Heinrich Thannhauser

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Catalog cover page for the Picasso exhibition in 1913

Heinrich Thannhauser (born February 16, 1859 in Hürben , today a district of Krumbach (Swabia) ; † 1934 on the German-Swiss border) was a German gallery owner and art collector . As an art dealer, he was one of the most important promoters of early Expressionist art in Germany.

Life

Vincent van Gogh : Hill near Saint-Rémy from the J. K. Thannhauser collection

The Jewish Thannhauser family came from Mönchsdeggingen . Heinrich Thannhauser first learned the trade of bespoke tailor. In his modern gallery , founded in Munich in 1904 , Thannhauser first exhibited the works of art by French impressionists such as Édouard Manet , Edgar Degas and Paul Gauguin . The works of Pablo Picasso , who was friends with the Thannhausers, and those of Georges Braque were added later. In 1909 Thannhauser separated from his partner Franz Josef Brakl and continued to run the gallery under the name Galerie Thannhauser . Here in the Arco-Palais the first exhibition of the Neue Künstlervereinigung München took place in the same year . In 1911 the cooperation with the editorial community of Der Blaue Reiter began . Thannhauser was friends with Theo van Gogh's widow, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger , and her son Vincent , which enabled him to expand his portfolio with important works. In 1918 he had himself painted by Lovis Corinth and Max Liebermann in Berlin at the same time ; one had a portrait in the mornings, the other in the afternoon.

In 1934 Heinrich Thannhauser wanted to flee from the National Socialists to Switzerland ; at the border he died of a stroke.

family

His son Justin Thannhauser , who also advanced to become a successful art dealer, set up branches in Lucerne (1919) and Berlin (1927). The parent company in the Arco-Palais , Theatinerstraße 7 in Munich, was closed in 1928. In 1937 the National Socialists confiscated the holdings. Justin Thannhauser emigrated to Paris, where he ran a gallery until 1941, the holdings of which were also confiscated after the occupation by the German Wehrmacht. He managed to escape to New York, where he ventured a third time a new beginning. In 1963 he donated his private collection and that of his father to the Guggenheim Museum , New York, in which a room named after him commemorates him.

literature

  • Mario-Andreas von Lüttichau : The modern gallery Heinrich Thannhauser in Munich. In: Henrike Junge (Ed.): Avant-garde and audience: On the reception of avant-garde art in Germany 1905–1933. Böhlau, Cologne, Weimar, Vienna 1992.
  • Thannhauser. Dealers, collectors, donors. Edited by Central archive of the international art trade e. V. ZADIK and SK Foundation Culture of Sparkasse KölnBonn. Sediment - Communications on the history of the art trade, 11. Verlag für Moderne Kunst, Nuremberg 2006
  • Emily D. Bilski: The "Modern Gallery" by Heinrich Thannhauser / The "Modern Gallery" of Heinrich Thannhauser. Collecting Images, 6. Minerva, Munich 2008. (For the exhibition of the same name. Jewish Museum Munich, January 30, 2008 - May 25, 2008.)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annette Lettau: Twice in one day . In: Die Zeit from December 8, 2016, p. 52.
  2. ↑ Norbert Göttler: Der Blaue Reiter , Rowohlt, Reinbek 2008, p. 59.
  3. ↑ Anja Walter-Ris: The history of the gallery Nierendorf. Passion for art in the service of modernity, Berlin / New York 1920– 1995. Dissertation FU Berlin 2003, accessed on March 6, 2011.

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personal data
SURNAME Thannhauser, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German gallery owner and art collector
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Hürben, today Krumbach (Swabia)
DATE OF DEATH 1934