Max Ernst Museum Brühl of the LVR
The Max Ernst Museum Brühl of the LVR , often abbreviated to Max Ernst Museum , was opened on September 4, 2005 in Brühl , the birthplace of the German artist Max Ernst , whose work the museum is mainly dedicated to. It shows an overview of the extensive work of the Dadaist and Surrealist , whose imagery is characterized by ingenuity and inspiration. The museum also presents works by contemporary artists at regular intervals. Since May 1, 2006, the art historian Achim Sommer has been director of the museum.
Building description
The building complex is a combination of old and new: not far from Augustusburg Palace with its park, the classicist three-wing complex from the 19th century rises up, which is expanded to include a centrally inserted glass pavilion and a "floating" entrance platform as well as additional exhibition and event rooms in the basement was added. The restoration of the listed building was a guiding principle, as the young Max Ernst also visited this “Brühler Pavillon”, an excursion restaurant that was built in 1844, at the same time as the Cologne-Bonn railway line was built, as a further attraction of the Brühl recreational area. For the implementation of the project of harmoniously reconciling the existing old building with the requirements of a museum and the aesthetic demands of contemporary architecture, the museum received the award "exemplary building in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia".
The foundation stone for the museum building designed by the architects Thomas van den Valentyn and Seyed Mohammad Oreyzi was laid in 2002; the building was completed in autumn 2004. On the occasion of the Open Monument Day 2004, the building was opened to the general public for the first time. The Dorothea Tanning Hall , named after Max Ernst's fourth wife, is located in the basement of the museum building and is, among other things, the venue for the Brühl Palace Concerts .
The collection
The presentation spans around seventy years of Max Ernst's creativity: the Dadaist activities in the Rhineland, participation in the surrealist movement in France, exile in the USA and finally his return to Europe in 1953. In addition to pictures from the early days, the museum has the Former Schneppenheim Collection, which includes almost all of Max Ernst's graphic work . Another highlight and at the same time the “heart” of the exhibition are the 36 D-paintings , birthday and love gifts from Max Ernst to his wife, the artist Dorothea Tanning, with whom he was connected for over three decades. Finally, part of the collection is a unique bundle of over 700 photographic documents that trace the life of the artist.
In addition, extensive permanent loans from the Kreissparkasse Köln can be seen: a unique ensemble of over 70 sculptures , including the large Capricorn sculpture , has made the sculptural work accessible over decades; they come from the artist's personal collection.
In order to enable a more in-depth examination of Max Ernst's oeuvre, the Max Ernst Museum supplements its permanent exhibition every six months with changing loans from international public and private collections. The concept “permanent collection in alternation” thus offers ever new approaches to the multifaceted and multi-layered work of Max Ernst, which not least inspires the viewer's associative abilities.
Since 2009, the painting Arizona desert after rain (around 1948), a gift from the German textile manufacturer Waldemar Croon , has been presented alternately in the permanent collection.
In 2010, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Max Ernst Society, the painting Nocturne IV (Night Piece) (created in 1967 in Seillans ) from a private collection in the Rhineland was purchased for a six-figure sum and given to the museum as a gift.
In 2012, the Max Ernst Foundation received an early oil painting by the artist as a gift from the Oberle family's estate. The boy portrait shows Theo Oberle, born in 1909, son of Wilhelm Oberle, senior teacher at the municipal high school in Brühl, who had taught Max Ernst.
In 2013 the doctor and art collector Peter Schneppenheim donated the oil painting The Twentieth Century (1955) by Max Ernst to the museum .
From March to August 2006 the painting La Forêt , on loan from the Parisian gallery Cazeau-Béraudière, was exhibited. Werner Spies had previously confirmed the authenticity of the picture as a reviewer through an expertise . In 2010 it was recognized as a fake by Wolfgang Beltracchi .
Special exhibitions
- 2019/20: Moebius
- 2019/20: New presentation of the D-paintings
- 2018/19: Ruth Marten - Dream Lover.
- 2018: Robert Wilson - The Hat Makes The Man
- 2018: Johanna Reich - The Stolen World
- 2017/18: Miró . World of Monsters (in collaboration with the Marguerite et Aimé Maeght Foundation in Saint-Paul-de-Vence)
- 2017: Jürgen Klauke - self-talk. Drawings 1970 - 2016
- 2016/17: Jaume Plensa - The inner view
- 2016: MC Escher (in collaboration with the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag)
- 2015/16: The World of Tim Burton
- 2014/15: 100 years of friendship between Hans Arp and Max Ernst . September 28, 2014 to February 22, 2015
- 2014: His eyes drink everything. Max Ernst and the time around the First World War . February 23 to June 29, 2014
- 2013/14: The 20th century. Works by Max Ernst from the Schneppenheim Foundation
- 2013: Man Ray . Photographer in the Paris of the surrealists
- 2013: voyages of discovery to Max Ernst. The Peter Schamoni Collection .
- 2012: Copley.
- 2012: Niki de Saint Phalle . Play with me.
- 2011: George Grosz . Germany a winter fairy tale. Watercolors, drawings, collages 1908–1958.
- 2010/11: Sam Szafran . Drawings, pastels, watercolors.
- 2010/11: "between the inner eye and the other side of the door". Dorothea Tanning Graphics.
- 2010/11: Works by Max Ernst from the Menil Collection , Houston. Permanent collection alternating.
- 2010: Homage to Luise Straus.
- 2010: Wrapped! The art of Christo and Jeanne-Claude from the Würth Collection .
- 2009/10: David Lynch - Dark Splendor. Space images sound.
- 2009: "between ever bluer distant lands". Max Ernst - Lithographic Suites.
- 2008/09: Mysterious Landscapes. Works by Max Ernst from the Fondation des Treilles.
- 2008: Max Ernst. Une semaine de bonté . The original collages.
- 2008: Max Ernst: “Invitation to Travel”. Landscapes in the graphic work. Exhibition in the Stadtsparkasse Gevelsberg
- 2007/08: Neo Rauch - para.
- 2007/08: At eye level: Jean Tinguely . Playful mechanics in Jeannot and Dadamax.
- 2007: Max Ernst: Return to Europe. Graphics from the Schneppenheim collection.
- 2006/07: At eye level: Paul Klee . Early works with a focus on Max Ernst.
- 2005/06: Peter Schamoni shows Max Ernst / Loplop. September 4, 2005 to November 5, 2006
Max Ernst Foundation
The Max Ernst Foundation was established on February 13, 2001. Partners are the city of Brühl, the Kreissparkasse Köln and the Landschaftsverband Rheinland . The purpose of the foundation is to promote art and culture as well as science and research. It is an independent, legally responsible foundation under civil law and it is non-profit in the sense of the "Section of tax-privileged purposes" of the tax code. Your task is to collect works, memorabilia and documents from Max Ernst.
Werner Spies was Chairman of the Board of Trustees and the Board of Trustees of the Max Ernst Foundation in Brühl until his resignation in June 2012.
Max Ernst Society
The society, which was founded in 2000 and has around 300 members, supports the work of the museum at and through cultural events and activities such as excursions in connection with the work of Max Ernst, and the museum also supports acquisitions. For example, the company doubled the amount of the Max Ernst grant. In 2014, the society was one of three winners to receive the Rhein-Erft-Kreis cultural award for these activities .
Sponsorship
The foundation was originally responsible for the museum. On July 1, 2007, sole ownership was transferred to LVR, which has since taken over the operation and all costs incurred, as provided for in a 99-year license agreement. The house itself remains in the possession of the city of Brühl.
Fantasy laboratory in the birth house
The two-and-a-half-storey building was designed by the architect Mathias Erven and built in the late classicist style in 1885 . The house in which the family of the deaf and dumb teacher Philipp Ernst lived and Max Ernst was born is a listed building.
After the Second World War, the house became the property of the Catholic parish of St. Mary of the Angels. It was acquired in 2008 by P-Immobilien Objekt Brühl GmbH & Co. KG, a subsidiary of Provinzial Rheinland Versicherung AG , completely renovated and expanded with a 150 m² extension. Both were made available to the LVR's Max Ernst Museum Brühl.
Since July 2012, the practical courses in museum education have been taking place in the Fantasy Laboratory . The creative rooms are located in the house where Max Ernst was born and the adjacent extension. The rooms in the extension of the birth house are barrier-free . The workshops in the Fantasy Laboratory are open to all visitors. There are special programs for the visually impaired and the blind, as well as for the hearing impaired and the deaf.
Movies
- Museum check with Markus Brock : Wallraf-Richartz-Museum Cologne and Max Ernst Museum Brühl. Synopsis and video from 3sat. First broadcast: January 13, 2019
literature
- Jürgen Pech: Max Ernst - D-paintings - time travel of love. Museum edition 2019 (without ISBN)
- Chris van Uffelen : Museum architecture. Ullman, Potsdam 2010, ISBN 978-3-8331-6058-5 . Pp. 224-227.
Web links
- Official website of the museum
- Max Ernst Museum Brühl of the LVR . In: RheinischeMuseen.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ General-Anzeiger of January 27, 2006: Achim Sommer is the new head of the Max Ernst Museum in Brühl , by Thomas Kliemann , accessed on December 21, 2013
- ↑ Building history , accessed on December 4, 2015
- ↑ The collection , www.maxernstmuseum.lvr.de, accessed on December 1, 2015
- ↑ Donation for the Max Ernst Museum in Brühl , kunstmarkt.com, accessed on October 15, 2013
- ^ "Magnificent present" , rundschau-online.de, accessed on October 15, 2013
- ^ Portrait of a boy by Max Ernst , rheinische-art.de, accessed on October 15, 2013
- ↑ Max Ernst painting as a donation , rundschau-online.de, accessed on October 15, 2013
- ^ Max Ernst Museum Brühl des LVR , accessed on September 15, 2019
- ↑ Werner Spies throws in the towel , ksta.de, accessed on October 15, 2013
- ^ Choirmaster, cartoonist and Carsten Henn , ksta.de, September 2, 2014, accessed on September 3, 2014
- ↑ LVR takes over Max Ernst Museum ( page can no longer be accessed , 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. , inbruehl.com, accessed October 15, 2013
- ↑ The new creative rooms of the Max Ernst Museum , accessed on December 4, 2015
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