Museum Folkwang - Couverture rigide

Museum Folkwang

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3944874129 ISBN 13 : 9783944874128

Editeur : Sieveking Verlag, 2015

Synopsis

The Museum Folkwang, founded by Karl Ernst Osthaus in 1902, treats its visitors to an exquisite assortment of paintings, prints, drawings, and sculpture. Many of the works are recognised classics of the avant-garde, while also serving as representatives of entire movements. The collection ranges from Caspar David Friedrich and Vincent van Gogh to Martin Kippenberger. Works of art from Japan, Java, Oceania, Africa, and other non-European cultures reinforce the museum's cosmopolitan focus, the foundations of which were laid with Osthaus's initial collection. In addition, the museum houses a comprehensive and noteworthy collection of photographs, with masterpieces by photographers from Gustave Le Gray to Andreas Gursky. And, finally, the German Poster Museum attests to the breadth of the Museum Folkwang's interests and its high level of commitment to the popular arts. This superb-quality volume is indispensable to every art enthusiast. Also available: Museum Folkwang: Painting & Sculpture19th - 21st Centuries ISBN 978394474104

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The Museum Folkwang, founded by Karl Ernst Osthaus in 1902, treats its visitors to an exquisite assortment of paintings, prints, drawings, and sculpture. Many of the works are recognized classics of the avant-garde, while also serving as representatives of entire movements. The collection ranges from Caspar David Friedrich and Vincent van Gogh to Martin Kippenberger. Works of art from Japan, Java, Oceania, Africa, and other non-European cultures reinforce the museums cosmopolitan focus, the foundations of which were laid with Osthauss initial collection. In addition, the museum houses a comprehensive and noteworthy collection of photographs, with masterpieces by photographers from Gustave Le Gray to Andreas Gursky. And, finally, the German Poster Museum attests to the breadth of the Museum Folkwangs interests and its high level of commitment to the popular arts. This superb-quality volume is indispensable to every art enthusiast. With texts by Tobia Bezzola, Tobias Burg, Florian Ebner, René Grohnert, Hans-Jürgen Lechtreck, Mario von Lüttichau, Marcel Schumacher.

Revue de presse

»ein Kunstbuch das im besten Sinne neugierig macht auf einen erstmaligen oder erneuten Besuch im Museum Folkwang in Essen.« --NDR1, Kulturspiegel

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sieveking Verlag
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3944874129
• ISBN 13: 9783944874128
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible