"Degenerate art", the Berlin sculpture find from 2010 - exhibition in the new Pinakothek in Munich

In January 2010, 16 sculptures excavated in Berlin in front of the Red City Hall. These were identified as the confiscation of the National Socialist campaign "degenerate art" .

The first find was the Egyptian bronze portrait of actress Anni Mewes (1896-1980) by Edwin Scharff (1887-1955) that was lost since 1939.

This bronze portrait from the Bavarian State Painting Collection was confiscated in 1937 and brought to the Ministry of Propaganda in Berlin.

The new Pinakothek shows the Berlin sculpture find 75 years after the exhibition "degenerate art" and on this occasion documents the losses of the state paintings through the confiscation.

The masterpieces in the Pinakothek der Moderne now include paintings by Beckmann, Kirchner and Schmidt-Rottluff from the so-called origin museums in Leipzig, Stettin, Berlin, Halle and Königsberg.

Guided tours take place on the following dates:

• Wednesday: 07.11, November 21, 05.12 (6.30 p.m.)
• Monday: 17.12 (3 p.m.)

Two lecture evenings also accompany the exhibition "degenerate art":

26.11.2012:

• Matthias Wemhoff (Berlin) talks about
  "degenerate art in the bomb debris. Discovery and interpretation of the Berlin sculpture find".
• Christoph Supplement (Koblenz-Landau) describes "The Nazi campaign-art and its effects on Munich"

03.12.2012:

• Helga Gutbrod (Neu-Ulm) talks about
  "The freshness of the original idea: Edwin Scharff's portrait of the Anni Mewes"
• Tessa Rosebrock (Karlsruhe) introduces
  "Emy Roeder: pregnant woman, 1918 - femininity Expressionist"
• Isgard Kracht (Cologne) speaks about
  "Fragment of a utopia - Otto friendly, head, 1925".

Lectures on the exhibition:

Monday: 11/26/12, 03.12.2012 (6.30 p.m.), Hall 22

The booking service can be reached as follows:

bookung@pinakothek.de
Tel.-no. 089/23805-284

And here is still the homepage of the Pinakotheken: www.pinakothek.de