Overbeck Museum
The Overbeck Museum is located in the listed "Old Packhaus " or "Kito House" in the Alte Hafenstrasse in Bremen- Vegesack . It is the only museum in the Bremen city area that is dedicated to one of the founding fathers of the Worpswede artists' colony , the painter Fritz Overbeck (1869–1909), and his wife, the painter Hermine Overbeck-Rohte (1869–1937).
history
The building was initially used as a residential building and was probably built around 1750. The actual packing house was attached to this house around 1850. The Kistentod AG company resided there in the mid-1920s . The name refers to the fact that, in contrast to other companies in the region, cardboard boxes made of corrugated cardboard were used instead of wooden boxes. The vernacular abbreviated “Kistentod” to “KITO”, and under this name a culture and event center was opened in the Old Packhaus in 1990, which has since established a permanent place in Bremen's cultural life with concerts and theater evenings.
The museum, which resides in the old packing house together with KITO, was also founded in 1990. The foundation goes back to Gertrud Overbeck († 2019), the granddaughter of the painter couple Fritz Overbeck and Hermine Overbeck-Rohte , who was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit in 2010 . Gertrud Overbeck managed the house until 2007.
Museum today
The museum looks after the estate of the Worpswede painter couple Fritz Overbeck and Hermine Overbeck-Rohte. In a permanent exhibition, the house presents the works of both painters in a changing selection. Especially the big retrospective I'm not sentimental. Fritz Overbeck on the 100th anniversary of his death (2009) made the museum known in and outside Germany. In 2011, the Overbeck Museum is showing a large retrospective of the work of the painter Hermine Overbeck-Rohte under the title Your wife, your friend, your colleague, your everything .
The museum is committed to research and publishes catalogs and works directories on Fritz Overbeck and Hermine Overbeck-Rohte. In special exhibitions it takes up related topics, for example with a focus on landscape painting or art from Worpswede . It also offers a forum for contemporary artists. Guided tours, lectures, art trips and readings round off the program.
In 2019 the museum was awarded the museum seal of approval from the Museumsverband Niedersachsen und Bremen eV.
Fountain column
The fountain column dates from 1755 (inscription). In Vegesack there is still the Fröbelstraße fountain column from around 1790, which was moved to Fröbelstraße 52 in 1892. In 1817 there were four community wells in Vegesack, and around 1860 five; later further fountains were added in the different parts of the city, around 1891 there were 17.
Exhibitions
- 2009: “I'm not sentimental.” Fritz Overbeck on the 100th anniversary of his death
- 2011: "Your wife, your friend, your colleague, your everything" - Hermine Overbeck-Rohte retrospective.
- 2013: In the light of Northern Germany - the painter Kurt Claußen-Finks .
- 2013/14: “Longing for the whole whole life” - the painter Elisabeth Noltenius from Bremen .
- 2014: Fritz Overbeck and Otto Modersohn - an artist friendship
- 2016: "Art mediated between us" - A look at the artist marriage April 17 - June 12, 2016
- 2017: Leonhard Sandrock - German impressionist and industrial painter , 29 January to 26 March 2017
Individual evidence
- ^ Monument database of the LfD
- ↑ NWZ online from December 18, 2019: Obituary: Art lovers mourn Gertrud Overbeck , accessed on December 20, 2019
- ↑ Hermine Overbeck-Rohte retrospective
- ^ Nine museums awarded a seal of approval by ndr.de on February 6, 2019
- ^ In the light of northern Germany - the painter Kurt Claußen-Finks
- ^ Exhibition page on the museum's website, accessed on August 22, 2014.
Web links
- Literature from and about Overbeck Museum in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Official website
Coordinates: 53 ° 10 ′ 8 " N , 8 ° 37 ′ 25.4" E