Abteiberg Museum

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Museum Abteiberg is a municipal museum for contemporary art in the German city Mönchengladbach. Since the 1970s, the museum has been known for its experimental and avant-garde exhibitions, starting with director Johannes Cladders (1967–1985), and also its museum architecture, designed by Austrian architect Hans Hollein – a highpoint of postmodern design.

Directors of the Museum: 1907‒1933 Carl Schurz 1933‒1945 Julius Koenzgens 1945‒1967 Heinrich Dattenberg 1967‒1985 Johannes Cladders 1985‒1994 Dierk Stemmler 1995‒2003 Veit Loers since 2004 Susanne Titz

Expressionism: Ernst Barlach, Head of the Güstrow Memorial, 1927 Wladimir Bechtejew, Two Bathing Women at the Beach, 1910 Heinrich Campendonk, Shepherdess with Animals, around 1917 Heinrich Campendonk, Red Shepherd with Animals, 1928 Erich Heckel, Street in Berlin, 1911 Erich Heckel, Beach at Osterholz, 1913 Erich Heckel, Madmen eating, 1914 Erich Heckel, Flandric Plains, 1916 Alexej von Jawlensky, Lady with a blue Hat, 1912/13 Anton Kerschbaumer, Möckernbrücke in Berlin, 1926 Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Female Nude in the Greens, 1914/15 Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Little Female Torso (Hagen Torso), 1910/11 Franz Marc, Landscape...