Society for fine arts and patriotic antiquities in Emden
The Society for Fine Arts and Patriotic Antiquities since 1820 ; " 1820dieKUNST " for short , is an Emden art association that is dedicated to the comprehensive collection and preservation of East Frisian art and cultural assets. The society was founded on March 26th, 1820, making it the fourth oldest art and cultural association in Germany.
Legal position
"The company, which has existed since 1820 , was granted the rights of a legal person by the very highest order from King Wilhelm of Prussia on June 6, 1870." This means that it was granted the status of an association before the Civil Code came into force on January 1, 1900. Today these associations are considered to be under the old law and do not require an entry in the register of associations.
history
On March 26, 1820, six citizens of Emden founded an art association to prevent the looming loss of local art treasures.
The background was the long-running sell-off of cultural goods abroad. In the 20s of the 19th century there were important works of Dutch oil painting in Emden and East Friesland , which increasingly aroused the interest of foreign art lovers and dealers. Many East Frisian families, impoverished after the Napoleonic Wars, were forced to sell their paintings and other art objects. The founding fathers wanted to stop the sell-off of local art. So it was decided to gradually acquire a collection of paintings and other products of the visual arts.
“With his friends Tholen, Reimers, Loesing, Wiarda, Schuirmann, he [Dothias Wilhelm Suur] noticed to his pain between 1815 and 1820 that after the revival of the sense of oil painting, foreign traders were making good old paintings from Emden, so that they could be of the city were lost, and everyone decided to buy paintings from time to time. "
As early as 1823, the association of those interested in art from Emder broadened its goals. The focus of the collection was expanded to include all objects of East Frisian culture and history that are worth preserving . In order to meet the new requirements, the art lovers' association was renamed "Emden Society for Fine Art and Patriotic Antiquities". In 1832/1833 the association acquired a building in Kirchstrasse where a public art and regional history library was set up.
In order to actively promote research into regional history themselves, the members began regularly to hold scientific, art or history-oriented meetings on Tuesdays from 1870 onwards . The results of these meetings were published in the Emder yearbook . Around the same time (1869) the company bought a town house on Grosse Strasse in Emden. From then on it was used for regular meetings, but also for the exhibition of art and historical objects.
After the First World War, the number of members rose to its highest level of 830 people. During this time, art associations based on the Emden model were founded in other East Frisian cities, where the Heimatverein Norden , for example, has its origin.
The East Frisian State Museum
In 1934, the Society House on Grosse Strasse , which had meanwhile been expanded into a museum, was given the appropriate name: East Frisian State Museum . During the Second World War, the house was completely destroyed by bombs. At this point in time, all art and cultural objects had already been relocated, so that most of them returned to Emden undamaged after the war. Until the early 1960s, fragments of the collection were distributed in improvised exhibition rooms in Emden and the neighboring town of Hinte .
In 1962, the collection was exhibited together with the armory of the city of Emden in the newly built town hall on Delft . Since then, the thematic collections of KUNST in the East Frisian State Museum in Emden have been open to the public again.
Between 2003 and 2005 the museum building was fundamentally rebuilt. On September 6, 2005, the reopening was celebrated in Emden. Today the East Frisian State Museum Emden is a European regional museum with a focus on "Emden - historical Friesland Europe" and at the same time the oldest museum collection in the region. The house has two sponsors, the "Society for Fine Arts and Patriotic Antiquities since 1820" and the city of Emden. Both hold equal positions on the board of directors.
"The purpose of the company is the expansion and maintenance of collections on the fine arts and cultural history, in particular with an East Frisian connection and here especially the East Frisian State Museum."
Emder yearbook for historical regional studies of East Frisia
The Emden yearbook for historical regional studies of Ostfriesland is today the only scientific journal in East Frisia in which the results of historical and regional research are published. In 1872 members of KUNST began to publish the results of their scientific meetings in the "Yearbook of the Society for Fine Arts and Patriotic Antiquities of 1820". The response was very high right from the start. After the Second World War, KUNST had to concentrate all resources on its collections. In the course of time, however, the yearbook had achieved such a high academic reputation that the East Frisian landscape and the former Aurich State Archives (since 2014: Lower Saxony State Archives (Aurich location)) took over the publishing of this periodical from 1949 and thus ensured its continued existence. In 1995 the name was changed to “Emder Yearbook for Historical Regional Studies of East Frisia”.
Today, the Emder yearbook is published jointly by ART, the East Frisian landscape , the Gerhard ten Doornkaat Koolman Foundation , the Foundation Johannes a Lasco Library , Great Church Emden and the Lower Saxony State Archives in Aurich issued.
Members receive a copy each year, which also includes the Society's annual report.
1820 ART
At the 2010 general meeting, the aim was to break new ground in addressing young people. To this end, various measures have been taken to help modernize the association. In cooperation with the University of Emden / Leer , a marketing concept for recruiting and retaining members was developed. This included a number of modernization measures that have been implemented gradually since then.
In the same year the short form "1820dieKUNST" was officially introduced. In addition to the traditional name, this can also be found in the company's new logo. The new statutes, which were unanimously adopted in the general meeting on March 29, 2011, give the society a leaner organizational structure - in line with the newly established mission statement - and again emphasize the main purpose of expanding and maintaining collections on the visual arts and cultural history.
In addition to the collection and the Landesmuseum presentation platform, KUNST now has other offers for its members. Several times a year they meet on art and cultural trips or visit film screenings and exhibitions together. In addition, the society regularly organizes lectures and discussion groups (Tuesday round) on art and cultural-historical topics for members and guests.
By supporting special exhibitions and various publications, KUNST is also active in regional art and history. It thus makes a contribution to social and cultural life in East Frisia.
In 2012, the association had 701 members in 1820.
Mission statement
The association sees itself as a regional cultural society for everyone. The association sees itself as a living part of the identity of East Frisia, wants to preserve its culture and at the same time make it tangible. 1820 dieKUNST sees itself as a source of inspiration for the region and actively promotes culture and science. The work is based on a comprehensive network between cultural, economic and political institutions. The company sees itself as a platform for interdisciplinary exchange between tradition and modernity.
The focus of the work is on the collection and preservation of cultural assets. As part of the social mandate, art was to mediate permanently between the cultural past and the future in 1820. On this basis, she designs complex events on a social and emotional level.
The association should combine modern management with tradition . According to their own statements, special appreciation goes to the members, donors, sponsors and volunteers who form the foundation of society's work.
collection
The association has the most extensive collection of art, culture and historical objects from East Frisian history.
The extensive collection of paintings primarily includes works by Dutch artists from the 16th to 18th centuries. The collection also includes paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries by the important Emden, East Frisian and North German artists.
In addition to artistic works, the print and graphic collection also contains maps or other commercial prints or graphics with a reference to Emden, East Frisia and the neighboring Netherlands.
The collection of sculptures consists mainly of works of pre-Reformation church art .
The silver collection includes both utility silver and decorative silver from the past centuries. Everyday objects such as cutlery, thimbles, combs, etc. complement the collection of jewelry and fine handicrafts.
The archaeological finds include objects of daily use and parts of buildings. They originate from the early settlement phases of the East Frisian peninsula up to the early modern period. The most famous object is the man from Bernuthsfeld , one of the oldest and most interesting bog bodies in Germany for science .
In the coin collection, in addition to numerous historical commemorative medals, an almost complete collection on the coin history of East Frisia can be seen. The embossing tools from the time when coins were still made in Emden have also been preserved.
Everyday objects of various kinds show the cultural and historical development of East Frisia. From bequests and donations, items such as B. dollhouses, clothing, porcelain, pewter or ceramics collected.
The furniture collection includes numerous furnishings from the more recent epochs of East Frisian history.
In the comprehensive art library with works from the 16th to 20th centuries, you will find, for example, specialist books on art and cultural history, contemporary history, and literature from and about East Frisia. Magazines and other periodicals also make up the library with around 14,000 volumes.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Statutes of the Society for Fine Arts and Patriotic Antiquities
- ^ To the Society for Fine Arts and Patriotic Antiquities. The origin and the first 50 years, in Upstalsboom-Blätter, Emden 1920, p. III.
- ^ To the Society for Fine Arts and Patriotic Antiquities. The origin and the first 50 years, in Upstalsboom-Blätter, Emden 1920, p. IV.
- ↑ a b c History of KUNST , accessed on June 4, 2014
- ↑ Tuesday round of KUNST , accessed on June 4, 2014
- ^ To the Society for Fine Arts and Patriotic Antiquities. The origin and the first 50th years, in Upstalsboom-Blätter, Emden 1920, p. XXXIX f.
- ^ History of the Museum , accessed June 4, 2014
- ^ Statutes of the Society for Fine Arts and Patriotic Antiquities
- ↑ The Emden yearbook for historical regional studies of East Frisia , accessed on June 14, 2014
- ↑ Emder Jahrbuch für historical Landeskunde Ostfriesland , accessed on June 14, 2014
- ^ Annual report 2012 der Kunst, in Emder Jahrbuch 2013, p. 243ff.
- ^ Annual report 2012 der Kunst, in Emder Jahrbuch 2013, p. 243.
- ↑ The KUNST model , accessed on June 4, 2014
- ↑ Collections , accessed June 4, 2014