Along with Paula Modersohn-Becker, the painter Gabriele Münter is regarded today as the most important representative of Expressionism in Germany. She was a member of the Neue Künstlervereinigung München and co-founder of the artists' group Der Blaue Reiter. For many decades, Münter was primarily recognised as the companion of Wassily Kandinsky. One of her greatest achievements was to donate more than 90 paintings, works on paper, sketchbooks and other works by Kandinsky to the Lenbachhaus in Munich, in addition to her own works. Her own work was rarely acquired by museums, which is why many of her works remain in private hands.
This includes the small oil painting The Entrance, which has been on permanent loan to the museum since 2011. It shows a view of an entrance with an open door leading into an indeterminate space in the right-hand third of the painting. In front of the entrance, against the blue (house) wall, are several pots of flowering plants. The composition shows a highly cropped motif, worked out with a flat application of paint and visible brushstrokes, giving the work a sketchy character.
In the 'Times and Spaces' exhibition on the second floor, you can also see one of the artist's major works, 'Landscape with Hoarfrost' from 1911. It is exhibited alongside other works by members of the Blue Rider group.
- Material & Technik
- Öl auf Karton
- Museum
- Von der Heydt Museum
- Datierung
- um 1908/09
- Inventarnummer
- D 0028