Chemnitzer Museen Museums of Chemnitz - Page Pro Media GmbH
Chemnitzer Museen Museums of Chemnitz - Page Pro Media GmbH
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Insights into the work<br />
<strong>of</strong> contemporary and<br />
modern artists<br />
The Municipal Art Collections <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chemnitz</strong><br />
rank among the 20 cultural lighthouses in<br />
the new German states. The collection <strong>of</strong><br />
paintings represents German art from romanticism<br />
to contemporary art with excellent<br />
works. The beginning is marked by<br />
famous paintings by Caspar David Friedrich<br />
and Carus. Top works by painters<br />
such as Oehme, Dahl, von Rayski, Trübner,<br />
Uhde and Liebermann represent the<br />
19th century. The Norwegian painter Edvard<br />
Munch plays a very special role in<br />
the Municipal Art Collections.<br />
Carlfriedrich Claus: Entzündung,<br />
Zeichnung über Lithografie, Pinsel, Feder, Tusche, Finger,<br />
Ölpastellkreide grün, weiß, hell- und dunkelrot und grau<br />
Carlfriedrich Claus: Entzündung,<br />
Drawing over lithography, brush, quill, ink, finger, oilbased<br />
pastel green, white, light and dark red and grey<br />
K unstsammlungen <strong>Chemnitz</strong><br />
The Municipal Art Collections<br />
Edvard Munch (1863 - 1944): Käte und Hugo Perls, 1913, Öl auf Leinwand<br />
Edvard Munch (1863 - 1944): Käte und Hugo Perls, 1913, oil on canvas<br />
He maintained a strong relationship with<br />
the city since he painted the children <strong>of</strong><br />
the industrial magnate H. E. Esche in<br />
1905. In 1999, the Municipal Art Collections<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Chemnitz</strong> reactivated the big retrospective<br />
<strong>of</strong> his works from 1929. In<br />
the meantime, an important Munch painting<br />
could be purchased.<br />
German expressionism is excellently represented<br />
with almost 300 works by the<br />
painter Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, member <strong>of</strong><br />
the expressionist circle “Die Brücke”. The<br />
collection <strong>of</strong> paintings is supplemented<br />
with sculptures by Degas, Rodin, Barlach,<br />
Lehmbruck, Maillol, Scheibe, Cragg and<br />
many other artists. Thanks to the support<br />
<strong>of</strong> several foundations, the monumental<br />
sculpture “Mondrians Schwester” by Georg<br />
Baselitz could be acquired.<br />
The Graphic Cabinet counts 23,000<br />
works and provides an overview <strong>of</strong> the<br />
history <strong>of</strong> art between the 15th and 20th<br />
century. Moreover, the Municipal Art Collections<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Chemnitz</strong> hold or exhibit the<br />
largest collection <strong>of</strong> lithographs by Ho-<br />
noré Daumier outside <strong>of</strong> France. Since<br />
1999, the extensive heritage <strong>of</strong> Carlfriedrich<br />
Claus can be admired in the museum.<br />
In 2002, Hartmut Koch from<br />
<strong>Chemnitz</strong> donated the entire graphic<br />
Œuvre <strong>of</strong> Wolfgang Mattheuer to the art<br />
collections.<br />
The collection <strong>of</strong> textiles and artistic fabrics<br />
with its 15,000 textile objects provides<br />
a complete overview <strong>of</strong> the textiles<br />
designed by famous international artists<br />
in the major textile centres in Britain,<br />
France, Austria and Germany between<br />
1850 and 1945. A special attraction are<br />
the 400 Coptic fabrics dating back to the<br />
4th till 8th centuries as well as 6,000<br />
stockings from 1896 till 1910. The collection<br />
is completed by art nouveau wallpapers<br />
and vases, furniture designed by<br />
Henry van de Velde as well as 3,000 posters<br />
mainly from the period before 1914.<br />
Furthermore, the museum owns an art library,<br />
which is unique to South West Saxony,<br />
with 60,000 volumes as well as an<br />
artists’ and photo archive.<br />
<strong>Museums</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chemnitz</strong><br />
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