Art in Chemnitz
The four museums of the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz
The Chemnitz Art Collections consist of a total of four different museums. The König-Albert-Museum on Theaterplatz was opened in 1909 and houses over 60,000 exhibits.The museum houses the second largest collection of works by Schmidt-Rottluff, co-founder of the expressionist artists' association "Brücke", who is now one of the most important representatives of this era internationally.
The Gunzenhauser Museum is the most recent addition to the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz. It was opened on 1 December 2007 by the then Federal President Horst Köhler and houses the art collection of the Munich gallery owner Dr Alfred Gunzenhauser (1926-2015).
The Schlossbergmuseum is Chemnitz's museum for the city's history. It is not only located in the oldest buildings in the city, but also has a long and eventful history of its own.
The villa designed by the Belgian artist Henry van de Velde for the entrepreneur Herbert Eugen Esche is an architectural monument of European standing. The Henry van de Velde Museum displays exhibits from the extensive holdings of the Chemnitz art collections.
New Saxon Gallery
The Neue Sächsische Galerie art collection contains over 12,000 works of Saxon art since 1945.
The collection includes both fine and applied art: Painting, graphic art, sculpture, objects, photographs, posters, ceramics, porcelain, glass...
The museum also includes outstanding works of industrial design, such as radios, cameras and furniture, in particular an extensive collection of chairs from Saxon production.
Contact:
New Saxon Gallery
New Chemnitz Art Museum e. V.
TIETZ
Moritzstraße 20
09111 Chemnitz
Tel. 0371 3676680
Fax 0371 3676688
Send e-mail to
www.neue-saechsische-galerie.de
