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The exhibition Biographies of Modern Art: Collectors and Their Works presents eight Jewish collectors whose artworks are now in the Brücke-Museum ‒ art historian Rosa Schapire, art critic Max Osborn, the collector Rosy Fischer, the salonnière Elsa Glaser, economist Hans Heymann and his brother, the writer Walther Heymann, the “jack-of-all-trades” …

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Espressionist painting, two men with naked chests sitting at a chessboard, a naked woman lying on a couch behind them — Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel und Otto Mueller beim Schach (Erich Heckel and Otto Mueller Playing Chess, 1913, Brücke-Museum
In honour of the memory of the previous owner Dr. Victor Wallerstein (1878-1944), art historian, galleristand collector

With Jasmin Hartmann (director, Koordinationsstelle für Provenienzforschung in Nordrhein-Westfalen, KPF.NRW) and Nadine Bauer (provenance researcher, Brücke-Museum) Any question about an artwork’s origins, its previous owners or locations already gets to the heart of provenance research. Reading and understanding the traces an artwork leaves behind in newspapers, magazines, exhibition catalogues, and letters …

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Photo, two pairs of hands holding the back of a framed painting — Back of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel and Otto Mueller playing chess, 1913, oil on canvas, Brücke-Museum, public domain. In honorary memory of the former owner, the art historian, gallery owner and collector Dr. Victor Wallerstein (1878-1944).

The German section of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA) has chosen the Brücke-Museum as Museum of the Year 2023. This is the most important award for museums in Germany.

The AICA justifies its decision as follows:
"Under the direction of Lisa Marei Schmidt, the small Brücke Museum with its Expressionist collection on the edge of Berlin's Grunewald forest has developed pioneering models of critical scrutiny of its own history and collection since 2017 and has established itself as a lively meeting place in the capital's cultural scene."

Brücke-Museum entrance, surrounded by trees in summer sunshine

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In 1964, the artist Karl Schmidt-Rottluff initiated the establishment of a museum in his city of residence Berlin to honour the artists’ group Brücke. With a donation to the State of Berlin, he laid the foundation for its collection. Just three years later, on 15 September 1967, Brücke-Museum opened in a new building designed by Werner Düttmann in Berlin’s Dahlem district. … More

Photograph black and white, A woman in the exhibition stands on one leg to lean closer to a painting — Installation view of the first collection display, 1967, photo: Ingeborg Lommatzsch © Ingeborg Lommatzsch

“My dear Mr. Düttmann, now that the furore of the opening has died down, I would like to waste no time in thanking you most sincerely once again. Your building for Brücke-Museum is a creation one can’t help but praise … The building has good proportions and correct dimensions throughout … and the landscape has been incorporated in a way that is nothing short of exhilarating. It will no doubt bring cheer to each and every visitor while they are here … Yours always, KSR” … More

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