The Kunsthalle zu Kiel is an art museum in the German city of

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. With 2,000 m² of display space, it is the largest museum in the city. It is north of the city centre on Düsternbrooker Weg. It has a lecture hall, a small cafe and a sculpture garden.

Building

The institution was founded in 1903 by

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to house an art gallery. Designed by

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, the building was constructed between 1908 and 1909, opening on 14 November 1909 by Carl Neumann, chairman of the Schleswig-Holsteinischer Kunstverein, founded in 1843. It has a shell limestone facade in the Neo-Baroque and

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styles. In front of the entrance are two bison sculptures by August Gaul. In the 1950s a new staircase was added, followed by an extension in 1986. In 2012 a re-design of the entrance hall was completed.

Collections

The museum houses the Schleswig-Holsteinischen Kunstverein's collection, including objets d'art, photographs, video art, sculptures and paintings. Topics covered include 19th century Romanticism, the Russian 'Wandermaler' painters, German Expressionism, German Impressionism and international art since 1945. The building also houses the Antikensammlung Kiel, founded in 1895 and consisting of ancient sculptures and a collection of casts of classical sculptures, the latter having been founded in 1838. The Antikensammlung is attached to the university. Much of the original collection was destroyed in World War Two air raids.

Provenance Research

In July 2018 the Kunsthalle zu Kiel published
provenance research dossier
on 85 paintings and 9 sculptures.

Gallery

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List of directors

* 1971–1990:

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* 1992–2000: Hans-Werner Schmidt * 2002–2009: Dirk Luckow * 2010–present: Anette Hüsch''Kieler Kunsthalle unter neuer Leitung''
in:

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Bibliography

* Dirk Luckow (ed.): ''Kunsthalle zu Kiel.'' DuMont, Köln 2007, *

Hans Tintelnot Hans Julius Leonhard Wilhelm August Tintelnot (27 September 1909 − 2 January 1970) was a German art historian and painter. He was particularly concerned with the Baroque era. Life Born in Lemgo, Tintelnot was a son of the colonial goods whol ...

: ''Die Kunsthalle zu Kiel. Zur Geschichte eines Museumsbaus.'' Nordelbingen 1960 * Jens Christian Jensen (ed.) ''100 Jahre Kieler Woche - Lyonel Feininger: Gemälde, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik''. Verlag: Kunsthalle zu Kiel der Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel 1982

References

External links

* http://www.kunsthalle-kiel.de * http://www.antikensammlung-kiel.de * {{Authority control Museums in Kiel