Peter and Irene Ludwig Foundation
The Ludwig Foundation for Art and International Understanding GmbH was founded in 1982 by the married couple Peter and Irene Ludwig , born. Monheim, founded. After the death of Peter Ludwig, Irene Ludwig established the Peter and Irene Ludwig Foundation . The foundation is based in the couple's former home in Aachen . Peter Ludwig was an art patron and industrialist . Irene Ludwig was an art historian , art patron and art collector.
goals and tasks
In the interests of the deceased couple, the main task of the foundation is the constant continuation of its international commitment. Open-mindedness has always been an essential part of the foundation's character traits . Therefore, even today, conscious attention is paid to the expansion of internationally established relationships on a cultural level. The purpose of the foundation is made possible through the acquisition and management of works of art and art objects. This includes the implementation of exhibitions or loans for exhibitions. These exhibitions are to be made accessible to the public. In addition, the purpose of the foundation is made possible by the granting of financial aid for the acquisition or maintenance of works of art or the support of exhibition projects. In the foreground is the goal of cooperation between all Ludwig museums, with which the basic idea of the Ludwigs can be guaranteed. Social relationships across national borders form an important cornerstone here. The promotion of multicultural dialogues forms a legacy to ensure the continuation of Peter and Irene Ludwig's commitment.
The foundation's governing bodies have the task analogous to the activities of Louis and its collection while free to make and adapt the Peter and Irene Ludwig Foundation in the future to guide and change in time.
Collection Ludwig
The Ludwigs' passion for collecting began in 1957. From that year onwards, the couple collected art objects, which from then on are also made available to the public. From the beginning, the aim of the collectors was to fill gaps in the collections of selected public museums. Museums at home and abroad benefited from this commitment. As early as 1957, the Suermondt Museum in Aachen and the Museum Schnütgen in Cologne received the first permanent loans of works of art from the Middle Ages.
The Ludwig Collection comprises several thousand objects and should be viewed from the start as a joint effort by the couple. The collection ranges from works of art from ancient Greece , the Middle Ages , the Baroque and Rococo periods to pre-Columbian art and the older and most recent art from China . It also includes contemporary art from both the US and the USSR and many other parts of the world. A particular highlight of the collection are the works of Pop Art and Pablo Picasso . But pottery , tile , porcelain , Islamic ceramics , furniture and arts and crafts form groups in the collection.
At the beginning of the 1960s, Peter and Irene Ludwig began to discover their interest in American and European art since the 1950s and, subsequently, for international contemporary art. The interest followed the commitment to this art, which was shown for the first time in 1968 in the exhibition "Zeitbild, Provokation, Kunst" in the Suermondt Museum Aachen. In 1969 a broad overview was organized at the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne, which for the first time comprehensively presented in particular the holdings of international Pop Art from the Ludwig Collection. The exhibition was visited by numerous people.
In 1970 the city of Aachen opened the Neue Galerie, which was given the addition of the Ludwig Collection. The institution has been called the Ludwig Forum for International Art since the move to new premises in 1991. In 1976 the Museum Ludwig was founded in Cologne . The foundation of the museum was preceded by the donation of around 300 works of art from Pop Art as well as art that was young at the time, for example by Georg Baselitz , Hanne Darboven , Nancy Graves , Donald Judd , Yves Klein , Sol LeWitt , Robert Morris , AR Penck , Gerhard Richter , Niki de Saint Phalle , Daniel Spoerri or Jean Tinguely . The works of artists such as Robert Rauschenberg , Andy Warhol , Roy Lichtenstein , Jasper Johns , James Rosenquist , Robert Indiana , Claes Oldenburg , Jim Dine , Tom Wesselmann and many others received great national and international attention. For Peter and Irene Ludwig , Pop Art was a mirror of their own time and for them represented the expression of a generation's attitude towards life.
The highlight of the collections is international art. This consists primarily of the collection of international contemporary art, the collection of works by Pablo Picasso from 1904 to 1972, of works by the Russian avant-garde from 1910 to around 1930 and of works from the then GDR , the former USSR and Eastern Europe as well as from China, Central and South America.
Museums and institutions
Museums and institutions with the name Ludwig are located in Aachen , Bamberg , Basel , Budapest , Havana, Koblenz , Cologne , Oberhausen , Beijing , Saarlouis , Saint Petersburg and Vienna . The city and state museums and institutions are in close cooperation with the "Peter and Irene Ludwig Foundation".
Aachen : The Suermondt Ludwig Museum was founded in 1883. In 1977 Peter and Irene Ludwig made a significant donation of around 150 objects from a collection of works of art from the Middle Ages and modern times . This includes paintings and sculptures, starting with romantic columnar figures through works by Jan Vermeer van Haarlem the Elder. Ä. (1628–1695) to Hans Hartung (1904–1989). The Suermondt Ludwig Museum also has an equivalent number of permanent loans from the Ludwig Collection.
The Ludwig Forum for International Art (1991) is the successor to the Neue Galerie - Sammlung Ludwig, which opened in 1970. In 2000 Irene Ludwig made a donation to the city of Aachen for the Ludwig Forum from the permanent loan portfolio of international artists. Changing exhibitions of contemporary world art take place in the Ludwig Forum for International Art . Artists from Russia , the United States , Mexico , Spain , China , Japan , Korea , Hungary , Bulgaria , Cuba , Great Britain , the Czech Republic and France are represented in the house's collection.
Bamberg : Since 1995 you can find the faience and porcelain collection of Peter and Irene Ludwig in the Ludwig Collection in Bamberg. This is on permanent loan in the old town hall of Bamberg and is part of the municipal museums. The collection includes around 300 objects from an exquisite selection of porcelain from the Meissen Manufactory and Strasbourg faience.
Basel : In 1981 Peter and Irene Ludwig donated a collection of around 200 objects to the city of Basel, which was a momentous addition to the Antikenmuseum Basel . The donation was the trigger for the extension, which opened in 1988. Peter and Irene Ludwig then enriched the museum with an extensive permanent loan.
Budapest : The Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art has existed since 1989. Originally the museum was housed in Budapest Castle in a building complex with the National Gallery, the National Library and the Budapest History Museum. Since 2005 the Ludwig Museum has been located together with the Philharmonie in the newly built Palace of the Arts on the banks of the Danube. The collection contains more than 170 works from the Ludwig Collection (70 of which were donations). The Ludwig Museum in Budapest is known for its international orientation and its simultaneous focus on central European contemporary art.
Koblenz : The Ludwig Museum has been located in the Deutschherrenhaus in Koblenz since 1992. The decision to focus on Western European, in particular French, art has existed since 1985. The donation and permanent loan of a bundle of works of art form the cornerstone of the museum. The collection includes works of art by Pablo Picasso , Jean Dubuffet , Wols , Pierre Soulages and Serge Poliakoff as classics of modern art in France through to the Nouveaux Réalistes or the Figuration Libre movement .
Cologne : The Ludwig Museum in Cologne was founded in 1976 through a donation of around 300 objects from the Ludwigs . With this donation, an independent institution for 20th century art was created. With three main collections, the museum joins the list of the most important international museums dedicated to the art of the 20th century. The museum has the largest collection of Russian avant-garde art outside of Russia . Numerous works of English and American Pop Art are also represented. In addition, thanks to the donation of works by Pablo Picasso between 1994 and 2001, the museum is able to give a representative overview of the work of one of the most important artists of the 20th century. German contemporary art is also well represented.
Oberhausen : The Ludwig Galerie Schloss Oberhausen regularly organizes temporary exhibitions with works of ancient and modern art from the Ludwig collections. In addition, works of high and trivial art as well as popular media are related to one another.
Beijing : The museum in Beijing was created through a contract made in 1996 by the Ludwig couple and the Ministry of Culture and the Chinese National Museum, which included the establishment of the Ludwig Museum for International Art. The Chinese National Museum specializes in an art collection that represents its own country. One focus of the collection is on works of art since the May Revolution of 1919. At the same time, the museum also collects old paintings and international art. By donating a significant number of international works of art from the Ludwig Collection, the Ludwig Museum for International Art was established on the premises of the National Museum. The China National Museum of Fine Arts plays a major role in the international art exchange between East and West. There were exhibitions of well-known foreign museums on an international level. In recent years there have been exhibitions on Picasso's painting, Rodin's art , pictures by Marc Chagall and Joan Miro . Since 1999 the holdings of the Ludwig Museum for International Art have been in the Chinese National Museum.
Saarlouis : The Ludwig House for art exhibitions has been located in Saarlouis since 1989 . Since 2017 the exhibition house has been renamed Ludwig Galerie Saarlouis. Among other things, exhibitions with works of art from the Ludwig Collection are held there in cooperation with other museums and collectors.
Saint Petersburg : In 1994 the Museum Ludwig was founded in the Russian Museum by Peter and Irene Ludwig. The museum in the Marble Palace was opened in 1995 with a significant donation of 118 works of international and Russian art by the couple. Together with national and international partners, the museum forms a museum of contemporary art of the 20th century.
Vienna : Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation, Vienna . In 1979 the Museum of Modern Art in Palais Liechtenstein opened with an exhibition from the Ludwig Collection. In 1981 the Austrian Ludwig Foundation for Art and Science was founded, combined with a donation of 120 works of American and European art from the period after 1945. In 1991 there was a further donation of works by American, French, Hungarian, Russian, Bulgarian and Colombian works , Italian, British and German artists to the Austrian Ludwig Foundation. The museum represents the largest and most comprehensive collection of modern and contemporary art in Austria and is at the same time one of the most important Central European museum collections of international and Austrian art of the 20th century.
Permanent loans
In addition to many donations, all museums with the name Ludwig accommodate very extensive permanent loans from the Ludwig Collection.
Other museums that do not bear the name Ludwig also have loans from the Ludwig Collection:
- Couven-Museum , Aachen (art of the baroque period )
- Graphics Museum Stiftung Schreiner , Bad Steben (contemporary art)
- First German Tile Museum , Boizenburg (tiles and tiles)
- Kunstmuseum Basel , Basel (contemporary art)
- Hetjens Museum , Düsseldorf (Islamic art)
- Museum landscape Hessen Kassel (ancient art)
- Middle Rhine Museum , Koblenz (old art)
- Museum Schnütgen , Cologne (medieval art)
- Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum , Cologne (pre-Columbian art and art from other non-European cultures)
- Museum of East Asian Art , Cologne (ancient Chinese art)
- Cologne City Museum , Cologne (contemporary art)
- Museum of Applied Arts Cologne , Cologne (modern art and design)
- Museum of Fine Arts , Leipzig (contemporary art)
- Germanisches Nationalmuseum , Nuremberg (applied arts and contemporary art)
- Klingspor Museum , Offenbach am Main
Individual evidence
- ↑ To find on the page http://www.ludwigstiftung.de , History & Goals.
- ↑ To be found on the page http://www.ludwigstiftung.de , Die Sammlung Ludwigs.
- ↑ a b http://www.ludwigstiftung.de , Museums & Institutions.
- ^ First German tile museum. Retrieved July 17, 2018 .
literature
- I. Bolz: Ludwig Collection - Old America. (= Ethnologica. New Series, Volume 7). Recklinghausen 1975.