Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz - Museum Gunzenhauser
The Gunzenhauser Museum is the most recent addition to the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz. It houses the collection of the Munich gallery owner Dr Alfred Gunzenhauser with more than 3,000 works by 270 artists with a focus on art from the turn of the century around 1900, Expressionism, New Objectivity and 20th century abstraction. It is owned by the Gunzenhauser Foundation. The collection is presented in a former savings bank building in the New Objectivity style, built in 1928-1930 by Fred Otto and remodelled by Staab Architekten in 2007 for its new use as a museum.
With 380 works by Otto Dix, the Gunzenhauser Museum has one of the world's largest collections of the painter's work. The museum also has one of the largest collections of works by the expressionist Alexej von Jawlensky. Large collections also include works by Willi Baumeister, Gabriele Münter, Conrad Felixmüller, Serge Poliakoff, Uwe Lausen and Johannes Grützke.
Highlights 2025/2026
Special exhibitions
- "European Realities - Realism movements of the 1920s and 1930s in Europe"
27 April 2025 until 10 August 2025 - "WIN/WIN - The art acquisitions of the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony 2025"
31 August 2025 to 26 October 2025 - "Best of - Part Il: Visitors choice"
20 September 2025 to 18 January 2026