Abteiberg Museum



The 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 with a rainbow, 1913
 * Ewald Mataré, Large Lying Cow, 1930
 * Otto Mueller, Forest, around 1923
 * Heinrich Nauen, Garden, 1913
 * Hermann Max Pechstein, Upcoming Thunderstorm, 1919
 * Hermann Max Pechstein, Mother and Child (Artist's wife and son), 1920
 * Christian Rohlfs, God Creating the first Man, 1916
 * Christian Rohlfs, Hunted Man, 1918

Constructivism

 * Willi Baumeister, Plains (The Painter I), 1920
 * Rudolf Belling, Sculpture 23, 1923/1966
 * Karl Buchheister, Variation in Black and White, 1927
 * Alexander Calder, Silverwhite, um 1953
 * Otto Coenen, Still Life with Alarm Clock, 1931
 * Otto Coenen, Landscape with a white House, 1932
 * Sonia Delaunay, no title, 1916
 * Otto Freundlich, Composition in Gray, um 1935
 * Heinrich Hoerle, Rhenian Landscape, 1932
 * Heinrich Hoerle, Standing Female Nude, um 1935
 * Boris Kleint, Black and White Disk, 1938
 * Frank Kupka, Panneau décoratif, before 1924
 * Frank Kupka, Deux Gris I, 1928
 * Bart van der Leck, Arbres, 1922/23
 * Oskar Schlemmer, Abstract Figure (Grotesque), 1923/64
 * Oskar Schlemmer, Three Nudes, 1929
 * Franz Wilhelm Seiwert, Feierabend I, 1925
 * Nikolaj Michailowitsch Suetin, no title, around 1920
 * Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart, Composition Nr. 149, 1945

Dada

 * Marcel Duchamp, La Mariée mise à nu par ses Célibataires, même (Boîte verte), 1934
 * Marcel Duchamp, De ou par Marcel Duchamp ou Rrose Sélavy, 1966
 * Max Ernst, Arizona-Landscape, nach 1946
 * Wasily Kamensky, Mousetrap, 1915
 * Kurt Schwitters, The Whale, 1924

Informel

 * Peter Brüning, Composition 1/59, 1959
 * Karl Fred Dahmen, Samum, 1957
 * Karl Otto Goetz, Soel, 1964
 * Wilhelm Nay, Corroborée, 1954

Photography

 * Man Ray, Portrait of James Joyce, 1922/59
 * Man Ray, Kiki's Lips, 1929/59
 * Man Ray, Tears, 1933/59
 * Man Ray, Women with open Hair, 1931/59
 * Man Ray, Selfportrait with Camera 1931/59
 * Man Ray, Antique Head with Mirror, 1931/59

Op art

 * Yaacov Agam, Ambiance, 1955
 * Gerhard von Graevenitz, Moving Object, 1971
 * Adolf Luther, 10 x 10 Concave Mirrors, 1968
 * François Morellet, Wire Grating, 1959/60
 * Jesús Rafael Soto, Vibration-Object, 1963
 * Victor Vasarely, Alphard, 1957

Zero

 * Heinz Mack, Silver-Dynamo, 1965
 * Heinz Mack, White in White, 1959
 * Otto Piene, Whitewhitewhite (Ton I), 1959/60
 * Günther Uecker, Phantom I, 1963
 * Günther Uecker, Great Wind, 1966

Nouveau Réalisme

 * Arman, Les tampons buvards, 1961
 * Francois Dufrêne, Eye, 1960
 * Raymond Hains, Affiche lacérée sur tôle, 1961
 * Yves Klein, Monochrome bleu, 1959
 * Yves Klein, Monogold, 1960
 * Yves Klein, Victoire de Samothrace, 1962
 * Martial Raysse, Supermarket, 1961
 * Mimmo Rotella, Grande Comp, 1961
 * Daniel Spoerri, Tableau piège chez Tinguelay, 1960
 * Jean Tinguely, Hommage à Duchamp, 1960
 * Jacques de la Villeglé, no title (Vér), 1962

Pop Art

 * Richard Hamilton, Toaster, 1967
 * Roy Lichtenstein, Bread in Bag, 1961
 * George Segal, Man seated at table, 1960
 * Tom Wesselmann, Still Life # 27, 1963
 * Andy Warhol, Campell's Soup, 1962
 * Andy Warhol, Louis M., Nr. 10 of 13 Most Wanted Men, 1963

Minimal Art

 * Carl Andre, 8001 Mönchengladbach Square 8002 Mönchengladbach Square, 1968
 * Donald Judd, no title, 1973
 * Bruce Nauman, Forced Perspective, 1975
 * Sol LeWitt, Modular Piece, 1966

Further Departments
Library, classrooms for education, cafeteria (temporarily closed).

Buildings of the Museum

 * 1901‒1904 Rooms within the city hall of Mönchengladbach
 * 1904‒1925 Former Protestant school on the Fliescherberg (demolished)
 * 1926‒1944 Karl-Brandts-Haus on the Kaiserstraße (demolished in World War II)
 * 1924‒1934 and 1945‒1982 Oskar-Kühlen-Haus on the Bismarckstraße 97
 * since 1982 Städtisches Museum Abteiberg on the Abteistraße

On the collection of the museum

 * Sabine Kimpel-Fehlemann, Walter Kaesbach-Stiftung. 1922‒1937 ‒ Die Geschichte einer expressionistischen Sammlung in Mönchengladbach, Mönchengladbach 1979
 * Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach (ed.), Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach, Braunschweig 1982
 * Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach (ed.), Sammlung Etzold ‒ Ein Zeitdokument, Mönchengladbach 1986
 * Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach (ed.), Kunst der Gegenwart. 1900 bis 1960, Bestandskatalog, Mönchengladbach 1988
 * Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach (ed.), Kunst der ersten Jahrhunderthälfte. 1900 bis 1960, Bestandskatalog, Mönchengladbach 1990
 * Museumsverein Mönchengladbach, Jahresgaben des Museumsvereins. 1972‒1991, Bestandskatalog, Mönchengladbach 1992
 * Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach (ed.), Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach 2002
 * Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach (ed.), Skulpturengarten. Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach, Mönchengladbach 2003

About the architecture of the museum

 * Museumsverein Mönchengladbach (ed), 10 Jahre Museum Abteiberg ‒ 90 Jahre Museumsverein, Mönchengladbach 1992
 * Museumsverein Mönchengladbach (ed), 10 Jahre Museum Abteiberg ‒ 90 Jahre Museumsverein, Mönchengladbach 1992