis M., Nr. 10 of 13 Most wanted Men, 1963Minimal Art *
Carl Andre , 8001 Mönchengladbach Square 8002 Mönchengladbach Square, 1968
*Donald Judd , no title, 1973
*Bruce Nauman , Forced Perspective, 1975
*Sol LeWitt , Modular Piece, 1966Further Departments
Library, classrooms for education, cafeteria (temporarily closed).
Buildings of the Museum
* 1901‒1904 Rooms within the city hall of Mönchengladbach
* 1904‒1925 Former Protestant church on the Fliescherberg (demolished)
* 1926‒1944 Karl-Brandts-Haus on the Kaiserstraße (demolished in World War II)
* 1924‒1934 and 1945‒1982 Oskar-Kühlen-Haus on the Bismarckstraße 97
* since 1982 Städtisches Museum Abteiberg on the AbteistraßeLiterature
On the collection of the museum
* Sabine Kimpel-Fehlemann, Walter Kaesbach-Stiftung. 1922‒1937 ‒ Die Geschichte einer expressionistischen Sammlung in Mönchengladbach, Mönchengladbach 1979
* Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach (Hrsg.), Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach, Braunschweig 1982
* Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach (Hrsg.), Sammlung Etzold ‒ Ein Zeitdokument, Mönchengladbach 1986
* Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach (Hrsg.), Kunst der Gegenwart. 1900 bis 1960, Bestandskatalog, Mönchengladbach 1988
* Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach (Hrsg.), Kunst der ersten Jahrhunderthälfte. 1900 bis 1960, Bestandskatalog, Mönchengladbach 1990
* Museumsverein Mönchengladbach, Jahresgaben des Museumsvereins. 1972‒1991, Bestandskatalog, Mönchengladbach 1992
* Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach (Hrsg.), Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach 2002
* Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach (Hrsg.), Skulpturengarten. Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach, Mönchengladbach 2003About the architecture of the museum
* Wolfgang Pehnt, Hans Hollein. Museum Mönchengladbach. Architektur als Collage, Frankfurt am Main 1989
* Museumsverein Mönchengladbach (Hrsg.), 10 Jahre Museum Abteiberg ‒ 90 Jahre Museumsverein, Mönchengladbach 1992External links
* [http://www.museum-abteiberg.de Official website of the municipal Museums Abteiberg Mönchengladbach]
* [http://www.museumsverein-moenchengladbach.de Official website of the society on behalf of the museum, Museumsvereins Mönchengladbach]
* [http://Museum-Abteiberg.blogspot.com BLOG (Internet-Tagebuch) eines Museumsbesuchs]
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