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Graphic Arts Collection,Graphic Arts Collection,

Contemporary ArtContemporary Art

19 May – 15 July 201219 May – 15 July 2012

Drawing Stories
Narration in contemporary graphic art

Static Movement
Film installations of Darren Almond, David Claerbout, Anri Sala

Opening of the exhibitions: Fr, 18 May, 7 p.m.

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Andreas Seltzer, Die Reise zum Mittelpunkt der Erde (119), since 2004
Anri Sala, Tatelolco Clash (Detail), 2011

Ganz groß: ZeichnenGanz groß: Zeichnen

Family DayFamily Day

Education DepartmentEducation Department

Su 20 May 2012, 2-6 p.m.Su 20 May 2012, 2-6 p.m.

Event in German language

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Ganz groß: Zeichnen

"Our age has a"Our age has a

new sense of form"new sense of form"

Photography, Graphic artsPhotography, Graphic arts

and posters in the 1920iesand posters in the 1920ies
28. 4. – 5. 8. 201228. 4. – 5. 8. 2012
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Max Burchartz, Emil Nolde Exhibition to the 60th Birthday of the Master, 1927
Aenne Biermann, Three Eggs, 1928
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Head of a Man (Self-Portrait), Detail, 1926

Lothar BaumgartenLothar Baumgarten

Evening of Time –Evening of Time –

Señores NaturalesSeñores Naturales

YanomamiYanomami
26. 11. 2011 – 27. 5. 201226. 11. 2011 – 27. 5. 2012
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Lothar Baumgarten

Bildschöner SamstagBildschöner Samstag

Education ProgrammeEducation Programme

Workshop for Kids (6 to 12)Workshop for Kids (6 to 12)

Saturdays 2.30 p.m. – 4.30 p.m.Saturdays 2.30 p.m. – 4.30 p.m.

Please note that the program is mainly in German.

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Visitors office
T +49 201 8845 444
F +49 201 889145 444
info@museum-folkwang.essen.de

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Bildschöner Samstag

The Ecstasy of ColourThe Ecstasy of Colour

Munch, MatisseMunch, Matisse

and the Expressionistsand the Expressionists

29. 9. 2012 – 13. 1. 201329. 9. 2012 – 13. 1. 2013

Find more information on the exhibition highlight in 2012 on www.folkwang-im-farbenrausch.de 

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The Ecstasy of Colour

Presentation of the CollectionPresentation of the Collection

19th and 20th century19th and 20th century

The Museum Folkwang offers visitors an impressively complete overview of 19th century German and French painting and sculpture. Unique works by van Gogh, Cezanne, Gauguin and Matisse, forerunners of modernism, lead to German Expressionism and the various currents of 20th century art such as Cubism, Abstraction and Concrete Art, Abstract Expressionism, Informal Art and New Figuration.

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Presentation of the Collection

Presentation of the CollectionPresentation of the Collection

Contemporary ArtContemporary Art

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Presentation of the Collection

New Building Museum FolkwangNew Building Museum Folkwang

Opening hours:
Tue to Sun 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Fri to 10.30 p.m.


 

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New Building Museum Folkwang

Collection OnlineCollection Online

Museum FolkwangMuseum Folkwang

For the first time the Museum Folkwang presents selected objects from its collection in an interactive online catalogue. 

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Collection Online

German Poster MuseumGerman Poster Museum

The German Poster Museum is unique in Germany and has one of the largest specialized collections in the world: Today the collection holds more than 340,000 posters from politics, the economy and culture.

Further information and exhibitions.

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Lucian Bernhard, Deutschland (Deutsches Reich), 1908
Ernst Deutsch, Deutschland (Deutsches Reich), 1912
Leonard Friedrich Waldemar Fries, Deutschland (Deutsches Reich), 1912
Hans Rudi Erdt, Deutschland (Deutsches Reich), 1912
Josef Mauder, Deutschland (Deutsches Reich), 1914
Bayerl & Herzig, Österreich, 1920
Paul Krüger, Deutschland (Deutsches Reich), 1924
Paul Krüger, Deutschland (Deutsches Reich), um 1925
Anonym, Österreich, um 1928
Paul Leopold Hesse, Deutschland (Deutsches Reich), Köln, 1928
Anonym, Deutschland (BRD), 1948
Arkenberg, Deutschland (BRD), Frankfurt a.M., 1953
Anonym, Deutschland (BRD), 1955
Herbert Leupin, Deutschland (BRD), um 1960
Charles Wilp, Deutschland (BRD), Düsseldorf, 1968

Kunstring FolkwangKunstring Folkwang

Museum AssociationMuseum Association

The Kunstring Folkwang organizes ca. 200 events per year, thus supporting and encouraging efforts in the areas of music, dance and theatre. Membership is open to all.

Information: www.kunstring-folkwang.de

 

 

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Kunstring Folkwang
 
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