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  • Eugen-und-Agnes-von-Waldthausen-Platzhoff-Museums-Stiftung

  • The foundation was established in 1934 by entrepreneur and merchant Eugen von Waldthausen (1855–1941) in memory of his wife Agnes, nee Platzhoff (1861–1927). Eugen von Waldthausen defined the purpose of the foundation to be to contribute »to the intellectual development of the citizens of the City of Essen« by stimulating and encouraging »their feel for art and interest in things beautiful«. The statutes thus expressed the patron’s direct wish to combine art and education and was something he shared with those who founded the museum.

    From the 18th century onwards, there was a long-standing tradition in Essen of local families who during the days of the Second Reich had been granted hereditary peerages and went on to make generous donations and bequeathals to social, medical and cultural institutions. Eugen and Agnes von Waldthausen had already repeatedly publicly supported the museum in their hometown before Eugen von Waldthausen then decided to institutionalize this commitment by establishing a foundation on behalf of Museum Folkwang. Since 2012 the family tomb in the Bredeney cemetery is a City of Essen cenotaph.

    Thanks to the support of the Eugen-und-Agnes-von-Waldthausen-Platzhoff-Museums-Stiftung Museum Folkwang is repeatedly able to acquire new works for its collections. In the 1950s and 1960s, the focus was initially on renewing and advancing the collection of paintings, sculptures and prints that Karl Ernst Osthaus had established. During this period, the museum succeeded, for example, in acquiring works by Pablo Picasso (›Femme au corsage bleu‹), Franz Marc (›Lying Bull‹), Max Beckmann (›Promenade des Anglais in Nice‹), and Piet Mondrian (›Composition X‹).
    The countless new acquisitions for the Photographic Collection made since the 1990s with the help of the Foundatin include, amongst others, larger portfolios and groups of works by photographers of the likes of László Moholy-Nagy, Ellen Auerbach, Grete Stern, Peter Keetman and most recently pieces by Lynne Cohen and Thomas Struth. Museum Folkwang likewise has the support of the Eugen-und-Agnes-von-Waldthausen-Platzhoff-Museums-Stiftung to thank for the extensive collection of Martin Kippenberger posters.
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Works
Aundi I
Jeune fille debout
Aundi II
Aundi III
Les Maisons sous les arbres
Fischerkähne auf dem Haff
Kurische Nehrung
Das letzte Fuder
Ohne Titel, Berlin
Ohne Titel, Dessau
Ohne Titel, Dessau
Ohne Titel, Dessau
The Monument of Alexander III in Leningrad
Homage to the Square, White Island
Selbstbildnis
Ohne Titel
Kläre Eckstein
Kläre Eckstein im Polka-Kleid
Kläre Eckstein mit Hut
Kläre Eckstein
Kläre Eckstein mit Lippenstift
Kläre Eckstein stehend
Selbstportrait im Spiegel
Das Korsett
Profil Goggi
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