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 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 / 51.25722; 7.14667 |
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
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.
Notable works
Gallery
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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
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Directors
- 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
- "Von der Heydt-Museum". Retrieved 24 October 2019. (in German)
External links
- Official website—(in German)
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