Munich - exhibition tip "Art Nouveau" - art gallery in the city center
The exhibition "Art Nouveau. Made in Munich" presents in ten chapters the groundbreaking ideas and sources of inspiration from which the artists trained or working in Munich developed their respective styles
"Art Nouveau. Made in Munich" until March 23, 2025 in the Hypo-Kulturstiftung art gallery in the heart of Munich
Munich. We recommend to all visitors to the Bavarian capital the exhibition "Art Nouveau. Made in Munich" in the Kunsthalle Munich. When strolling from Marienplatz towards Odeonsplatz, you pass the Kunsthalle and should take the time to experience art: Anyone who goes to the Kunsthalle these days will enter the world around 1900 and experience how "young visionary artists in Munich" began traditional art to turn it upside down. At that time it was a time of scientific and technical innovations and society was in upheaval. The way of life differed from historical models, which the artists were the first to feel, feel and visualize with their own means. The new ideas of modern art and design are on display. Handicrafts, but also sculpture and especially painting and graphics, brought new visual worlds into everyday life. Photography showed a new reality. And new, partly floral, trends also emerged in the world of fashion and jewelry. The exhibition clearly shows the role of the city and the artists of Munich as a "cradle of Art Nouveau in Germany". The exhibition was curated together with the Munich City Museum. Daily from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Kunsthalle Munich.
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| Munich: Theatinerstrasse towards Odeonsplatz - left: Kunsthalle of the Hypo-Kulturstiftung, photo: Helga Waess (Pressearchiv) |
Munich as the earliest, most important center of Art Nouveau in Germany
The first German Secession was founded in 1892 and four years later the first magazines appeared that brought the new era to the public in a readable way.
The "Simplicissimus" and the magazine "Jugend", which ultimately gave the new art movement its name, were written and illustrated by young and visionary artists. Printmaking ensures that new ideas and visions are spread widely. Munich became a cosmopolitan cultural metropolis and at the end of the 19th century artists came to study and live in the Bavarian capital.
Works by Richard Riemerschmid (1868-1957), Bruno Paul (1874-1968) and Hans Christiansen (1866-1945) show that Art Nouveau was versatile and that artistic freedom interpreted all questions of the time "Made in Munich".
The interiors of the salons and dining rooms show how a lifestyle was visualized in the sense of a total work of art.
At the VII International Art Exhibition in the former Glass Palace, a separate section was dedicated to cabaret for the first time. Works by Otto Eckmann (1865–1902), August Endell (1871–1925) and Bernhard Pankok (1872–1943), which presented modern decorative arts, were shown. Furniture, textiles, everyday objects, paintings and graphics that surrounded the life of the time are shown.
The Kunsthalle Munich is one of the most renowned exhibition venues in Germany
It is located in downtown Munich between Marienplatz and Odeonsplatz in the Fünf Höfe on Theatinerstrasse. It has around 350,000 visitors every year. Every year, three large exhibitions on around 1,200 m² of exhibition space are presented in the beautiful exhibition halls. These show works of art from different genres such as painting, sculpture, graphics, photography, handicrafts, design and even fashion.
Art Nouveau. Made in Munich
- until March 23, 2025
Location: Hypo-Kulturstiftung art gallery
Theatinerstraße 8, 80333 Munich
Homepage: kunsthalle-muc.de
OPENING HOURS
daily 10 a.m. to 8 p.m
4.3. (Shrove Tuesday): 10 a.m. – 5 p.m
