Koenigsberg Art Association

Art gallery at the Wrangelturm initiated by the Königsberger Kunstverein

The Königsberger Kunstverein was one of the oldest art associations in Germany.

history

Ernst August Hagen founded in Königsberg i. Pr. The art and trade association. By 1838 it had over 1,000 members. From 1845 he called himself only an art association. In 1913 he built the Königsberg art gallery on the Wrangelturm . In 1914 the association had 1,580 members, before the Second World War around 400.

The last chairman was Königsberg's Lord Mayor Hellmuth Will . Eduard Anderson served the club longest as a board member ; he was secretary from 1910 to 1932. His successor was Alfred Rohde .

Individual evidence

^ Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon . Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-88189-441-1
↑ ^a ^b Christian Tilitzki : “The sites of culture, art and science are only memories, nothing more.” Eduard Anderson's report on the destruction of Königsberg by the Royal Air Force at the end of August 1944 . Yearbook for the History of Central and Eastern Germany 60 (2014), pp. 127–128.
^ Rudolf Meyer-Bremen on Eduard Anderson, in: The exhibition catalogs of the Königsberger Kunstverein (20th century). With artist register and the history of the other East and West Prussian art associations , p. 9

[1] Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon . Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-88189-441-1

[Tilitzki-2] Christian Tilitzki : “The sites of culture, art and science are only memories, nothing more.” Eduard Anderson's report on the destruction of Königsberg by the Royal Air Force at the end of August 1944 . Yearbook for the History of Central and Eastern Germany 60 (2014), pp. 127–128.

[3] Rudolf Meyer-Bremen on Eduard Anderson, in: The exhibition catalogs of the Königsberger Kunstverein (20th century). With artist register and the history of the other East and West Prussian art associations , p. 9