Thannhauser Galleries
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The Thannhauser Galleries originated in Munich, in autumn 1909, when Heinrich Thannhauser (1859-1934) decided to quit his former partner Franz Josef Brakl and installed his Modern Gallery (Moderne Galerie) at the Arco-Palais, Theatinerstrasse 7.
After the end of World War I Heinrich Thannhauser's son Justin established a branch in Lucerne
/Luzern, Switzerland, which was entrusted to his cousin Siegfried Rosengart, when Justin in 1921 was called back to Munich to assist his suffering father. In 1927, Justin successfully expanded business to Berlin and established a third branch of the Galleries.
Heinrich Thannhauser died in 1934 on his way to Switzerland. Since then Rosengart worked on his own, while Justin decided in 1936 to move his business to Paris, and in 1940 finally, via Spain and Portugal emigrated to New York.
, Thannhauser housed the initial exhibitions of the "Neue Künstlervereinigung München
" and "Der Blaue Reiter
".
After the end of World War I Heinrich Thannhauser's son Justin established a branch in Lucerne
Lucerne
Lucerne is a city in north-central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of that country. Lucerne is the capital of the Canton of Lucerne and the capital of the district of the same name. With a population of about 76,200 people, Lucerne is the most populous city in Central Switzerland, and...
/Luzern, Switzerland, which was entrusted to his cousin Siegfried Rosengart, when Justin in 1921 was called back to Munich to assist his suffering father. In 1927, Justin successfully expanded business to Berlin and established a third branch of the Galleries.
Heinrich Thannhauser died in 1934 on his way to Switzerland. Since then Rosengart worked on his own, while Justin decided in 1936 to move his business to Paris, and in 1940 finally, via Spain and Portugal emigrated to New York.
Exhibitions
Encouraged by Hugo von TschudiHugo von Tschudi
Hugo von Tschudi was an art historian and museum curator, notable for being a collector of important Impressionist works. Tschudi was born in Austria and became a naturalised Swiss citizen....
, Thannhauser housed the initial exhibitions of the "Neue Künstlervereinigung München
Neue Künstlervereinigung München
The Neue Künstlervereinigung München e.V , formed in 1909 in Munich around Wassily Kandinsky, and prefigured Der Blaue Reiter, the first modernist secession which is regarded as a forerunner and pathfinder for Modern art in 20th century Germany.-Historical background:The founding members were:...
" and "Der Blaue Reiter
Der Blaue Reiter
Der Blaue Reiter was a group of artists from the Neue Künstlervereinigung München in Munich, Germany. The group was founded by a number of Russian emigrants, including Wassily Kandinsky, Alexej von Jawlensky, Marianne von Werefkin, and native German artists, such as Franz Marc, August Macke and...
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Moderne Kunsthandlung Brakl & Thannhauser
- 1908: Vincent van GoghVincent van GoghVincent Willem van Gogh , and used Brabant dialect in his writing; it is therefore likely that he himself pronounced his name with a Brabant accent: , with a voiced V and palatalized G and gh. In France, where much of his work was produced, it is...
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Moderne Galerie Heinrich Thannhauser, München
- 1909: Impressionisten
- January 1910: Cuno AmietCuno AmietCuno Amiet was a Swiss painter, illustrator, graphic artist and sculptor. As the first Swiss painter to give precedence to colour in composition, he was a pioneer of modern art in Switzerland.-Biography:...
& Giovanni GiacomettiGiovanni GiacomettiGiovanni Giacometti was a Swiss painter. He was the father of the artists Alberto and Diego Giacometti and the architect Bruno Giacometti.- External links :*... - Spring 1910: Félix VallottonFélix VallottonFélix Edouard Vallotton was a Swiss painter and printmaker associated with Les Nabis. He was an important figure in the development of the modern woodcut.-Life and work:...
- April 1910: Edouard ManetÉdouard ManetÉdouard Manet was a French painter. One of the first 19th-century artists to approach modern-life subjects, he was a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism....
(aus der Sammlung Pellerin) - Summer 1910: (Heymel Collection)
- August 1910: Paul GauguinPaul GauguinEugène Henri Paul Gauguin was a leading French Post-Impressionist artist. He was an important figure in the Symbolist movement as a painter, sculptor, print-maker, ceramist, and writer...
- mid-July - August 15, 1911: Carl SchuchCarl SchuchCarl Eduard Schuch was an Austrian painter, born in Vienna, who spent most of his lifetime outside Austria, in Germany, Italy and France...
- Oct. 1911: (Theodor Alt)
- February 13 - March 10, 1912: Kollektiv-Ausstellung Edvard MunchEdvard MunchEdvard Munch was a Norwegian Symbolist painter, printmaker and an important forerunner of expressionist art. His best-known composition, The Scream, is part of a series The Frieze of Life, in which Munch explored the themes of love, fear, death, melancholia, and anxiety.- Childhood :Edvard Munch...
War time selections from the stock of the gallery
- Moderne Galerie Heinrich Thannhauser (folder, without date) (pre-1916)
- Katalog der Modernen Galerie Heinrich Thannhauser, introduction by Wilhelm Hausenstein and 174 reproductions, Munich 1916
- Nachtragswerk I mit 76 Abbildungen zur grossen Katalogausgabe 1916, Moderne Galerie Heinrich Thannhauser, Munich, September 1916
- Nachtragswerk II mit 105 Abbildungen zur grossen Katalogausgabe 1916, Moderne Galerie Heinrich Thannhauser, Munich, Juli 1917
- Nachtragswerk III mit 115 ganzseitigen Abbildungen zur grossen Katalogausgabe 1916, Moderne Galerie Heinrich Thannhauser, Munich, 1918
Galerien Thannhauser, Berlin - Luzern - München
- Eröffnungs-Ausstellung unseres neuen Berliner Hauses, Bellevuestr. 13, illustrated catalogue, dated June 1927
Resources
- von Lüttichau, Mario Andreas: Die Moderne Galerie Heinrich Thannhauser in München, in: Junge, Henrike (Ed.), Avantgarde und Publikum: Zur Rezeption avantgardistischer Kunst in Deutschland 1905-1933, Böhlau, Köln, Weimar & Wien 1992, pp. 299-306