Andrea Firmenich

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Andrea Firmenich (* 1959 ) is a German art historian and general secretary of the Kunststiftung NRW in Düsseldorf.

Life

Firmenich studied art history, history, philosophy and education at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn. After her doctorate and her traineeship at the Brücke-Museum Berlin in 1989, she took over the scientific management of the Kunsthalle Emden / Foundation Henri and Eske Nannen in 1990 and in 1996 that of exhibition management at the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn. In 1999 she became director of the Sinclair House Museum in Bad Homburg, where she a. a. built up a corporate collection for ALTANA AG on the subject of "Nature in Contemporary Art". On behalf of Susanne Klatten , Andrea Firmenich designed and founded the ALTANA Cultural Foundation in Bad Homburg in 2007 and the Nantesbuch Foundation in 2012, which she developed as managing director.

In 2019 Firmenich took over the office of General Secretary of the Kunststiftung NRW in Düsseldorf.

Firmenich is active on several committees and scientific advisory boards (among others on the advisory board of the Henri and Eske Nannen Foundation and the Otto van de Loo donation and on the board of trustees of the catalog raisonné of Gabriele Münter's paintings of the Gabriele Münter and Johannes Eichner Foundation). She has written and edited numerous publications on the art of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Andrea Firmenich is married and has one son. She lives in Cologne.

Publications

Editing and / or authorship (selection):

  • Flapping wings. Insects in Contemporary Art, ed. Andrea Firmenich, Berlin 2019.
  • Chiharu Shiota - lines of thought, ed. by Andrea Firmenich, Dortmund 2019.
  • View - Insight through the window, ed. v. Andrea Firmenich, Johannes Janssen, Munich 2018.
  • Book Worlds, ed. v. Andrea Firmenich, Johannes Janssen, Bielefeld / Berlin 2017.
  • The Second Skin, edited by Andrea Firmenich, Johannes Janssen, Munich 2016.
  • Ori Gersht. Forces of nature. Films and Photographs (Ori Gersht. Forces of Nature. Film and Photography), ed. Andrea Firmenich, Johannes Janssen, transl. v. Russell Stockmann, Munich 2015.
  • Branched. Trees in Contemporary Art, ed. Andrea Firmenich, Johannes Janssen, Cologne 2014.
  • Leiko Ikemura. Intermediate worlds. Drawings, paintings, sculptures, edited by Andrea Firmenich, Johannes Janssen, Bielefeld / Berlin 2014.
  • Travel notes. Barbara Klemm - photographs. Johann Wolfgang Goethe - drawings, ed. v. Andrea Firmenich, Johannes Janssen, Munich 2014.
  • Moved quietly. Video art and old masters, ed. v. Andrea Firmenich, Johannes Janssen, Munich 2013.
  • Franz Gertsch. Woodcuts. Torn from nature, ed. v. Andrea Firmenich, Johannes Janssen, Cologne 2013.
  • Herbert Brandl. Landscapes. Monotypes and paintings, Andrea Firmenich, Johannes Janssen, Cologne 2012.
  • Georg Baselitz. The nature motif, edited by Andrea Firmenich, Johannes Janssen, Cologne 2012.
  • Franz Marc and Joseph Beuys. In harmony with nature, ed. v. Andrea Firmenich, Cathrin Klingsöhr-Leroy, Munich 2011.
  • Joan Hernández Pijuan. Colors of the Earth (Joan Hernández Pijuan. Colores de la tierra), ed. v. Andrea Firmenich, Johannes Janssen, Cologne 2011.
  • Young-Jae Lee. Forms from the earth, ed. v. Andrea Firmenich, Cologne 2010, pp. 12–17; 95-99.
  • TO NATURE. ALTANA Art Collection, ed. by Andrea Firmenich, Cologne 2010
  • Near vision. Käthe Kollwitz. Heinrich Zille, ed. v. Andrea Firmenich, Martina Padberg, Rainer Stamm, Bielefeld 2009.
  • Passages. Video, photography, installation. Christoph Brech, ed. v. Michael Buhrs, Andrea Firmenich, Cologne 2009.
  • Walter Moroder - Alberto Giacometti. Secret world, ed. v. Andrea Firmenich, Cologne 2008.
  • Heribert C. Ottersbach. Half of life, ed. v. Michael Buhrs, Andrea Firmenich, Cologne 2008, pp. 67–77.
  • TO NATURE. ALTANA Art Collection, ed. v. Andrea Firmenich, Cologne 2007.
  • Bernd Koberling. Volume of Silence, ed. v. Andrea Firmenich, Johannes Janssen, Cologne 2007
  • Roman perspectives. Villa Massimo scholarship holders visit the Sinclair House, ed. v. Andrea Firmenich, Bad Homburg vd Höhe 2007.
  • August Macke. Enjoying nature. Paintings, drawings and watercolors from the Kunstmuseum Bonn and the August Macke Haus Bonn, ed. v. Andrea Firmenich, Munich 2006.
  • Karl Bohrmann. Interiors - exteriors. ed. v. Andrea Firmenich, Michael Semff, Cologne 2006
  • Karin Kneffel. Seduction and Distance, ed. v. Andrea Firmenich, Brigitte Reinhard, Cologne 2006.
  • Joan Miró. Fantastic worlds. Prints from the Fundació Joan Miró Barcelona, ​​Cologne 2005.
  • Markus Lüpertz - Durs Grünbein. Daphne - Metamorphosis of a Figure, ed. v. Andrea Firmenich, Cologne 2005.
  • Nature creation. Architecture and art in the Herbert-Quandt-Haus, ed. v. Andrea Firmenich Berlin 2004
  • German Art. German art from an American perspective. Works from the collection of the Saint Louis Art Museum, ed. v. Andrea Firmenich, Cornelia Homburg. Cologne 2004
  • Per Kirkeby. Nature and shape. Retrospective of the drawings and watercolors, ed. v. Andrea Firmenich, Siegfried Gohr, Cologne 2003.
  • Color and shape. Sophie Taeuber-Arp in dialogue with Hans Arp, ed. v. Andrea Firmenich, Martina Padberg, Cologne 2002.
  • Spectacle of life. Max Beckmann. Works on paper, ed. v. Andrea Firmenich, Martina Padberg, Cologne 2001.
  • Layers of the night. Arnulf Rainer - Victor Hugo, ed. v. Barbara Catoir, Andrea Firmenich, Cologne 2001.
  • Saskia Niehaus. Drawing and sculpture, Cologne 2001.
  • Josef Scharl. Monograph and catalog raisonné, ed. v. Andrea Firmenich, Andrea Lukas, Cologne 1999
  • Fred Thieler. Monograph and catalog raisonné. Pictures from 1942–1993, ed. v. Andrea Firmenich, Jörn Merkert, Cologne 1999
  • Art gallery in Emden. Foundation Henri and Eske Nannen, ed. v. Andrea Firmenich, Munich 1997
  • Dance in the modern age. From Matisse to Schlemmer, ed. v. Karin Adelsbach, Andrea Firmenich, Cologne 1996
  • Franz Radzwill. 1895 to 1993. Monograph and catalog raisonné, edited by Andrea Firmenich, Rainer Schulze, Cologne 1995
  • Martin Disler. Sculptures 1985 to 1995. ed. v. Andrea Firmenich, Dieter Koepplin, Cologne 1995
  • Henri Nannen Collection. Masterpieces from the Kunsthalle in Emden, edited by Andrea Firmenich, Ulrich Schneider, Cologne 1994
  • Georg Baselitz. Woodcuts 1966–1991, ed. v. Andrea Firmenich, Siegfried Gohr, Cologne 1994
  • Lyonel Feininger. Nature notes, sketches from the Busch-Reisinger Museum, ed. v. Andrea Firmenich, Ulrich Luckhardt, 1993
  • Bernd Zimmer. Pictures 1987–1992., Ed. v. Andrea Firmenich, Munich 1993
  • August Macke. Singing the beauty of things. Watercolors, drawings. ed. v. Volker Adolphs, Andrea Firmenich, Brigitte Reinhard, Cologne 1992
  • Fred Thieler. Dialogue with Color, Cologne 1991
  • Heinrich Campendonk 1888–1957. Life and Expressionist Work. With catalog of works of the painterly oeuvre, Recklinghausen 1989

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinrich Campendonk 1888–1957. Life and Expressionist Work. With catalog of works of the painterly oeuvre, Recklinghausen 1989.
  2. ↑ TO NATURE. ALTANA Art Collection, ed. v. Andrea Firmenich, Cologne 2007.
  3. ^ Nantesbuch Foundation - History. Retrieved February 11, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Christian Huther: Focus on art and nature, but not admonishing . In: Kunstforum International . tape 260 , May 2019, p. 322-326 .
  5. ↑ Jochen Mohr: Andrea Firmenich is the new genre secretary of the Kunststiftung NRW. Ministry of Art and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, July 2, 2019, accessed on October 28, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Firmenich, Andrea
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian and managing director of the Nantesbuch gGmbH foundation
DATE OF BIRTH 1959