{"id":341,"date":"2019-07-11T12:37:41","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T10:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.broehan-museum.de\/en\/?page_id=341"},"modified":"2025-12-18T11:22:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T10:22:38","slug":"collection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.broehan-museum.de\/en\/the-museum\/collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The collection at Br\u00f6han Museum includes applied arts and fine art from the end of the 19th century until the start of the Second World War. It is divided into three areas: of international significance is the collection of art nouveau, providing a truly representative overview of the art of this period. In the collection area of art deco and functionalism, the museum has outstanding examples of modern design from the 1920s and 1930s, from exquisite individual pieces to items that went into serial production. An extensive collection of paintings and prints from the Berlin Secession completes the museum\u2019s holdings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Loan suspension<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Br\u00f6han Museum is preparing for a complete renovation, which will begin in spring 2027. The preliminary work involved in packing and storing the collection is currently taking up a great deal of time and keeping the department’s staff busier than usual. We regret that we will therefore be unable to process any loan requests for external special exhibitions from January 2026 until further notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alfons Mucha, Poster \u201eJOB\u201d, 1898 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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ART NOUVEAU<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The art nouveau collection is the heart of Br\u00f6han Museum. It shows the various national incarnations of this movement, for example, the English arts and crafts movement, French art nouveau, German and Scandinavian Jugendstil, and the Viennese Secession. The museum owns outstanding works by Hector Guimard, Eug\u00e8ne Gaillard, and Louis Majorelle, and significant ensembles of work by Henry van de Velde, Peter Behrens, and Alfred Grenander. The porcelain collection is especially rich, featuring works from the most important German, French, and Scandinavian manufacturers, including K\u00f6nigliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin, Meissen, Royal Copenhagen, Manufacture Nationale de Porcelaine de S\u00e8vres and the porcelain makers R\u00f6rstrand and Bing & Gr\u00f8ndahl. The glass art of art nouveau is represented by works by Emile Gall\u00e9, Daum Fr\u00e8res et Cie. and Johann Loetz Wwe.
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Alfred Grenander, Furniture ensemble for the world exhibition St. Louis 1904, Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Walter Crane, Book \u201eA floral fantasy in an old english garden\u201d, 1899 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Agathon L\u00e9onard, Figures from the centerpiece \u201eLe jeu de l’echarpe\u201c, 1899 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hermann Keimel, Poster \u201eArche Noah K\u00fcnstlerfest\u201c, 1913 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hector Guimard, Buffet, 1899\/1900 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Maurice Biais, Poster \u201eLa Maison Moderne\u201c, um 1900 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Poster \u201eEmpress of Britain\u201c, Atelier Clement Dane, Baynard Press, London, 1932 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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ART DECO \/ FUNCTIONALISM<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Br\u00f6han Museum possesses first-class holdings of French art deco furnishings, including several designs by Jacques Emile Ruhlmann, but also significant works from the designers Dominique and S\u00fce et Mare. In the realm of metalworking, the collection includes iron pieces by Edgar Brandt and silver by Jean Puiforcat and T\u00e9tard Fr\u00e8res. German art deco is featured with ceramics from Hael-Werkst\u00e4ten and metal work from the Reiman-Schule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Functionalist approaches to design can be found early on around \nDeutscher Werkbund, represented by works by leading members like Richard\n Riemerschmid, Bruno Paul, Hermann Gretsch, and Wilhelm Wagenfeld. A \nrare piece of furniture by Gerrit Rietveld brings the collection towards\n the constructivist design of the De Stijl group.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Vase, W\u00fcrttembergische Metallwarenfabrik (WMF), Geislingen, c. 1930, brass, chromed  <\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Paul Speck, Cigarette box,  1925, ceramic <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gerhard von Ruckteschell, Desk, 1928, oak <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Franz Hagenauer, Golfer, 1930\/35, brass <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Karl Heubler, Coffee and tea service, Reimann-School, Berlin, before 1933, silver, wood lacquered <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Poster \u201eOesterreichische Investitionsanleihe\u201c, 1937, Christoph Reisser & S\u00f6hne, Wien, c. 1937 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Centerpiece, La Maison Desny, Paris, c. 1930, metal, silvered <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gerhard von Ruckteschell, Chair, 1928, oak <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hans Baluschek, Tingeltangel, 1900 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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BERLIN SECESSION<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The art collection at Br\u00f6han Museum includes paintings and prints from the Berlin Secession, in particular works by the artists Hans Baluschek, Karl Hagemeister, Walter Leistikow, and Willy Jaeckel, of whose work the museum holds large collections. Beside these four painters, other Berlin Secessionists are also included in the collection, for example, Franz Skarbina, Julie Wolfthorn and Martin Brandenburg. The collection reflects the range of development from impressionism and symbolism to expressionism represented by artists such as Wilhelm Kohlhoff and Bruno Krauskopf.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Willy Jaecke, Im Romanischen Caf\u00e9, 1912 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Walter Leistikow, Schlachtensee, n.y. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Walter Leistikow, Der Hafen, c. 1895 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Karl Hagemeister, Sonnenaufgang \u00fcber dem Schwielowsee, c. 1899 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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