August-Macke-Haus
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August-Macke-Haus is a museum in Bonn
, Germany
opened in 1991, dedicated to the expressionist
painter August Macke
. It is located in Macke's former home, where he lived from 1911 to 1914. The museum displays reconstructed interiors and in addition houses temporary exhibitions, usually focusing on Expressionism.
in 1914, Elisabeth Macke, her second husband and her children resided in the house until they moved to Berlin
in 1925. The house was rented out, but remained the family's property. Elisabeth Macke returned to Bonn in 1948 and lived the house until her death in 1975.
Bonn
Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
opened in 1991, dedicated to the expressionist
Expressionism
Expressionism was a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas...
painter August Macke
August Macke
August Macke was one of the leading members of the German Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter . He lived during a particularly innovative time for German art which saw the development of the main German Expressionist movements as well as the arrival of the successive avant-garde movements which...
. It is located in Macke's former home, where he lived from 1911 to 1914. The museum displays reconstructed interiors and in addition houses temporary exhibitions, usually focusing on Expressionism.
History
The house was built in 1877 and acquired by August Macke's father-in-law, Carl Heinrich Gerhardt, in 1884. After Gerhardt's death Macke urged his mother-in-law, who had inherited the house, to remodel the attic as a studio for him. In 1911, Macke, his wife, Elisabeth, and their son moved in. The artist completed more than 400 paintings while living in the house. After Macke's death in World War IWorld War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
in 1914, Elisabeth Macke, her second husband and her children resided in the house until they moved to Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
in 1925. The house was rented out, but remained the family's property. Elisabeth Macke returned to Bonn in 1948 and lived the house until her death in 1975.