Gerhard Finckh

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Gerhard Finckh (2014)

Gerhard Finckh (born April 12, 1952 in Bruckmühl (near Rosenheim )) is a German art historian .

Life

Finckh completed his studies at the University of Munich , where he studied art history and "Bavarian history". In 1987 he received his doctorate from the Technical University of Munich with a thesis on "Munich Sculpture of the Twenties". From 1987 to 1990 he was director of the Kunsthalle Emden . From 1990 to 2000 Finckh was exhibition director at the Museum Folkwang in Essen . After that he directed the Museum Morsbroich in Castle Morsbroich in Leverkusen .

From April 1, 2006 to May 1, 2019, Gerhard Finckh was Museum Director of the Von der Heydt Museum and the Von der Heydt Kunsthalle Barmen in the Haus der Jugend in Wuppertal .

He has curated internationally acclaimed exhibitions such as the Renoir exhibition (2007/08), the Monet exhibition (2009/10) or the Pissaro exhibition (2014/15). Finckh's presentations on impressionism and the avant-garde of the 20th century have been voted "Exhibition of the Year" by critics several times. However, some exhibitions brought the museum so heavy losses that shortly before Finckh's term of office ended, the Museums-GmbH, which he was responsible for as managing director, was financially severely weakened.

Awards

Publications (selection)

  • (Ed.): Auguste Renoir and the landscape of impressionism . On the occasion of the exhibition "Renoir and the Landscape of Impressionism", Von-der-Heydt-Museum Wuppertal, October 28, 2007 to January 27, 2008. Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal 2007, ISBN 978-3-89202-069-1 .
  • (Ed.): Claude Monet . On the occasion of the exhibition "Claude Monet", Von-der-Heydt-Museum Wuppertal, October 11, 2009 to February 28, 2010. Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal 2009, ISBN 978-3-89202-075-2 .
  • with Nicole Hartje-Grave: From the Heydt Museum Wuppertal. Masterpieces. From the Heydt Museum, Wuppertal 2010, ISBN 978-3-89202-076-9 .
  • with Toke Lykeberg: Still on and non the wiser. An exhibition with selected urban artists. Publikat Verlag, Mainaschaff 2008, ISBN 3-939566-20-9 (exhibition catalog).
  • (Ed.): Camille Pissarro. The father of impressionism . On the occasion of the exhibition “Pissarro - Father of Impressionism”, Von-der-Heydt-Museum Wuppertal, October 14, 2014 to February 22, 2015. Von-der-Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, 2014, ISBN 978-3-89202-091 -2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Westdeutsche Zeitung (online) of March 27, 2006; Interview; Kunstforum.de  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.kunstforum.de  
  2. ↑ k-west.net ; World online ; Westdeutsche Zeitung (online) from November 26, 2005.
  3. ↑ Gerhard Finckh will remain director of the Von der Heydt Museum until 2019. In: Monopol - Magazine for Art and Life from August 31, 2016.
  4. ↑ Large exhibitions at Von der Heydt in the future too. In: Westdeutsche Zeitung of September 12, 2018.
  5. ^ French order of knights for Gerhard Finckh . In: Westdeutsche Zeitung of September 27, 2015.

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Commons : Gerhard Finckh  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
predecessor Office successor
Sabine Fehlemann Director of the Von der Heydt Museum
2006– 		-
personal data
SURNAME Finckh, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Bruckmühl