Diplomatic World_nummer 56.

Ausstellungsansicht Gabriele Münter. Malen ohne Umschweife im Kunstbau, 2017
Foto: Simone Gänsheimer, Ernst Jank, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau München
What induced Münter to unlock her “basement of
millions” — as it was later called — was an encounter with
Hans Konrad Roethel (1909–1982), then the director of
the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich from
1957 on. In 1957, Gabriele Münter marked her own
eightieth birthday by making an unparalleled gift of large
parts of this same collection to the Lenbachhaus, thus
transforming it over night into a world-class museum.
The Lenbachhaus has now the world’s largest collection
of art of the “Blue Rider”. It includes extensive holdings
of outstanding works by the leading “Blue Rider” artists
— first and foremost, Kandinsky and Münter, but also
Alexej Jawlensky, Marianne von Werefkin, Franz Marc and
August Macke.
The exhibition is organized by the Gabriele Münter- und
Johannes Eichner-Stiftung and the Städtische Galerie
im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau München in cooperation
with the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk
and the Museum Ludwig, Cologne. The curators are
Isabelle Jansen — Curator and Chief Executive of the
Gabriele Münter- und Johannes Eichner-Stiftung — and
Matthias Mühling — Director of the Städtische Galerie
im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau München. An exhibition
catalogue is published by Prestel Verlag.
GABRIELE MÜNTER.
PAINTING TO THE POINT
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und
Kunstbau München, Munich, Germany
October 31, 2017 to April 8, 2018
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art,
Humlebæk, Denmark
May 3 to August 19, 2018
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
September 15, 2018 to January 13, 2019
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