Angermuseum Explained

Angermuseum
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The Angermuseum is an art museum in Erfurt opened on 27 June 1886.[1]

Building

It is housed in a building that used to house Erfurt's public weighing scales, where travelling merchants would bring their wares to be weighed for payment of the city's customs duties. The museum faces Anger square; Anger meaning a town common. Originally, only the gallery on the first floor was used for the museum. It was the first municipal museum in town.The building was constructed from 1706–1711. It was designed by the architect Johann Maximilian von Welsch. It is a Franconian–influenced baroque building with St. Martin, the city's patron saint, in its gable triangle.

History

The extensive collection of works by the painter Friedrich von Nerly was donated to the city of Erfurt in 1883 by his son, Friedrich Paul Nerly, with the obligation to found a museum for the presentation of the collection. Friedrich von Nerly had emigrated to Venice in 1835 and afterwards had painted exclusively aquarelles and drawings of the city.[2] More than 700 of the works created in Italy are part of the collection of the Angermuseum.[3] Initially, the collection focused – inspired by the works of Friedrich Nerly – on landscape painting, portraits and still lifes from the 18th to 20th centuries.[4] It is a special feature of the Angermuseum that the citizens here were involved in the expansion of the museum and not the princes as in Weimar and Gotha. Here – above all – families like the and the family are to be mentioned. "The honorary class of wealthy and educated citizens" (in German: "Die Honoratiorenschicht aus Besitz– und Bildungsbürgern") determined the character and orientation of the museum for a long time.

In 1912 the later Reichskunstwart Edwin Redslob took over the management of the museum, afterwards Walter Kaesbach. Kaesbach was supported in acquiring new artistic works by the Jewish shoe manufacturer Alfred Hess, who supported the purchase of numerous then current works by painters such as Lyonel Feininger, Emil Nolde, Ernst Barlach, Gerhard Marcks, Max Pechstein and others and thus caused the Angermuseum's collection to become known as one of the greatest of German Expressionism. The museum experienced its heyday in the 1920s under the long-term director Herbert Kunze.

A famous example of the Expressionist collection at the time is the so-called "Heckelraum", which the artist Erich Heckel designed in 1922/24 with expressionist mural paintings under the motto "Stages of Life" (German: link=no|Lebensstufen). They rank among the "most important surviving murals of German Expressionism" (in German: "wichtigsten erhaltenen Wandbilder des deutschen Expressionismus") and can still be seen on the ground floor of the museum.[5]

Through the National Socialists and their definition of Degenerate Art many works of the museum's collection of modern art at the time were destroyed or removed. Some works were also lost during the escape of the Hess family from Germany. It is the ambition of the museum to restore this collection. In autumn 2017, Christian Rohlfs' oil painting "Weiden II" (in English: "Willows II"), which had originally been in the museum since 1918, was acquired for 68,500 euros.[6]

In 1935 the library moved out of the Angermuseum, which now had the entire building at its disposal. From 1944 the museum was closed down, the works of art were moved out because of the aerial war and thus saved from bombs and artillery fire. In 1976/77 the building was extensively reconstructed.

On 1 June 2010, after five years of renovation work, the museum was reopened as an art museum of the state capital Thuringia with the special exhibition "Natalya Goncharova. Zwischen russischer Tradition und europäischer Moderne" (in English: "Between Russian Tradition and European Modernity" in cooperation with the Stiftung Opelvillen Rüsselsheim and the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.[7]

Today, the museum is supported by the Association of the "Freunde des Angermuseums" (in English: "Friends of the Angermuseum Association") and the "Verein für Kunst und Kunstgewerbe Erfurt" (in English: "The Association for Arts and Crafts Erfurt") and, in addition to the Gemäldegalerie, possesses extensive graphic and handicraft material.

Collection focus

The collection of medieval art includes works from the heyday of Erfurt art in the second half of the 14th century, including four altarpieces from the St. Augustine's Monastery (Erfurt) and sandstone–sculptures from the workshop of the master of the Severisarcophagus. Eight panel paintings, among them the small panel "Christus als guter Hirte") (in English: "Christ as Good Shepherd") (around 1540/1550) and the paintings "Lasset die Kindlein zu mir kommen" (in English: "Let the little children come to me") (around 1535) and "Heilige Nacht" (in English: "Holy Night") (around 1540), and a winged altar are attributed to Lucas Cranach the Elder and the Cranach workshop.

The collection consists of more than 30,000 works. In 2004, the Erfurt graphic artist Rudolf Franke, co-founder of the Erfurt studio community,[8] donated 14,000 prints to the museum. Not only works by German artists can be seen, but also works by Czech and Slovak artists. In addition, works by "unadjusted" artists from the GDR such as Gerhard Altenbourg, Hermann Glöckner and Roger Loewig are in particular part of the collection.[9]

The museum's glass collection comprises over 800 objects from more than eight centuries. However, at present only 122 objects can be seen in the permanent exhibitions. Among the most important works are the fragments from the Barfüßerkirche from the death of Francis (around 1250) and a disc with the Ritt der Heiligen Drei Könige (in English: "Ride of the Three Kings" (after 1350) from the gothic Brickchurche St.Marien in Salzwedel.[10] The handicraft collection shows a multitude of historical Thuringian faiences. Furniture and musical instruments are also on display.[11]

Directors

Exhibitions

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Steffen Raßloff . Denkmale in Erfurt: Im Angermuseum begann 1886 die kommunale Erfurter Museumsgeschichte . in Erfurt: The history of Erfurt's municipal museums began in 1886 in the Angermuseum. (The original report was published at the Thüringer Allgemeine Zeitung, 2014-07-26). www.erfurt-web.de . 10 November 2016 . 21 April 2018.
  2. Web site: Sven Behrisch . Ein Haus voller Sehnsucht. Der ZEIT-Museumsführer: Das Angermuseum in Erfurt . A house full of Longing. The ZEIT Museum Guide: The Angermuseum in Erfurt . . 8 July 2010 . 21 April 2018.
  3. Web site: Angermuseum Erfurt – Grafische Sammlung . Angermuseum Erfurt – Graphic Collection . www.netzwerk-graphische-sammlungen.com . 21 April 2018 . 29 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180429091802/https://www.netzwerk-graphische-sammlungen.com/sammlungen/?tx_wrmuseums_collections%5Bcollection%5D=79&tx_wrmuseums_collections%5Baction%5D=show&tx_wrmuseums_collections%5Bcontroller%5D=Collection&cHash=d6862bbbb5695281b61b2b3fb453de32 . dead .
  4. Web site: Steffen Raßloff . Geschichte der Erfurter Museen. Erfurt kann auf eine traditionsreiche Museumsgeschichte bis ins 19. Jh. zurück blicken, die in eine facettenreiche Museumslandschaft mündete . History of Erfurt's museums. Erfurt can look back on a museum history rich in tradition up to the 19th century, which led into a multifaceted museum landscape . erfurt-web. 21 March 2016 . 21 April 2018.
  5. Web site: Ein Kunstwerk von einzigartigem Rang: Führung durch den Erich-Heckel-Raum im Angermuseum . A work of art of unique rank: guided tour of the Erich Heckel Room in the Angermuseum . 2016-05-11 . erfurt.de . 2023-06-09.
  6. Web site: Rohlfs "Weiden II" nach 80 Jahren zurück im Angermuseum. Dpa-Meldung . Rohlfs' "Willows II" back in the Angermuseum after 80 years. Dpa-notice . www.sueddeutsche.de . 7 February 2018 . 5 June 2018.
  7. Web site: Natalja Gontscharowa, Zwischen russischer Tradition und europäischer Moderne (13. Juni bis 3. Oktober 2010) . town of erfurt . 25 June 2010 . 6 May 2018.
  8. Web site: Klaus Michael . Die Erfurter Ateliergemeinschaft . www.bpb.de . 6 September 2012 . 6 May 2018.
  9. Web site: Angermuseum Erfurt – Grafische Sammlung . Angermuseum Erfurt – Graphic Collection . www.netzwerk-graphische-sammlungen.com . 6 May 2018 . 29 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180429091802/https://www.netzwerk-graphische-sammlungen.com/sammlungen/?tx_wrmuseums_collections%5Bcollection%5D=79&tx_wrmuseums_collections%5Baction%5D=show&tx_wrmuseums_collections%5Bcontroller%5D=Collection&cHash=d6862bbbb5695281b61b2b3fb453de32 . dead .
  10. Web site: Angermuseum Erfurt Kunstmuseum der Landeshauptstadt Thüringens . Angermuseum Erfurt Art Museum of the capital city of Thuringia . www.hvg-dgg.de . 10 May 2018.
  11. Web site: Sammlungen im Angermuseum. Ausgewählte Objekte aus den Sammlungen . Collections in the Angermuseum. Selected objects from the collections . kunstmuseen.erfurt.de . 10 May 2018.
  12. Book: Schierz . Kai Uwe . Kaiser . Paul . Tischgespräch mit Luther: Christliche Bilder in einer atheistischen Welt . Table Conversation with Luther: Christian Images in an Atheistic World . 30 October 2012 . german . Bielefeld . Kerber . 978-3-86678-784-1.
  13. Book: Krautwurst . Miriam . Schierz . Kai Uwe . Henry van de Velde: Ein Universalmuseum für Erfurt . A universal museum for Erfurt . 29 May 2013 . german . Bielefeld . Kerber . 978-3-86678-829-9.
  14. Book: Schierz . Kai Uwe . von Taschitzki . Thomas . Beobachtung und Ideal: Ferdinand Bellermann . Observation and ideal. Ferdinand Bellermann. A painter from the circle around Humboldt . 12 October 2014 . german . Petersberg . Michael Imhof . 978-3-7319-0104-4.
  15. Web site: Widerschein: Die Farbfeldmalerin Christiane Conrad begegnet der Landschaftskunst des Angermuseums. www.erfurt.de. 18 January 2018. 19 February 2015.
  16. Web site: Angermuseum in Erfurt stellt seine Gemäldegalerie um. Petersburger Hängung mit mehreren Bild-Reihen wird aufgelöst. Aktuelle Ausstellung zeigt Bilder von Christiane Conrad. Thüringer Allgemeine. 18 January 2018. Birgit Kummer. 20 February 2015.
  17. Book: Leuschner . Eckhard . Bornschein . Falko . Schierz . Kai Uwe . Kontroverse und Kompromiss – Der Pfeilerbilderzyklus des Mariendoms und die Kultur der Bikonfessionalität im Erfurt des 16. Jahrhunderts . Controversy and compromise: The cycle of pillar paintings of the Mariendom and the culture of biconfessionality in Erfurt in the 16th century . 27 June 2015 . german . Dresden . Sandstein . 978-3-95498-176-2.
  18. Book: Schierz . Kai Uwe . von Taschitzki . Thomas . Jacob Samuel Beck (1715–1778): Zum 300. Geburtstag des Erfurter Malers . Jacob Samuel Beck (1715–1778). On the 300th birthday of the Erfurt painter . 15 November 2016 . german . Dresden. Sandstein . 978-3-95498-195-3.
  19. Web site: Gerhard Kölsch . Rezension von Thomas von Taschitzki, Kai Uwe Schierz: Jacob Samuel Beck . www.sehepunkte.de . 23 August 2018.
  20. Book: Schierz . Kai Uwe . Dr.-Hanns-Simon-Stiftung . Hans Purrmann (1880–1966): Die Farben des Südens . Hans Purrmann (1880–1966). The colours of the South . 15 September 2015 . german . Petersberg. Michael Imhof . 978-3-7319-0254-6.
  21. Book: Krautwurst . Miriam . Schierz . Kai Uwe . Ikonen: Das Sichtbare des unsichtbar Göttlichen . Icons. The Visible of the Invisible Divine . 13 October 2016 . german . Petersberg . Michael Imhof . 978-3-7319-0408-3.
  22. Book: Schierz . Kai Uwe . Luther. Der Auftrag. Martin Luther und die Reformation in Erfurt. Rezeption und Reflexion . Luther. The mission. Martin Luther and the Reformation in Erfurt. Reception and reflection . 22 April 2017 . german . Erfurt . Stadt Erfurt Angermuseum . 978-3-930013-16-6.
  23. Book: Schierz . Kai Uwe . Bilder zur Geschichte. Harald Reiner Gratz . Images of the history. Harald Reiner Gratz . 1 July 2017 . german . Halle, Saale . Mitteldeutscher Verlag . 978-3-95462-942-8.
  24. Web site: Helmuth Macke. Im Dialog mit seinen expressionistischen Künstlerfreunden . kunstmuseen.erfurt.de . 24 September 2017 . 10 May 2018.
  25. Web site: Michael Helbing . Durch Farben zum Licht: Retrospektive im Angermuseum Erfurt . thueringer-allgemeine.de . 27 January 2018 . 10 May 2018.

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