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Search for Nazi-confiscated masterpieces among objects purchased by Moritzburg Art Museum in the period 1933–1949. Continuation of the review of the museum’s acquisitions in 1933–1949 (founding of the GDR) which may have been confiscated as a result of Nazi persecution

Project-ID
LA09-II2010
Permanent URL
https://www.proveana.de/en/link/pro10000139
Research area
  • Cultural goods confiscated as a result of Nazi persecution

Description

Moritzburg Art Museum in Halle an der Saale, founded in 1885 as the city’s museum for arts and crafts, houses six collections: paintings, prints, sculptures, handicrafts, coins/medals and photographs. Between May 2011 and October 2013, provenance research was undertaken for the museum in a research project funded by the Bureau for Provenance Research in Berlin. The research focused on the paintings and prints collections and concerned acquisitions that had been made from 1933 until 1945/1949. A set of silver items from the handicraft collection was also examined. In the review of the inventories, it was established that there were gaps in the records of the individual collections—many works inventoried after 1946 and marked “origin unknown” proved to be pre-1933 acquisitions during the research and were not examined any further in the course of subsequent work. Fortunately, however, it was possible for details of previous ownership to be added to information on the works and, in future investigations, these will provide new approaches to research into the history of individual collections and of the museum and also into collection strategies. In-depth research in Halle city archive, where most of the museum’s files are kept, and in Saxony-Anhalt State Archive in Magdeburg brought together information on all the acquisition processes from the investigation period. This research and the thorough examination of the reverse side of the artworks were the basis for the subsequent investigations into individual works in libraries and archives. Regarding the numerous works that needed further examination in the collections mentioned above, it was possible to fully clarify the origin without gaps in only a few cases because the documentation was at times very sparse. Although a trend could also be demonstrated for many works, this must be understood in accordance with certain conditions. It is therefore sensible to repeatedly review/revise the ongoing findings at regular intervals because the high number of similar research projects and scientific issues at other institutions in recent years means that numerous documents, perhaps on smaller private collections, have been or are being found. These enable the investigations into individual works in Halle to continue. Negotiations are currently underway regarding the restitution of a set of silverware.


(c) Kunstmuseum Moritzburg

Basic information

Project class
Systematic investigation of collection holdings
Holding description
Collection
Funding recipient
Kunstmuseum Moritzburg Halle
(Museum)
Contact person
Susanna Köller
susanna.koeller@sds-kunstmuseum-moritzburg.de
State
Sachsen-Anhalt
Project duration
01.05.2011 - 31.12.2013
Website
http://www.stiftung-moritzburg.de/sammlungen/sammlung-gerlinger/provenienzreche…
Ortsbezug
Place
Saxony-Anhalt
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Person/Corporate bodies

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    Schardt, Alois
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    Schiebel, Hermann
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    Scholz, Robert
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    Rothauser, Therese
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    Lobmeyr, Ludwig
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    Grosshennig, Wilhelm
  • Verweist auf
    Lemhény, Baron André Sigmond von
  • Verweist auf
    Rothauser, Katalin
  • Verweist auf
    Rothauser, Eduard
  • Verweist auf
    Rothauser, Ida
  • Verweist auf
    Kunstmuseum Moritzburg Halle (Archiv)
  • Verweist auf
    Kunstmuseum Moritzburg Halle
  • Verweist auf
    Albert Neubert
  • Verweist auf
    Galerie Henning
  • Verweist auf
    Kunstgewerbeschule Burg Giebichenstein
  • Verweist auf
    Kunstsalon Hermann Abels (Köln)
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    Kunstantiquariat Ackermann & Sauerwein
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    Antiquariat Agnes Straub
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    Galerie Commeter
  • Verweist auf
    Kunstsalon Franke
  • Verweist auf
    Kunstausstellung Gerstenberger
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    Hollstein & Puppel (Berlin)
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    Kunstausstellung Kühl (Dresden)
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    Ludwigs Galerie
  • Verweist auf
    Galerie Dr. W. A. Luz
  • Verweist auf
    Kunstantiquariat Hilmar Müller
  • Verweist auf
    Kunsthandlung Curt Naubert
  • Verweist auf
    C. G. Boerner, Auktions-Institut, Kunst- und Buchantiquariat
  • Verweist auf
    Galerie Cioffi
  • Verweist auf
    Galerie Franz
  • Verweist auf
    Kunsthandlung Curt Naubert
  • Verweist auf
    Galerie Schüler
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    Nationalgalerie Berlin
  • Verweist auf
    Dresdner Bank
  • Verweist auf
    C. J. Wawra (Wien)
  • Verweist auf
    Kunsthandlung Julius Böhler

Events

  • Verweist auf
    C. J. Wawra <Wien>: 243. Kunstauktion: Versteigerung der Ölgemälde, Aquarelle und Handzeichnungen aus dem Nachlasse des Herrn Ludwig Lobmeyr
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    Kunstwerke aus dem Besitz der Staatlichen Museen Berlin

Collections

  • Verweist auf
    Sammlung Lobmeyr
  • Verweist auf
    Sanmlung Baron André von Lemhény

Archival sources

  • Verweist auf
    Gutachten von Kustos Herbert Wolfgang Keiser

Literatur & digital content

  • Verweist auf
    Die Opernsängerin Therese Rothauser, 2000.
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    Das Schöpferische Museum, 2005.
  • Verweist auf
    Karin Volland (Hrsg.), Malerei des 19. Jahrhunderts, Dresden 1996
  • Verweist auf
    Rupert Feuchtmüller: Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller 1793 – 1865. Leben – Schriften – Werke, Wien 1996.
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