Gabriele Münter
My topic is seeing
The first exhibition of the Ahlers Pro Arte Foundation at the new location - in the heart of Herford's cultural mile and in the immediate vicinity of the Marta Museum - is dedicated to the colorful work of Gabriele Münter (1877-1962). The work of the German expressionist is presented, from her early works in Paris to the works from her time together with Wassily Kandinsky and the artists of the Blue Rider to her late work of the 1950s.
A special feature is the depiction of Herford's Johannisgasse, created in 1911: As the daughter of the doctor Carl Friedrich Münter, Gabriele Münter lived in Herford from 1878 to 1884 and later visited her childhood hometown again: "The surroundings have many motifs for me," she wrote enthusiastically to Kandinsky in 1911 and created the view of Herford using the technique of Bavarian reverse glass painting.
Further highlights of the exhibition are the landscape paintings created in Murnau as well as paintings from the 1920s in which Münter dealt with the painting of New Objectivity.
“I want to paint spontaneously, when I feel like it, real, good, impulsive pictures and not worry about judgement.”
Gabriele Münter, around 1935
The approximately 80 works in the exhibition include important paintings, drawings and prints, as well as collages and arts and crafts objects. Landscapes and portraits alternate with touching still lifes. The works in the ahlers collection are complemented by important loans from museums and private lenders.
The exhibition is curated by the art historians Prof. Dr. Rainer Stamm and Dr. Gloria Köpnick, with whom the foundation has successfully realized several joint projects in recent years.
The event takes place in cooperation with the Marta Herford, which is focusing on the photographic work of Gabriele Münter with the exhibition “Kathrin Sonntag and Gabriele Münter – The Traveling Eye”
View inside the exhibition
Dates
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Exhibition opening
Introduction to the exhibition: Prof. Dr. Rainer Stamm, Oldenburg -
Lecture by Dr. Ivan Ristić, Vienna
Drawing with a brush: Linearity in Gabriele Münter's work -
Lecture by Dr. Isabelle Jansen, Munich
What happened to Gabriele Münter? Gabriele Münter's career from 1920 to 1962.
Copyright VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
(1st row from left to right) Gabriele Münter, Street in Murnau, 1931, ahlers collection. Gabriele Münter, Autumn trees near Tutzing, 1908, Kunsthalle Emden. Gabriele Münter, Kandinsky, 1906, ahlers collection. (2nd row from left to right) Gabriele Münter, House with balcony, 1902, Hubertus Melsheimer. Gabriele Münter, Village street with children (Johannisgasse in Herford), around 1911–14, ahlers collection. Gabriele Münter, Dachshund for Jan, 1956, ahlers collection.