Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation

Logo of the Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation

The Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation is a foundation under civil law based in Munich , which is dedicated to the promotion of the visual arts. It was founded in 1983 by Ernst von Siemens .

Benefactor

The founder, Ernst von Siemens, was the youngest grandson of the company's founder, Werner von Siemens .

In addition to the Art Foundation, he established two other foundations, the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation for the Promotion of Science (1958) and the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation for the Promotion of Music Maintenance and Music Research (1972).

Foundation capital and staff

When it was established, Ernst von Siemens provided the foundation with capital from his private assets. In addition, there were continuous donations both from his assets and with capital from Siemens AG . In his will, Ernst von Siemens left a further part of his fortune and his private art collection to the foundation. The total amount of funding from the Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation amounts to several million euros. Depending on the number of applications, there are 130 to 160 grants per year.

Siemens AG also steps in with donations if the foundation itself cannot do so in individual cases.

Heribald Närger (1923–2015) supported Ernst von Siemens during the establishment and development of the art foundation . He was chairman of the board of trustees and finally honorary chairman of the art foundation. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees is Dirk Syndram , and the general secretary has been the art historian Martin Hoernes since October 2014 .

Purpose and methods

According to the statutes, the purpose of the foundation is to promote the visual arts, primarily through the purchase of works of art or financial support for public art collections in the acquisition of art objects. In addition, the restoration of works of art is financially supported. Music and contemporary art are excluded from funding.

It is seen as an advantage to be able to obtain pre-financing for purchases at short notice in order to be more flexible on the art market. The purchasing institution receives an interest-free loan. With every funding, the foundation acquires joint ownership of the objects. Many funding measures are implemented jointly with other foundations.

Art in stock

The foundation was part of the Kunst auf Lager initiative , an alliance of fourteen private and public sponsors. Their common goal was to develop and secure collection objects that are not in an exhibition but in magazines or depots. The initiative encouraged museum teams to submit corresponding funding applications to the alliance partners.

The Kunst auf Lager initiative ended successfully in November 2018 after five years of collaboration. The Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation has funded a total of 44 extensive restoration projects and contributed to the printing or online posting of over 40 inventory catalogs.

Funded objects (selection)

• Ernst Ludwig Kirchner : Potsdamer Platz , Old National Gallery Berlin. Joint purchase, together with the national museums , the cultural foundation of the federal states and the federal government (1999).

The small adhesive tape contains old German, Dutch and Italian master drawings from the 15th to the middle 17th century

• Small adhesive tape - 120 old master drawings from the possession of the Princes of Waldburg-Wolfegg , Kupferstichkabinett Berlin . Joint purchase, together with the Kulturstiftung der Länder , the art collections and museums Augsburg and the Free State of Bavaria (2011).
• Philipp Otto Runge : Self-Portrait at the Drawing Table, 1801/1802. Promotion of the purchase for the Hamburger Kunsthalle (2011).
• Hubert Gerhard : Bronze sculpture of Merkur , Bavarian National Museum, Munich. Acquisition and permanent loan to the museum (2012).
• Meister von Meßkirch : Wildensteiner Altar , 1536. Funding of the purchase for the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart , together with the Museum Foundation Baden-Württemberg and the Kulturstiftung der Länder (2012).
• Louis Castelli : Copy of Raphael's Sistine Madonna , 1847. Buyback for the Lindenau Collection in the Lindenau Museum , Altenburg (2014).
• Lübeck collection of medieval church art, promotion of restoration measures and catalog accompanying the exhibition Lübeck 1500 (2015).
• René Magritte : Le Goût de L'invisible . Funding of the purchase for the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe , together with the Kulturstiftung der Länder and the Museumsstiftung des Landes Baden-Württemberg (2016).
• Tapestry depicting the Holy Kinship, fragment from 1527. Promotion of the purchase of the Cathedral Treasury and Diocesan Museum Eichstätt , together with the Kulturstiftung der Länder and the St. Willibald Foundation (2016).
• August Macke: Laundry in the garden in Kandern, 1907. Promotion of the purchase for the Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg , together with the Kulturstiftung der Länder (2016).
• Hendrik Lot : Dawn, 1832/47. Funding of the purchase for the BC Koekkoek Haus Foundation , Kleve, together with the Kulturstiftung der Länder (2016).
• Amsterdam Machsor , around 1240, made in Cologne. Promotion of the purchase for the Jewish Museum Cologne / Jewish Museum Amsterdam , together with the Kulturstiftung der Länder , the CL Grosspeter Foundation, the Rheinischer Sparkassen- und Giroverband , the Sparkasse KölnBonn and the Kreissparkasse Köln (2017).
• Paul Klee : Sumpflegende , 1919. Promotion of the buyback for the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus , Munich, together with the Kulturstiftung der Länder , the Gabriele Münter and Johannes Eichner Foundation and the City of Munich (2017).
• Giovanni da Bologna : Bronze sculpture of Mars, before 1587. Promotion of the purchase for the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden , together with the Free State of Saxony, the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media , the Kulturstiftung der Länder and the Friends of the SKD (2019).

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  Self-portrait at the drawing table - Philipp Otto Runge, 1801/1802, black and white chalk on brown paper, 553 × 433 mm, Hamburger Kunsthalle.

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  Mercury - Hubert Gerhard, bronze sculpture from the time before 1600, characteristic of Mannerism

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  Meister von Meßkirch, Wildenstein Altarpiece in the open state, 1536, central panel 64 × 60 cm, rotating panels 68 × 28 cm each, State Gallery Stuttgart.

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  Dawn on the Rhine - Hendrik Lot, 1832/47, oil on panel, BC Koekkoek House, Kleve.

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  Amsterdam Machsor , section from Folium 180v, around 1240.

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  Swamp legend - Paul Klee, 1919, oil on cardboard, 47 × 41, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus.

Web links

• Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation Munich. German Information Center for Cultural Promotion, accessed on January 30, 2017 . 
2. ^ Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation - Funding Philosophy. In: ernst-von-siemens-kunststiftung.de. Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation, accessed on January 30, 2017 . 
3. ^ Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation: Annual report of the Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation . Ed .: Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation. tape 1–14 , no. 1-14 . Munich.
4. ^ Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation (old website) - Introduction. In: evs-kunststiftung.de. Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation, accessed on January 30, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Dr. Martin Hoernes succeeds Prof. Dr. Joachim Fischer as Secretary General of the Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation. In: Press release from the Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation. Kultur-port.de, October 6, 2014, accessed January 30, 2017 . 
6. ↑ statutes of the foundation. Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation Munich, accessed on January 30, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Uta Baier: Interview: Foundations in solidarity. Uta Baier in conversation with Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen, General Secretary of the Kulturstiftung der Länder, and Dr. Martin Hoernes, Secretary General of the Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation. In: Kulturstiftung.de. Kulturstiftung der Länder, 2015, accessed on January 30, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Art in stock - the goals. In: kunst-auf-lager.de. Retrieved January 30, 2017 . 
9. ↑ KUNST IN STOCK expires - Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation. In: Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation. November 18, 2018, accessed January 16, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Culture news. In: tagesspiegel.de. July 20, 1999, accessed January 30, 2017 . 
11. ↑ Lisa Zeitz: Large Small Adhesive Tape. In: Kulturstiftung.de. Kulturstiftung der Länder, accessed on January 30, 2017 . 
12. ↑ Peter Prange: Philipp Otto Runge, self-portrait at the drawing table. In: Hamburger Kunsthalle. Retrieved January 15, 2019 . 
13. ↑ Sabine Spindler: bronze sculpture. Big appearance for Merkur. In: handelsblatt.com. March 10, 2015, accessed January 30, 2017 . 
14. ↑ Adrienne Braun: Wildenstein Altarpiece in the State Gallery: The Great Unknown from the South. In: Stuttgarter Zeitung. January 16, 2014, accessed January 15, 2019 . 
15. ↑ Press release: The return of Lindenau's Sistine Madonna to Altenburg. (PDF) Lindenau-Museum Altenburg, February 25, 2014, accessed on January 30, 2017 . 
16. ↑ Manfred Eickhölter: Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation helps museum . Journal of the Society for the Promotion of Charitable Activities. In: Lübeckische Blätter . No. 9 , May 9, 2015, ISSN  0344-5216 , p. 141 .
17. ↑ Acquisitions. Tastefully. In: Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen (Ed.): Arsprototo. The magazine of the Kulturstiftung der Länder . tape 2/2016 , 2016, p. 8 .
18. ↑ Acquisitions. Kinship in warp and weft. In: Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen (Ed.): Arsprototo. The magazine of the Kulturstiftung der Länder . tape 2/2016 , 2016, p. 10-11 .
19. ↑ Acquisitions. More sun. In: Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen (Ed.): Arsprototo. The magazine of the Kulturstiftung der Länder . tape 2/2016 , 2016, p. 16-17 .
20. ^ Matthias Grass: Kleve: Dawn for Koekkoek. In: RP Online. May 31, 2016, accessed January 15, 2019 . 
21. ↑ Elisa Kaiser: Elisa Kaiser: Machsor from Amsterdam. In: Kulturstiftung.de. Kulturstiftung der Länder, accessed on January 15, 2019 . 
22. ↑ Bernhard Schulz: Final chapter of a neverending story. In: Tagesspiegel. June 27, 2017, accessed January 15, 2019 . 
23. ↑ Volker Krahn: Giambolognas Mars: The god of war belongs to Dresden . Ed .: FAZ. June 29, 2018, ISSN  0174-4909 ( online [accessed February 7, 2019]).