Von der Heydt Museum
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Location | Wuppertal, Germany |
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Coordinates | 51°15′26″N7°8′48″E/ 51.25722°N 7.14667°E |
TheVon der Heydt Museumis amuseuminWuppertal, Germany.
The Von der Heydt Museum includes works by artists from the 17th century to the present time.
History[edit]
The museum is housed in the former city hall ofElberfeld,which in 1902 became a municipal museum.
The museum was named in 1961 after the Von der Heydt family. Banker August von der Heydt and his sonEduard von der Heydt(1882–1964) were important patrons.[1]
Notable works[edit]
Gallery[edit]
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Carl Spitzweg,Der Geologe,1855/60
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Hans von Marées,Porträt Adolf von Hildebrand,around 1868
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Claude Monet,Vétheuil,around 1901
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Edgar Degas,Tänzerinnen im Probensaal,1891
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Paul Cézanne,Die eremitage in Pontoise,1881
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Paul Gauguin,Stillleben mit exotischen Vögeln II,1902
Directors[edit]
- 1902–1929:Friedrich Fries(1865–1954)
- 1929–1952:Victor Dirksen(1887–1955)
- 1953–1962:Harald Seiler(1910–1976)
- 1962–1985:Günter Aust(1921–2018)
- 1985–2006:Sabine Fehlemann(1941–2008)
- 2006– 1 May 2019:Gerhard Finckh(born 1952)
- since 1 April 2020Roland Mönig(born 1965)
Notes and references[edit]
- ^"Von der Heydt-Museum".Retrieved24 October2019.(in German)
External links[edit]
- Official website—(in German)
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