Märkisches Museum

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(Profile only availible in german - translated by machine)

The Märkische Museum, a century ago, conceived as a local history museum in the former county of Mark and deals with the collection "patriotic antiquities," is now primarily a major museum for contemporary German art. The latest single and group exhibitions of contemporary art trends are tracked and presented.
In the art collection of the museum are about 4,000 works of outstanding examples of German painting and graphic art of the 20th Century has been collected. The collection of informal painting and graphics is one of the largest in the Federal Republic.
Some important works from own property have found their place as a permanent exhibit in the exhibition rooms, and includes the unique art-Engelbert-statue from the 13th Century and the Baroque Strünckede tomb.
The country-and local history collection has now focused on two important areas: a valuable coin collection, especially with dollars minted by the German ecclesiastical territories and a comprehensive library with over 40,000 volumes on the history and culture of Westphalia.

represented artists

Josef Albers      Willi Baumeister      Peter Brüning      Carl Buchheister      Heinrich Campendonk      Rolf Cavael      Hans-Jürgen Diehl      Conrad Felixmüller      Adolf Fleischmann      Winfred Gaul      Bruno Goller      Karl Otto Götz      Thomas Grochowiak      Erich Heckel      Gerhard Hoehme      Ernst Ludwig Kirchner      Konrad Klapheck      Adolf Luther      Heinz Mack      August Macke

Wilhelm Morgner      Gabriele Münter      Heinrich Nauen      Emil Nolde      Max Pechstein      Wolfgang Petrick      Otto Piene      Hans Platschek      Rissa      Christian Rohlfs      Hans-Jürgen Schlieker      Bernard Schultze      Emil Schumacher      Heinrich Siepmann      Fred Thieler      Heinz Trökes      Lambert Maria Wintersberger      Herbert Zangs