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Abteiberg Museum

Coordinates: 51°11′34″N 6°25′59″E / 51.19278°N 6.43306°E / 51.19278; 6.43306
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Abteiberg Museum
Abteiberg Museum
Abteiberg Museum
Abteiberg Museum
Abteiberg Museum, Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia

The Museum Abteiberg is a municipal museum for contemporary art in the German city Mönchengladbach.

Since the 1970s, the museum has been known for its experimental and avant-garde exhibitions, starting with director Johannes Cladders (1967–1985), and also its museum architecture, designed by Austrian architect Hans Hollein – a highpoint of postmodern design.

Directors of the Museum

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  • 1907‒1933 Carl Schurz
  • 1933‒1945 Julius Koenzgens
  • 1945‒1967 Heinrich Dattenberg
  • 1967‒1985 Johannes Cladders
  • 1985‒1994 Dierk Stemmler
  • 1995‒2003 Veit Loers
  • since 2004 Susanne Titz

Collection

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Constructivism

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Photography

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  • Man Ray, Portrait of James Joyce, 1922/59
  • Man Ray, Kiki's Lips, 1929/59
  • Man Ray, Tears, 1933/59
  • Man Ray, Women with open Hair, 1931/59
  • Man Ray, Selfportrait with Camera 1931/59
  • Man Ray, Antique Head with Mirror, 1931/59

Further Departments

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Library, classrooms for education, cafeteria (temporarily closed).

Buildings of the Museum

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Detail of the museum
  • 1901‒1904 Rooms within the city hall of Mönchengladbach
  • 1904‒1925 Former Protestant school on the Fliescherberg (demolished)
  • 1926‒1944 Karl-Brandts-Haus on the Kaiserstraße (demolished in World War II)
  • 1924‒1934 and 1945‒1982 Oskar-Kühlen-Haus on the Bismarckstraße 97
  • since 1982 Städtisches Museum Abteiberg on the Abteistraße

Literature

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On the collection of the museum

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  • Sabine Kimpel-Fehlemann, Walter Kaesbach-Stiftung. 1922‒1937 ‒ Die Geschichte einer expressionistischen Sammlung in Mönchengladbach, Mönchengladbach 1979
  • Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach (ed.), Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach, Braunschweig 1982
  • Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach (ed.), Sammlung Etzold ‒ Ein Zeitdokument, Mönchengladbach 1986
  • Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach (ed.), Kunst der Gegenwart. 1900 bis 1960, Bestandskatalog, Mönchengladbach 1988
  • Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach (ed.), Kunst der ersten Jahrhunderthälfte. 1900 bis 1960, Bestandskatalog, Mönchengladbach 1990
  • Museumsverein Mönchengladbach, Jahresgaben des Museumsvereins. 1972‒1991, Bestandskatalog, Mönchengladbach 1992
  • Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach (ed.), Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach 2002
  • Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach (ed.), Skulpturengarten. Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach, Mönchengladbach 2003

About the architecture of the museum

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  • Pehnt, Wolfgang (1986). Hans Hollein Museum in Mönchengladbach : Architektur als Collage (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch. ISBN 3-596-23934-6. OCLC 13656060.
  • Museumsverein Mönchengladbach (ed), 10 Jahre Museum Abteiberg ‒ 90 Jahre Museumsverein, Mönchengladbach 1992
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51°11′34″N 6°25′59″E / 51.19278°N 6.43306°E / 51.19278; 6.43306