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The Museum im Kulturspeicher Würzburg is a municipal art museum located at Veitshöchheimer Strasse 5,

Würzburg Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is a city in the region of Franconia in the north of the German state of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the ''Regierungsbezirk'' Lower Franconia. It spans the banks of the Main River. Würzburg is ...

, Northern

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

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. It is open daily except Monday; an admission fee is charged. The museum opened in 2002 within a converted river-side

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that provides 3,500 m² of exhibit space in 12 rooms. It contains two distinct collections: the municipal art collection, founded in 1941 as the Städtische Gallerie and originally located in Hofstraße; and the Peter C. Ruppert Collection of

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concrete art Concrete art was an art movement with a strong emphasis on geometrical abstraction. The term was first formulated by Theo van Doesburg and was then used by him in 1930 to define the difference between his vision of art and that of other abstract art ...

from

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to the present day. The municipal collection exhibits regional art, primarily from

Franconia Franconia (german: Franken, ; Franconian dialect: ''Franggn'' ; bar, Frankn) is a region of Germany, characterised by its culture and Franconian dialect (German: ''Fränkisch''). The three administrative regions of Lower, Middle and Upper Fr ...

and Southern

, ranging from

Biedermeier The ''Biedermeier'' period was an era in Central Europe between 1815 and 1848 during which the middle class grew in number and the arts appealed to common sensibilities. It began with the Congress of Vienna at the end of the Napoleonic Wars in ...

-style portraits and landscapes of the first half of the 19th century, through German

impressionism Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open Composition (visual arts), composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating ...

and painters of the

Berlin Secession The Berlin Secession was an art movement established in Germany on May 2, 1898. Formed in reaction to the Association of Berlin Artists, and the restrictions on contemporary art imposed by Kaiser Wilhelm II, 65 artists "seceded," demonstrating ag ...

, including Robert Breyer,

Philipp Franck Johann Heinrich Philipp Franck (9 April 1860, Frankfurt am Main - 13 March 1944, Berlin) was a German Impressionist painter, graphic artist and illustrator. Biography With his father's support, and insistence, he began by studying architectu ...

Walter Leistikow Walter Rudolf Leistikow (1865–1908) was a German landscape painter, graphic artist, designer and art critic. Biography His father was a pharmacist who owned a Kräuterlikör manufacturing plant in Kujawien that provided much of the family's ...

Joseph Oppenheimer Joseph Oppenheimer (born Feb 8 1820 in Braunschweig/Brunswick, Germany and died 8 Feb 1893 Manchester, UK), was a German born merchant and inventor, and naturalised British citizen who spent most of his adult life working in the telegraphy indust ...

, and

Max Slevogt Max Slevogt (8 October 1868 – 20 September 1932) was a German Impressionist painter and illustrator, best known for his landscapes. He was, together with Lovis Corinth and Max Liebermann, one of the foremost representatives in Germany of th ...

, as well as members of the

Weimar Saxon-Grand Ducal Art School The Grand-Ducal Saxon Art School, Weimar (German:Großherzoglich-Sächsische Kunstschule Weimar) was founded on 1 October 1860, in Weimar, Germany, by a decree of Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. It existed until 1910, when i ...

including

Ludwig von Gleichen-Rußwurm Heinrich Ludwig Freiherr von Gleichen-Rußwurm (25 October 1836, Castle Greifenstein in Unterfranken - 9 July 1901, Weimar) was a German impressionist painter and graphic artist who was one of the pioneers of that style in Germany. He was a gra ...

and

Franz Bunke Franz Wilhelm Johann Bunke (3 December 1857, Schwaan - 6 July 1939, Weimar) was a German landscape painter. Life He was the son of a mill builder. In 1871, he began drawing lessons with Paul Tischbein in Rostock and attended a trade school a ...

. It also includes works by

Bauhaus The Staatliches Bauhaus (), commonly known as the Bauhaus (), was a German art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined crafts and the fine arts.Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 4th edn., 200 ...

painter

Hans Reichel Hans Reichel (10 May 1949 – 22 November 2011) was a German improvisational guitarist, experimental luthier, inventor, and type designer. Career Reichel was born in Hagen, Germany. He began to teach himself violin at age seven, playing in the s ...

and works from the estate of sculptor

Emy Roeder Emy Roeder (30 January 1890 – 7 February 1971) was a modern German sculptor born in Würzburg, Germany. During the first third of the twentieth century she was one of a number of women that were associated with the German Expressionist movement ...

, as well as about 30,000 graphics works. The Ruppert collection includes

from 22

an countries, incorporating a broad spectrum of materials and media, exhibited within six galleries (1,850 m² total area). Artists include

Max Bill Max Bill (22 December 1908 – 9 December 1994) was a Swiss architect, artist, painter, typeface designer, industrial designer and graphic designer. Early life and education Bill was born in Winterthur. After an apprenticeship as a silversmith ...

, John Carter, Andreas Christen, Ralph Eck, Christoph Freimann,

Gerhard von Graevenitz Gerhard von Graevenitz (19 September 1934 Schilde, Prignitz/Mark Brandenburg – 20 August 1983, Habkern/Traubachtal) was a German kinetic artist, co-founding member of the Nouvelle Tendance and member of the op-art movement. He also belong ...

Erwin Heerich Erwin Heerich (29 November 1922 in Kassel – 6 November 2004 in Meerbusch, Germany) was a German artist. Life and work From 1945 to 1950 Heerich studied fine arts at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under Ewald Mataré. From 1950 to 1954, he bel ...

Malcolm Hughes Malcolm Hughes (22 July 1920 – 19 September 1997) was a British constructive artist. Biography Hughes was born in Manchester and during the Second World War, he was a radio operator in the Royal Navy. After the war he became influenced by Bri ...

Norbert Kricke Norbert Kricke (30 November 1922 – 28 June 1984) was a German sculptor. Born in Düsseldorf, Kricke was a student of Richard Scheibe and Hans Uhlmann at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Berlin. He started creating abstract sculptures from ...

Richard Paul Lohse Richard Paul Lohse (September 13, 1902 – September 16, 1988) was a Swiss painter and graphic artist and one of the main representatives of the concrete and constructive art movements. Lohse was born in Zürich in 1902. His wish to study in Par ...

Maurizio Nannucci Maurizio Nannucci (born 1939, in Florence, Italy) is an Italian contemporary artist. Lives and works in Florence and South Baden, Germany. Nannucci's work includes: photography, video, neon installations, sound installation, artist's books, and edi ...

, Nausika Pastra, Henry Prosi,

Bridget Riley Bridget Louise Riley (born 24 April 1931) is an English painter known for her op art paintings. She lives and works in London, Cornwall and the Vaucluse in France. Early life and education Riley was born on 24 April 1931 in West Norwood, No ...

, Peter Sedgley, and

Anton Stankowski Anton Stankowski (June 18, 1906 – December 11, 1998) was a Germany, German graphic designer, photographer and Painting, painter. He developed an original Theory of Design and pioneered Constructive Graphic Art. Typical Stankowski designs atte ...

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Museum im Kulturspeicher Würzburg The Museum im Kulturspeicher Würzburg is a municipal art museum located at Veitshöchheimer Strasse 5, Würzburg, Northern Bavaria, Germany. It is open daily except Monday; an admission fee is charged. The museum opened in 2002 within a convert ...

Wurzburg Museums in Bavaria Art museums established in 2002