The Rosenhang Museum is a museum for
contemporary art
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. It is located in
Weilburg an der Lahn, a climatic spa town of 13,000 inhabitants, between
Limburg
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and
Wetzlar
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in Hesse. It is a private museum open to the public, founded by Joachim Legner, at the instigation of international gallerist
Michael Schultz
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Life and career
Schultz was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of an African-American mother Katherine Frances Leslie (1917-1995) ...
, who is also the chairman of the Nassauischer Museumsverein Weilburg (Nassau Museum Society Weilburg).
The museum occupies an old brewery building, partly rebuilt, and houses the Legner collection. The collection comprises works by contemporary artists working in Germany, such as
Christopher Lehmpfuhl,
Cornelia Schleime,
Elvira Bach
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and
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as well as by
Gerhard Richter
Gerhard Richter (; born 9 February 1932) is a German visual artist. Richter has produced abstract as well as photorealistic paintings, and also photographs and glass pieces. He is widely regarded as one of the most important contemporary German ...
,
Markus Lüpertz
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and
Stephan Balkenhol
Stephan Balkenhol (born 1957, Fritzlar, Hesse, Germany) is a German artist, famous for his figurative painted wooden sculptures and reliefs. He is currently Professor of Sculpture at the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe (Germany). Lives and wo ...
.
The museum organizes exhibitions of contemporary art focusing on artists from the region.
s are the subject of special shows. The institution's intent is to bring contemporary art to the province while addressing art lovers from all over Germany and the town's international visitors.
Olivia Heß: ''Kunstinitiative: Museum entsteht im Eiltempo''
In: Rhein-Zeitung (11 March 2017).
References
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Art museums and galleries in Germany
2017 establishments in Germany
Art galleries established in 2017