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Kunsthalle Emden (Henri and Eske Nannen Foundation, Donation Otto Van de loo) is a German art museum in Emden in East Frisia, Germany.
The museum's collections include more than 1,500 works.
History
In 1986,Henri Nannen
Henri Nannen (25 December 1913 in Emden – 13 October 1996 in Hanover) was a German journalist and art collector. He became one of the most prominent journalists and magazine publishers in Germany.
His father was a police officer in Emden who ...
(1913–1996) commissioned a building for his collection of 20th-century art in Emden, his home town. The core of the collection includes German Expressionism with works by Nolde, Macke and Kokoschka. In October 2000 the Munich art dealer and collector Otto van de Loo donated his collection to Kunsthalle Emden.
Provenance research and collection
Provenance research into the Nannen donation pointed to some problematic artworks. An artwork from theIsmar Littmann art collection
The art collection of Ismar Littmann (1878–1934), a German lawyer who lived in Breslau, comprised 347 paintings and watercolors and 5,814 drawings from artists such as Lovis Corinth, Max Pechstein, Erich Heckel, Max Liebermann, Käthe Kollwitz, ...
, which had confiscated by the Gestapo, was restituted.
In 2002 a settlement was reached concerning a painting by Emil Nolde with the heirs of Mr. Wurzburger, who, along with his wife, was murdered by Nazis in the Holocaust. The painting had been seized by a Nazi appraiser and disappeared until it reappeared in the Kuntshalle in Emden, where" it arrived as a bequest from the Henri Nannen Foundation".
See also
*Kunsthalle
A kunsthalle is a facility that mounts temporary art exhibitions, similar to an art gallery. It is distinct from an art museum by not having a permanent collection.
In the German-speaking regions of Europe, ''Kunsthallen'' are often operated by ...
References
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