Le musée Zeppelin à Friedrichshafen collectionne spécifiquement l’art de la région allemande du lac de Constance. Il possède également une vaste collection des oeuvres de Otto Dix.
Von Dichtern und Künstlern am Bodensee – Poètes et artistes du lac de Constance
The Art Collection
With almost 4000 works of art, the Zeppelin Museum owns an art collection that comprises the most significant artists of South Germany from medieval to modern times and establishes a link to contemporary art.
The beginnings of the collection date back to 1948. Since the collection of the Bodensee Museum fell victim to air raids in 1944 and the museum building was largely destroyed, the purchase of new works of art was intended to continue the collecting activities of the pre-war period.
Among the first acquisitions were mainly works from the late Middle Ages. Between 1475 and 1525, Southern Germany, specifically the regions Upper Rhine, Swabia, Franconia, and Bavaria, experienced a boom in late Gothic altarpiece painting and wood carving. Numerous workshops exported their works to Italy.
Another focus of the early acquisition policy were paintings and sculptures of the Baroque and Mannerist periods from Southern Germany. In the 17th century, the city of Augsburg had a defining impact on painting in that region. Of the many artists who settled in this city, Johann Heinrich Schönfeld and Johann Heiß are the most important representatives. The lesser-known Franz Joachim Beich of Ravensburg was appointed as Bavarian Elector Max Emanuel’s court painter in 1702. Furthermore, the Zeppelin Museum owns outstanding examples of works by Southwestern German artists of the 19th century, such as representatives of the artist families Moosbrugger and Zimmermann.
… From Max Ackermann to Erich Heckel and Otto Dix.
In the 20th century, it was initially difficult for modern art to establish itself in the region of Lake Constance, and many artists held onto 19th century aesthetics for a long time. After the National Socialists seized power in 1933, the art landscape finally underwent a radical change.
The artists, such as Erich Heckel or Max Ackermann, who had been branded « degenerate » by the new regime, but were either unwilling or unable to leave the country, retreated to the so-called « Inner Emigration » at Lake Constance. The most famous representative of this group is Otto Dix. In addition to what is probably the most important and best-known work in the collection, the « Vanitas » from 1932, the Zeppelin Museum holds paintings from almost all phases of his work, as well as hundreds of drawings and graphics.
https://www.zeppelin-museum.de/en/museum/art
Voir aussi :
Art et Culture en Pays de Fontainebleau 