The Von der Heydt Museum is a

museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...

Wuppertal, Germany Wuppertal (; "''Wupper Dale''") is, with a population of approximately 355,000, the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia as well as the 17th-largest city of Germany. It was founded in 1929 by the merger of the cities and tow ...

. The Von der Heydt Museum includes works by artists from the 17th century to the present time.

History

The museum is housed in the former city hall of

Elberfeld Elberfeld is a municipal subdivision of the German city of Wuppertal; it was an independent town until 1929. History The first official mentioning of the geographic area on the banks of today's Wupper River as "''elverfelde''" was in a doc ...

, which in 1902 became a municipal museum. The museum was named in 1961 after the Von der Heydt family. Banker August von der Heydt and his son

Eduard von der Heydt Eduard Freiherr von der Heydt (September 26, 1882 – April 3, 1964) was a German and Swiss banker, art collector and patron. Biography He was born in Elberfeld, Germany and died in Ascona Switzerland. His collections were the basis for the ...

(1882–1964) were important patrons. (in German)

Notable works

* Still Life with Beer Mug and Fruit

Gallery

File:Carl Spitzweg 025.jpg,

Carl Spitzweg Carl Spitzweg (February 5, 1808 – September 23, 1885) was a German romanticist painter, especially of genre subjects. He is considered to be one of the most important artists of the Biedermeier era. Life and career Spitzweg was born in U ...

, ''Der Geologe'', 1855/60 File:Marées Adolf von Hildebrand groß.jpg,

Hans von Marées Hans von Marées (24 December 1837 – 5 June 1887) was a German painter. Initially specialising in portraiture he later turned to mythological subjects. He spent the last years of his life in Italy. Life Marées was born into a banking family ...

, ''Porträt Adolf von Hildebrand'', around 1868 File:Claude Monet - Vétheuil, 1901 (Von der Heydt-Museum).jpg,

Claude Monet Oscar-Claude Monet (, , ; 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. Durin ...

, ''Vétheuil'', around 1901 File:DEGAS PROBENSAAL.jpg, Edgar Degas, ''Tänzerinnen im Probensaal'', 1891 File:Paul Cézanne - L'ermitage à Pontoise.jpg,

Paul Cézanne Paul Cézanne ( , , ; ; 19 January 1839 – 22 October 1906) was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th-century conception of artistic endeavour to a new and radically d ...

, ''Die eremitage in Pontoise'', 1881 File:Gauguin Nature morte aux oiseaux exotiques II.jpg,

Paul Gauguin Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (, ; ; 7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a French Post-Impressionist artist. Unappreciated until after his death, Gauguin is now recognized for his experimental use of colour and Synthetist style that were distinct fr ...

, ''Stillleben mit exotischen Vögeln II'', 1902

Directors

* 1902–1929: Friedrich Fries (1865–1954) * 1929–1952: Victor Dirksen (1887–1955) * 1953–1962: Harald Seiler (1910–1976) * 1962–1985: Günter Aust (1921–2018) * 1985–2006: Sabine Fehlemann (1941–2008) * 2006– 1 May 2019:

Gerhard Finckh Gerhard is a name of Germanic origin and may refer to: Given name * Gerhard (bishop of Passau) (fl. 932–946), German prelate * Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg (1292–1340), German prince, regent of Denmark * Gerhard Barkhorn (1919–19 ...

(born 1952)

Notes and references

External links

* — Art museums and galleries in Germany Buildings and structures in Wuppertal Culture in Wuppertal Museums in North Rhine-Westphalia {{NorthRhineWestphalia-struct-stub