Kupferstichkabinett Berlin
Location | Berlin, Germany |
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Coordinates | 52°30′30.2″N 13°22′1.2″E / 52.508389°N 13.367000°E |
The Kupferstichkabinett, or Museum of Prints and Drawings, is a
History
The Kupferstichkabinett was officially founded in 1831, with a collection of drawings and watercolours acquired by
In 1986 the Kupferstichkabinett took over the graphics collection of the National Gallery of Berlin, whose emphasis was on 20th-century prints, including Expressionist works that the Nazis had classified as "degenerate" and confiscated. In 1994 it opened in a new building in the Kulturforum, reuniting the parts of the collection that had been split between East and West Berlin together with the National Gallery's collection.
Collection
The emphasis is on European drawings and printed graphics from the Middle Ages to the present, as well as
Some of the works on paper are stored in other Berlin collections that have a relevant theme, such as the Ethnological and Asian Art Museums, the Art Library, and the Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection. The works in the Kupferstichkabinett cannot be permanently displayed, due to the size of the collection and the air- and light-sensitivity of works on paper; however, the museum holds regular temporary exhibitions.[1]
The museum's patrons primarily include the Graphische Gesellschaft zu Berlin - Vereinigung der Freunde des Kupferstichkabinetts e. V. (Berlin Graphic Society - Association of Friends of the Museum of Prints and Drawings).[5] The association has existed since 1997, it supports the expansion of the collection, arranges donations and acquires individual works according to the recommendations of the director of the Kupferstichkabinett.
Other activities
The Kupferstichkabinett carries out research and
See also
- Divine Comedy illustrated by Botticelli
Notes
- ^ a b c Museum of Prints and Drawings (in English)
- ^ Kupferstichkabinett und Kunstbibliothek Archived 2015-03-16 at the Wayback Machine Kulturforum. (in German)
- ^ a b Kupferstichkabinett State of Berlin. (in German)
- ^ Tillack-Graf, Anne-Kathleen (2004). Das Denkmal für Friedrich den Großen von Friedrich Gilly 1796 (in German). Munich.
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- ^ Collection - Conservation (in English)
Further reading
- Bevers, Holm: Rembrandt - die Zeichnungen im Berliner Kupferstichkabinett: kritischer Katalog. Begleitet von der Ausstellung Rembrandt. Der Zeichner, Kupferstichkabinett - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 4. August bis 5. November 2006, Verlag Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2006. (in German)
- Bevers, Holm: Zeichnungen der Rembrandtschule im Berliner Kupferstichkabinett: kritischer Katalog, mit einem Beitrag von Georg Josef Dietz und Antje Penz sowie 37 Illustrationen, Verlag Sandstein Kommunikation GmbH, Dresden 2018. (in German)
- Dückers, Alexander (editor): Das Berliner Kupferstichkabinett. Akademie, 1994. ISBN 3-05-002488-7. (in German)
- Dückers, Alexander (Hrsg.) / Achenbach, Sigrid: Das Berliner Kupferstichkabinett, ein Handbuch zur Sammlung; das Handbuch erscheint aus Anlass der Ausstellung Vereint im Neuen Haus - Meisterwerke aus Zehn Jahrhunderten im Berliner Kupferstichkabinett, herausgegeben von den Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, 1994, Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1994. (in German)
- Giesecke, Alber: Handzeichnungen venezianischer Meister des 18. Jahrhunderts im Berliner Kupferstichkabinett. Die Kunstwelt, Deutsche Zeitschrift für die bildende Kunst, Jg. 1912/1913, S. 265–278. (Website)
External links
- Homepage of the Kupferstichkabinett
- Kupferstichkabinett Berlin within Google Arts & Culture
- Media related to Kupferstichkabinett (Berlin) at Wikimedia Commons