Bucerius Kunst ForumAltstadt
Von Monet bis Picasso. Jüdische Kunstsammler:innen in Deutschland
Reconstructs 15 art collections assembled by German Jews before 1945, with about 100 modernist works, documents and letters.
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In the room for the Berlin collector Margarete Oppenheim, a Van Gogh of a girl with tousled hair hangs next to empty picture frames. The frames stand for the works still missing: more than 1,200 pieces from her 1936 auctions remain unaccounted for.
The show rebuilds 15 collections put together by German Jews before 1945, with about 100 paintings, prints and sculptures from Realism to New Objectivity, lent from Zurich, London, Yokohama and Frankfurt. You walk through 15 rooms, one per collector, with walls in soft greens meant to feel like the private homes the pictures once hung in. Letters, photos and documents follow how each collection was broken up by expropriation, forced sales and flight. The reunion is temporary, and none of the works has changed hands.
Come for the collectors' stories as much as the Monets and Munchs. Tickets are €12 (€6 reduced) with timed slots online, the free BKF Guide runs on your own phone, and Thursdays stay open until 21:00.
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About 100 modernist works, documents and letters reconstruct 15 art collections built by German Jews before 1945. Monet and Picasso are the names on the poster; the paper trail of what became of each collection is the real subject.
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The empty frames in the Oppenheim room
Look for the bare frames beside Van Gogh's girl with tousled hair: each marks a work from Margarete Oppenheim's collection that has never been found.
Pechstein's reclining self-portrait
Max Pechstein painted himself lying down in 1909; the picture, once owned by Martha and Walter Blank of Cologne, was pulled from a 2023 auction after public protest.
Liebermann's washing line
Laundry hangs between trees in Max Liebermann's painting from Margarete Mauthner's collection, lent from South Africa: her works are back in Germany for the first time in 80 years.
Rosa Schapire by Schmidt-Rottluff
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff's 1919 portrait of the art historian and collector Rosa Schapire, lent by Tate, hangs in the room for her own collection.
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The free BKF Guide on your phone is made for adults and children. There are family events too, such as a torch-lit children's tour on 14 November and a family tour on 6 December.
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- Carrie YamaokaCourtesy of Hamburger Kunsthalle
- David NovrosCourtesy of Hamburger Kunsthalle
- ImpressionismusCourtesy of Hamburger Kunsthalle
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