Exhibition venue: Kammerhofmuseum Bad Aussee
In two rooms of the Kammerhofmuseum in Bad Aussee, the
visiting exhibition of the Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz sheds light on the eventful
life of the passionate collector and Berlin art dealer Wolfgang Gurlitt (1888 – 1965) and his Jewish partner
Lilly Christansen-Agoston (1894 – 1950). Both
were involved in the trade of confi scated and “degenerate” art during the National Socialist
era.
Gurlitt’s family bought a villa on the Lenauhügel in Bad Aussee back in 1940. Following the bombing of his apartment and art gallery in Berlin in 1943, Gurlitt and his extended family adopted the Ausseerland as their new home where he also contributed to the vibrant cultural life in the immediate post-war period.
In 1946, the internationally well-connected exhibition
organiser was appointed director of the New Gallery of the City of Linz, today
the Lentos Kunstmuseum. With the Gurlitt collection stored in Bad Aussee, the
museum oversees a legacy that is as illustrious as it is problematic.
Over the course of his career, Gurlitt was involved in more
than one hundred exhibitions in Linz, Salzburg, Alpbach and Munich. He also
curated the 1949 festival week exhibition in Bad Aussee, in the course of which
the New Gallery of the City of Linz / Wolfgang Gurlitt Museum was introduced to
the Ausseerland with graphic works by Oskar Kokoschka, Egon Schiele, Alfred
Kubin and Gustav Klimt.
With this exhibition featuring around 60 originals from the former Gurlitt collection, Lentos is once again showcasing top-class works of art in the Salzkammergut.
Kammerhofmuseum Bad Aussee
An exhibition of the Lentos Art Museum Linz in cooperation
with the Kammerhofmuseum Bad Aussee and the European Capital of Culture Bad
Ischl Salzkammergut 2024. The works on loan are mainly from the Lentos. The
exhibition takes place at the Kammerhofmuseum Bad Aussee.
https://www.lentos.at/en/exhibitions/wolfgang-gurlitt-2
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