Between Munich and the Bavarian Alps – Museum Scenery Expressionism 4 Partner Hotels 5 1 Buchheim Museum der Phantasie 6 in Bernried on Lake Starnberg Hotels in the Starnberg MUSEUM SCENERY Five Lake Region 10 EXPRESSIONISM More to Explore 11, 20 2 Museum Penzberg – Campendonk Collection 7 Town in the Land of The Blue Rider Hotels in the Pfaffenwinkel 12 More to Explore 21 Münsing 3 Franz Marc Museum 8 A95 20th Century Art Hotels in Kochel a. See 14 More to Explore 22 BUCHHEIM 4 Schloßmuseum Murnau 9 MUSEUM 2 The Blue Rider, Gabriele Münter, BERNRIED Ödön von Horváth Hotels in Murnau 16 FRANZ MARC More to Explore 23 MUSEUM 5 Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus 19 KOCHEL A. SEE 6 Pinakothek der Moderne Munich 19 SCHLOSS Hotels in Munich 19 More to Explore MUSEUM Front cover: Erich Heckel MURNAU Museum Scenery Expressionism Sleeping Pechstein Voucher 24 1910 oil on canvas MUSEUM Imprint 24 Buchheim Museum PENZBERG CAMPENDONK 3 Between Munich and the Bavarian Alps – Museum Scenery Expressionism USEENKARTE M EXPRESSIONISMUS Art and nature combine uniquely in the area between Munich and the Bavarian Alps to provide an intense experience. A concentrated and representative overview of German Expressionism can be enjoyed Details on the Museum Scenery here in numerous museums. Expressionism Voucher can be found The art of The Blue Rider (Der Blaue Reiter) originated in the foothills on the back cover of the brochure. of the Bavarian Alps between Munich, Murnau and Kochel a. See and The voucher is valid indefinitely. heralded a new art age worldwide. In the land of the lakes, Lake Starn- Partner Hotels berg, Kochelsee, Staffelsee and Osterseen, no less than four museums are dedicated to Expressionist currents in art. The partner prices quoted include the following services: The Bernried museum centres on works of the artists’ association, Two overnight stays for two people in a double room with the Bridge, (Brücke, 1905-1913), founded in Dresden, and Kochel a. See, breakfast in a hotel of your choice in Starnberg, Bernried, Münsing, Murnau and Penzberg on those of The Blue Rider artists who were Feldafing, Iffeldorf, Kochel a. See, Murnau or Penzberg. active in this area. Landscape, nature, art and culture come together The Museum Scenery Expressionism Voucher entitles you singularly in a lake district of scenic beauty where artists like Wassily to reduced rates at the Buchheim Museum, Franz Marc Museum, Kandinsky, Franz Marc, Gabriele Münter, Alexej von Jawlensky and the Schloßmuseum Murnau and Museum Penzberg – Campendonk young Heinrich Campendonk discovered a new means of pictorial Collection. The museums are closed on Mondays. expression, developing with particular intensity the vivid and powerful images of Expressionism in all its facets. ™ Optional free extras and special features of the hotel The Pinakothek der Moderne and the Städtische Galerie im Lenbach- Services on additional payment haus, both in Munich, are also a must-see on the map of Expressionism. The interaction between landscape and art becomes apparent during The partner prices are valid all year, as a rule, except for the period a museums and lakes tour to Bernried on Lake Starnberg, Penzberg near of the Oktoberfest. Please do, however, enquire about the currently valid Osterseen, Kochel a. See and Murnau on Staffelsee. There the Buchheim room rate in your chosen hotel! You can book directly at the hotel. Museum, Museum Penzberg – Campendok Collection, Franz Marc The tourist offices mentioned will be glad to advise you. Museum and Schloßmuseum Murnau can be visited with the MuSeen- Karte Expressionismus, (Museum Scenery Expressionism Voucher). The Werdenfelsbahn train service takes you from Munich to the Thereafter, you can take in the landscape of the lakes, go on excursions museums of the Museum Scenery Expressionism every hour. Timetables, and enjoy the cordial atmosphere of our partner hotels. information and tickets available on: www.bahn.de/werdenfelsbahn (website only available in German) 4 5 Buchheim Museum der Phantasie Penzberg Museum – Campendonk Collection BERNRIED ON LAKE STARNBERG PENZBERG NEAR OSTERSEEN Am Hirschgarten 1, D – 82347 Bernried Am Museum 1, D – 82377 Penzberg www.buchheimmuseum.de T +49 (0)8856 813-481 (administration) T +49 (0)8158 9970-0 www.museum-penzberg.de Opening hours Opening hours April-October: Wed-Sun and bank holidays 10.00-18.00 Tue-Sun and bank holidays 10.00-18.00 First Thu in month 18.00-21.00 November-March: Groups also on Mon and Thu Tue-Sun and bank holidays 10.00-17.00 Closed 24 and 31 December Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Heinrich Campendonk Village Path, 1910 The Castle of the Holy Grail, around 1923 oil on canvas reverse glass painting, Museum Penzberg – Buchheim Museum Campendonk Collection Comprehensive groups of works USA, Japan and Israel.Erich Heckel’s The area south of Munich with its artistic creativity which went including paintings, watercolours, painting, “Sleeping Pechstein”, singular landscape has long been through many phases of develop- drawings and graphic prints of of 1910, (front cover), is one of the a place where many artists live or ment extending into the nineteen- the painters of the Bridge artists’ highlights of the Bridge collection go on retreat, with the Blue Rider fifties. association, (1905-1913), Ernst and is considered to be the cradle and ZEN 49 groups being its most Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel, Karl of German Expressionism. famous representatives. Works from all periods and in Schmidt-Rottluff, Otto Mueller, Max The architect Günter Behnisch a variety of techniques illustrate Pechstein and Emil Nolde, as well designed the museum building with At the beginning of June 2016, both the quality and artistic range as Lovis Corinth and Max Beck- its around 4,000 square metres the renovated museum with its of Campendonk, who especially in mann form the nucleus of the col- of exhibition area. It is situated new extension featuring more his reverse glass paintings created lection and are variously exhibited. directly on the lake in an extensive exhibition space will be host to a works of art of singular beauty, The painter, publisher, author of park and combines art, nature and significantly more comprehensive mastery and fascination. The Penz- art books and novels, (“The Boat”), architecture in an unique synthesis. collection. The Penzberg Museum berg Museum as a research insti- Lothar-Günther Buchheim, (1918- Special exhibitions present un- now houses the world’s largest tute publishes papers on the 2007), put this world-class col- known treasures, individually or collection of works by Heinrich artist’s œuvre and will be issuing lection together which documents grouped thematically, from the Campendonk (1889-1957). In 1911 a special catalogue of his reverse the development of German museum’s inventory, especially in at the age of 21, Campendonk glass works in autumn 2016. Expressionism from its beginnings the field of classical modernity, or came to Upper Bavaria from the till the period after the First World delve deeper into various aspects Rhineland at the invitation of Marc A further emphasis of the collec- War. He did not, however, concen- of the extensive collection. and Kandinsky and became the tion is on the work of Gerhard trate exclusively on the Expression- Presentations including concerts youngest member of the Blue Fietz who together with Rupp- ists but also traced their sources of classical music and music from Rider group of artists. Searching recht Geiger, Fritz Winter and of inspiration – the art of Africa around the world take place in the for his own motifs, he was fasci- Willi Baumeister was a member and the South Seas – as well as exhibition rooms, intensifying the nated by the coal-mining town of of the ZEN 49 group of artists. expressive tendencies in folk and dialogue between painting, music, Penzberg with its particular hous- This body stood for modern ab- ethnographic art. The collection literature and the theatre. ing colony and colliery structures. stract art in Germany from 1949 gained worldwide recognition in See our homepage for current The pictures in his Blue Rider onwards and its works became the nineteen-eighties during an activities like workshops for young period were for him but the be- part of the international art scene. exhibition tour through Europe, the people and projects for schools. ginning of his own, highly individual 6 7 Franz Marc Museum – Art in the 20th Century Schloßmuseum Murnau KOCHELSEE AND WALCHENSEE MURNAU ON STAFFELSEE Franz-Marc-Park 8-10 Schloßhof 2-5 D – 82431 Kochel a. See D – 82418 Murnau am Staffelsee www.franz-marc-museum.de T +49 (0)8841 476-207 (ticket desk), T +49 (0)8851 92488-0 -201 (administration) www.schlossmuseum-murnau.de Opening hours [email protected] April-October: Tue-Sun and bank holidays, 10.00-18.00 Opening hours November-March: All year: Tue-Sun and bank holidays, 10.00-17.00 Tue-Sun and bank holidays, 10.00-17.00 Franz Marc Closed 24 and 31 December In addition: July-September, Sat, Sun -18.00 Gabriele Münter Stooks in the Snow, 1911 Barrier free access and facilities 1 - 23 and 25 December, 1 January: Murnau, 1909 oil on canvas only 13.00-17.00 oil on board Franz Marc Foundation collection Closed 24 and 31 December privately owned, Munich/PSM Private Barrier free access and facilities Foundation, Schloßmuseum Murnau The Franz Marc Museum was more than 700 square metres Murnau and its surroundings were had on these artists. They illustrate founded in Kochel a. See in 1986 as in dialogue with those of his con- an area that the artists of The Blue the eminent role Murnau played a monument to the life and work temporaries and painter-friends. Rider genuinely felt at home in. in the development of The Blue of its renowned name giver.