Von der Heydt Museum
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| Location | Wuppertal, Germany |
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| Coordinates | 51°15′26″N 7°8′48″E / 51.25722°N 7.14667°E |
The Von der Heydt Museum is a museum in Wuppertal, 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 of Elberfeld, 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 son Eduard von der Heydt (1882–1964) were important patrons.[1]
Notable works
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Carl Spitzweg, Der Geologe, 1855/60 -
Hans von Marées, Porträt Adolf von Hildebrand, around 1868 -
Claude Monet, Vétheuil, around 1901 -
Edgar Degas, Tänzerinnen im Probensaal, 1891 -
Paul Cézanne, Die eremitage in Pontoise, 1881 -
Paul Gauguin, Stillleben mit exotischen Vögeln II, 1902
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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 2020 Roland Mönig (born 1965)
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ "Von der Heydt-Museum". Retrieved 24 October 2019. (in German)
External links
[edit]- Official website—(in German)
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