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Thannhauser Collection

The Thannhauser Collection was founded by Justin K. Thannhauser, the son of art dealer Heinrich Thannhauser, founded the Moderne Galerie in Munich in 1909.

Thannhauser worked with his father in the booming gallery and helped to build impressive and versatile exhibits such as French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, the Italian Futurists, and the contemporary German artists. The Moderne Galerie presented the premier exhibitions of the New Artists’ Association of Munich (1901) and The Blue Rider (1911), both are Vasily Kandinsky.

The Moderne Galerie also featured the first major Pablo Picasso retrospective in 1913 thus, beginning the close relationship between Justin K. Thannhauser and Picasso that lasted until the artist’s death in 1973.

Thannhauser was really an ambitious businessman. He opened a second gallery during 1919 in Lucerne with his cousin, Siegfried Rosengart (1894–1985). The highly successful galleries of Thannhauser branches Munich and Lucerne and later in Berlin with a major special exhibition to this thriving art center.

The Thannhauser’s commitment to promoting artistic progress paralleled the vision of Solomon R. Guggenheim (1861–1949). In appreciation of this shared spirit and in the memory of his first wife and two sons, Thannhauser gave a significant portion of his art collection, including over 30 works by Picasso, to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in 1963. From 1965 until Thannhauser’s death in 1976 as his collection formally entered the Guggenheim’s holdings, the Thannhauser Collection was on long-term loan to the museum. A bequest of 10 additional works received after Hilde Thannhauser’s death in 1991 enhanced the legacy of this family of important art dealers.

This presentation was organized by Tracey Bashkoff.

To know more about the ongoing collection of Guggenheim Museum, just visit their official site.

MoMA Collection

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, USA, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. This art house was identified as the most influential museum of the modern art in the world. It is very important in developing and collecting modern and innovative form of art.

The collection offers an unequaled overview of modern and contemporary arts including works of architecture and design, drawings, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated books and artist’s books, film, and electronic media.

The archives contain primary source material related to the history of modern and contemporary art. It also houses an award-winning fine dining restaurant, The Modern, run by Alsace-born chef Gabriel Kreuther.