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Museums in North Rhine-Westphalia Art Nouveau architecture in Germany Houses completed in 1908 Buildings and structures in Hagen Villas in Germany Art museums and galleries in Germany Art Nouveau houses Henry van de Velde buildings 1908 establishments in Germany German Industrial Heritage Trail sites {{NorthRhineWestphalia-struct-stub
Hohenhof is a 1908-built Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau (; ) is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. The style is known by different names in different languages: in German, in Italian, in Catalan, and also known as the Modern ...
villa
A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became s ...
, located within Gartenstadt Hohenhagen in the city of Hagen
Hagen () is the Largest cities in Germany, 41st-largest List of cities and towns in Germany, city in Germany. The municipality is located in the States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the south eastern edge of the R ...
, Germany. The villa was designed by Belgian architect Henry van de Velde
Henry Clemens van de Velde (; 3 April 1863 – 15 October 1957) was a Belgian painter, architect, interior designer, and art theorist. Together with Victor Horta and Paul Hankar, he is considered one of the founders of Art Nouveau in Belgium ...
as a ''Gesamtkunstwerk
A ''Gesamtkunstwerk'' (, literally 'total artwork', translated as 'total work of art', 'ideal work of art', 'universal artwork', 'synthesis of the arts', 'comprehensive artwork', or 'all-embracing art form') is a work of art that makes use of al ...
'' - incorporating shell, accessories, furnishings, landscape and all into the building's design.
The client, German industrialist and arts patron Karl Ernst Osthaus
Karl Ernst Osthaus (15 April 1874, in Hagen – 25 March 1921, in Merano) was an important German patron of avant-garde art and architecture.
Life
Osthaus was born to a wealthy banking family, who also owned several businesses in the textile a ...
, used the building as his family home until his death in 1921.The Industrial Heritage Trail
The Industrial Heritage Trail (german: Route der Industriekultur) links tourist attractions related to the industrial heritage in the Ruhr area in Germany. It is a part of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. The series of routes were devel ...
His children sold the estate to the city of Hagen under the condition to maintain the overall design character. Already beginning in the early 1920s and until the late 1970s, the mansion underwent a number of use-changes. Since then it has been renovated and today houses a publicly open museum.
See also
*Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum
The Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum is an art museum in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The center of the museum is a building whose interior was designed by Henry van de Velde to house Karl Ernst Osthaus' art collection, open to the public as ...
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Museums in North Rhine-Westphalia Art Nouveau architecture in Germany Houses completed in 1908 Buildings and structures in Hagen Villas in Germany Art museums and galleries in Germany Art Nouveau houses Henry van de Velde buildings 1908 establishments in Germany German Industrial Heritage Trail sites {{NorthRhineWestphalia-struct-stub