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Sprengel Museum is a museum of modern art in Hanover, Lower Saxony, holding one of the most significant collections of modern art in Germany. It is located in a building designed by Peter and Ursula Trint (of Cologne) and Dieter Quast (of Heidelberg), adjacent to the Maschsee. The museum opened in 1979, and the building was extended in 1992.

Sprengel Museum

Established	1979; 43 years ago (1979)
Location	Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Coordinates	52°21′48″N 9°44′23″E
Type	Art museum
Website	www.sprengel-museum.com

Bernhard Sprengel donated his extensive collection of modern art to the city of Hanover in 1969, as well as financially supporting the construction of the museum. The city of Hanover and the state of Lower Saxony agreed to jointly operate the museum. In addition to the works donated by Sprengel, the museum also houses 20th century artworks owned by Lower Saxony and Hanover.

Expansion

A further expansion, designed by Zurich-based architects Meili + Peter, was originally planned for 2010[1][2][3][4] but is now expected to begin around 2012.[5] The cuboid design of the new building was chosen from 65 entrants in an international architecture competition. The original plan would have created an extra 4,350 square metres (46,800 sq ft) of exhibition space, and was expected to cost around €25m, with €10m coming from Lower Saxony's EU funding, €5m directly from Lower Saxony, €5m from the city of Hanover, and €5m expected from donors. These estimates have since been reduced.[5] A major objective of the expansion is to allow extensive coverage of Niki de Saint Phalle and the Hanoverian artist Kurt Schwitters. The new building will also be used for one-off international exhibitions.

Works

Besides Schwitters and de Saint Phalle, the Sprengel Museums's key works include those of Max Ernst, Fernand Léger, Paul Klee, Pablo Picasso, Emil Nolde, and Max Beckmann from before 1945.

It also has a monument depicting the crimes of serial killer Fritz Haarmann.

In 1988, the museum inherited the estate of the artists and married couple Robert Michel and Ella Bergmann-Michel. The museum publishes a printed inventory of this estate,[6] of which two volumes have so far been published. Since 1993, the Sprengel Museum has contained the Kurt Schwitters Archive, of which the Merz Room is particularly notable. In 2000, Niki de Saint Phalle became an honorary citizen of Hanover and subsequently donated 300 of her works to the museum.[7]

Restitution of Nazi-looted art

in June 2000, the Sprengel Museum in Hanover voted to return the Lovis Corinth’s painting, “Walchensee, Johannisnacht” (“The Walchensee on St John’s eve”) to the heirs of Dr Gustav Kirstein and his wife Therese Clara Stein, who were persecuted by Nazis because of their Jewish heritage.[8][9]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sprengel Museum Hannover.

• Official website
• Kurt and Ernst Schwitters Foundation

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[de] Sprengel Museum Hannover

Das Sprengel Museum Hannover in Hannover ist ein Museum für moderne Kunst und zählt mit Schwerpunkten wie dem deutschen Expressionismus und der französischen Moderne zu den bedeutendsten Museen der Kunst des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts. Das Museum liegt in unmittelbarer Nähe zum Nordufer des Maschsees.

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- [en] Sprengel Museum

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[fr] Sprengel Museum Hannover

Le Sprengel Museum Hannover, situé à Hanovre, est l'un des plus importants musées allemands d'art moderne. Il a été fondé en 1979 à partir de la collection de Bernhard Sprengel (en) (1899-1985), qui s'attachait plus particulièrement aux expressionnistes allemands et aux peintres modernes français.

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[it] Sprengel Museum

Lo Sprengel Museum è un museo di arte moderna situato ad Hannover, in Germania.

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[ru] Музей Шпренгеля

Музей Шпренгеля (нем. Sprengelmuseum) — художественный музей искусства XX века в Ганновере.

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