Christian Schad Museum

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The Christian Schad Museum in Aschaffenburg is currently being built by the city of Aschaffenburg.

The artist

Christian Schad (1894–1982) is one of the most important German modern artists. He is considered the leading figure of the New Objectivity of the 1920s in Europe. His work reflects a large part of the important art movements of the 20th century from Dadaism and Expressionism to the experiments in art after 1945, magical realism . His photograms or Schadographs , which he developed in the period after the First World War and revived in the 1960s, together with his modern icons of New Objectivity , establish Christian Schad's worldwide fame today.

Museum location

The Christian Schad Museum represents the first construction phase of the future Aschaffenburg Museum Quarter in Pfaffengasse. It includes the listed building ensemble of the former Jesuit college. In 1612, the Archbishop of Mainz, Johann Schweikhard von Kronberg, called the Jesuits to Aschaffenburg. After extensive repair work, the spacious area of ​​the Jesuit college was used for school purposes after the Second World War . In 1971 the state technical and vocational college moved there. Over time, the building ensemble was expanded to include a workshop area and a gym. In 1978 an underground car park was added. The Jesuit Church, built between 1619 and 1621, has served as an exhibition center for the city of Aschaffenburg since 1976 ( Jesuit Church Art Gallery ).

Emergence

On November 22, 2010, the Aschaffenburg city council approved the subsequent use of the area on Pfaffengasse for museum purposes. On May 21, 2012, planning services for the implementation of the first construction phase were awarded to the architects Kuhn und Bülow, Dettelbach / Iphofen. On June 17, 2013, the construction and financing decision for the first construction phase, the Christian Schad Museum, was made. The construction time was originally supposed to be two years (2015–2017). In May 2019 it was announced that problems with the air conditioning made it necessary to postpone the opening date again. The building itself is finished. A new opening date can only be planned as soon as the room climate has been regulated and successfully maintained for 3 weeks in trial operation. [outdated]

Collection and exhibition

The estate that Schad's widow Bettina had transferred to the Christian Schad Foundation in Aschaffenburg comprises more than 3,200 objects and works, from painting to Schadography to photography . The Christian Schad Museum in Aschaffenburg is the only location in the world that will document all the creative periods of the master of the new objectivity . At the same time an overview of the art history of the 20th century will be offered.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Aschaffenburg Online Current reports: Christian Schad Museum: The opening cannot take place. Retrieved June 17, 2019 .

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Coordinates: 49 ° 58 ′ 30.5 ″  N , 9 ° 8 ′ 39.4 ″  E