Liebieghaus
The Liebieghaus is a late 19th-century villa in Frankfurt, Germany. It contains a sculpture museum, the Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, which is part of the Museumsufer on the Sachsenhausen bank of the River Main. The collection comprises some 3,000 sculptures, spanning over 5,000 years of culture.
Also recorded as Sculpture Collection at the Liebieghaus
Liebieghaus
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- 1909.
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- Germany.
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The Liebieghaus is a late 19th-century villa in Frankfurt, Germany. It contains a sculpture museum, the Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, which is part of the Museumsufer on the Sachsenhausen bank of the River Main. The collection comprises some 3,000 sculptures, spanning over 5,000 years of culture.
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History
History
The Liebieghaus was built in 1896 based on designs by Leonhard Romeis, in a palatial, historicist style, as a retirement home for the Bohemian textile manufacturer Baron Heinrich von Liebieg (1839–1904). The city of Frankfurt acquired the building in 1908 and devoted it to the sculpture collection. The first director of the Skulpturensammlung der Städtischen Galerie Frankfurt was Georg Swarzenski. In 1909, Paul Kanold built a gallery wing extension to the villa, that was completed in 1990 by Scheffler and Warschauer. A renovation was completed in October 2009. This included adding a publicly accessible "Open Depot" in the gallery wing basement, making it possible for the first time to view certain parts of the collection that are not in the permanent exhibition. As of 2023, the exhibition space is 1,600 m2 (17,000 ft2). Max Hollein was the director from January 2006 to 2016, followed by Philipp Demandt. Since 2007, Vinzenz Brinkmann has headed the antiquities collection. His main research areas are the colors of antiquity and ancient myths. Since 2006, Stefan Roller has been the head of the Medieval Department. His research focuses on Southern German sculpture of the Late Gothic period.
Permanent exhibitions
Permanent exhibitions
Splendid White – Reiner Winkler's ivory collection (gallery wing basement)
Temporary exhibitions
Temporary exhibitions
2008/2009: Gods in Color 2011/2012: Nikolaus Gerhaert. The Medieval Sculptor 2012: Jeff Koons. The Sculptor (at the Liebieghaus) 2013: Back to Classic. Ancient Greece reconsidered 2015/2016: Dangerous Liaisons. The Art of the French Rococo 2020/2021: Gods in Color – Golden Edition 2021/2022: Mission Rimini 2023/2024: Machine room of the gods
Institutional history
Dated record
Institutional history
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1909
Liebieghaus established.
1909
Liebieghaus is recorded from 1909.
Collection
The museum includes ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman sculpture, as well as Medieval, Baroque, Renaissance and Classicist pieces, and works from the Far East. The collection was built up mostly through endowments and international purchases. The building stands on the Schaumainkai, in a garden in which a number of sculptures are also on display, including a replica of Dannecker's Ariadne on the Panther. The original, which was acquired by the banker Simon Moritz von Bethmann in 1810, is in the depot. Other major exhibits include: A marble discobolus A marble statue of Athena, a Roman copy of a Greek original by Myron Carolingian reliefs carved from ivory (mid-9th century) An Ottonian crucifix (mid-11th century) A Romanesque king's head from a statue from the Île-de-France Fragments from a Florentine tomb by Tino di Camaino (probably after 1318) An alabaster sculpture of the Trinity by Hans Multscher (c. 1430) A Woman of the Apocalypse by Tilman Riemenschneider The Rimini Altar, an alabaster calvary from northern France (c. 1430) A bust of Barbara von Ottenheim by Nikolaus Gerhaert (1463–64) Abbot Saint, a late Gothic wooden sculpture
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- 1.Jahresbericht Städel 2021.
- 2.Städel/Liebieghaus Jahresbericht 2022.
- 3.Blickpunkte 2023.
- 4.Hessische Biografie : Erweiterte Suche : LAGIS Hessen. Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- 5.Liebieg, Heinrich (von). Frankfurter Personenlexikon.
- 6.About the museum. Liebieghaus.
- 7.Swarzenski, Georg. Frankfurter Personenlexikon.
- 8.Sonnabend, Martin. Georg Swarzenski und das Liebieghaus. Societäts-Verlag. 1990. 978-3-7973-0465-0.
- 9.Bramnitz, Hubertus von. Architektur der Postmoderne. Weltexpresso. 9 May 2014.
- 10.Liebieghaus, Museum Alter Plastik. www.menges-scheffler.de.
- 11.Hierholzer, Michael. Neue Räume für Körperkult und Innerlichkeit. FAZ. 13 March 2008.
- 12.Über das Museum. Liebieghaus.
- 13.Philipp Demandt ist Direktor von Städel und Liebieghaus. StadtPost.de. 4 October 2016.
- 14.Antike. Liebieghaus.
- 15.Stefan Roller: A Portrait. Liebieghaus.
- 16.Liebieghaus. BAUWELT. 26 September 2014.
- 17.Support. Liebieghaus.
- 18.Bildindex der Kunst & Architektur. Startseite Bildindex. 15 December 2022.
- 19.Germany – Tourist Guide. Michelin et Cie. Watford (UK) / Clermont-Ferrand (France), 1996. . ISSN 0763-1383.
- 20.Torri, Valentina. Der heilige Abt : eine spätgotische Holzskulptur im Liebieghaus. Reimer. 2001. 3-496-01237-4.
- 21.Bückling, Maraike. White Wedding. Hirmer. June 2022. 978-3-7774-3877-1.
- 22.Leclerc, Florian. Kunstmäzen Reiner Winkler ist verstorben. Frankfurter Rundschau. 29 May 2020.
- 23.Gods in Color. Liebieghaus. 8 October 2008.
- 24.Gerhaert, Nicolaus. Niclaus Gerhaert – der Bildhauer des späten Mittelalters. Michael Imhof Verlag. 2011. 978-3-86568-685-5.
- 25.Das Frankfurter Liebieghaus präsentiert erstmals Skulpturen des spätmittelalterlichen Meisters Niclaus Gerhaert. op-online.de. 27 October 2011.
- 26."Niclaus Gerhaert: The Medieval Sculptor" at Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung. Artdaily. 27 October 2011.
- 27.Koons, Jeff. Jeff Koons : the painter & the sculptor. Hatje Cantz. 2012. 978-3-7757-3371-7.
- 28.Fetkenheuer, Klaus. Zurück zur Klassik. Ein neuer Blick auf das alte Griechenland. Hg. v. Vinzenz Brinkmann. Eine Ausstellung der Liebighaus Skulpturensammlung, Frankfurt am Main, 8. Februar bis 26. Mai 2013. Forum Classicum. 3. 225–226 Seiten. 2 June 2017. 10.11588/FC.2013.3.39402.
- 29.Dangerous Liaisons. Liebieghaus. 4 November 2015.
- 30.GODS IN COLOR – GOLDEN EDITION. Liebieghaus. 30 January 2020.
- 31.Theiss, Harald. Mission Rimini : material, history, conservation : The Rimini Altarpiece : [exhibition, Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, Frankfurt am Main, 3. November 2021 -24. April 2022]. Deutscher Kunstverlag. 2021. 978-3-422-98679-4.
- 32.Brinkmann, Vinzenz. Maschinenraum der Götter. Deutscher Kunstverlag. 2023. 978-3-422-99634-2.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 23
- Setzepfandt, Wolf-Christian. Architekturführer Frankfurt am Main / Frankfurt am Main : architectural guide / by Wolf-Christian Setzepfandt. Reimer. 2002. 3-496-01236-6.
- Städt. Galerie. Bildwerke aus dem Liebieghaus. 1962. 73261415.
- Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung. Skulpturensammlung im Liebieghaus. Städtische Galerie. 1910. 551959969.
- Brinkmann, Vinzenz. Meisterwerke im Liebieghaus. Fuldaer Verlagsanstalt. 2008. 978-3-86568-364-9.
- Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung. Eindeutig bis zweifelhaft : Skulpturen und ihre Geschichten. 2017. 978-3-943215-09-0.
- Stillbauer, Thomas. Lichtblick bei Liebieg. Frankfurter Rundschau. 21 December 2020.
- Brinkmann, Vinzenz. Bunte Götter die Farben der Antike : eine Ausstellung der Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung Frankfurt am Main. 2020. 978-3-7913-5936-6.
- Brinkmann, Vinzenz. Zurück zur Klassik : ein neuer Blick auf das Alte Griechenland : eine Ausstellung der Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, Frankfurt am Main, 8. Februar bis 26. Mai 2013. Hirmer. 2013. 978-3-7774-2008-0.
- Brinkmann, Vinzenz. Medeas Liebe : und die Jagd nach dem Goldenen Vlies : eine Ausstellung der Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, Frankfurt am Main, 5. Oktober 2018-10. Februar 2019. 2018. 978-3-7774-3114-7.
- Breunig, Peter. Nok : ein Ursprung afrikanischer Skulptur : eine Ausstellung der Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung Frankfurt und der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt in Kooperation mit der National Commission for Museums and Monuments Abuja, Nigeria. 2013. 978-3-937248-38-7.
- Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung presents key artworks from the French Rococo in an exhibition. Artdaily. 19 December 2022.
- Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung exhibits works by artist William Kentridge. Artdaily. 19 December 2022.
- Müller, Hans-Joachim. Kunst und Wissenschaft: Der Algorithmus war schon immer eine harte Währung. Die Welt. 21 March 2023.
- Maschinenraum der Götter: Wie unsere Zukunft erfunden wurde – Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung. Frankfurter Rundschau. 30 May 2023.
- Wenn aus Sternen Zahnräder werden. mainkurier. 24 June 2023.
- Spreckelsen, Tilman. Die ewige Rebhuhnjagd. FAZ. 9 March 2023.
- Danicke, Sandra. Liebieghaus Frankfurt: Alabaster ist eine Diva. Frankfurter Rundschau. 2 November 2021.
- Menne, Katharina. Restaurierung des Rimini-Altars: Alabaster, die Diva aller Materialien. Die Zeit. 18 April 2022.
- Liebieghaus: Der Glanz ist zurück. Frankfurter Rundschau. 31 August 2022.
- Bückling, Maraike. Splendid white : die Elfenbeinsammlung Reiner Winkler im Liebieghaus : Alle Werke nun vereint! : eine Ausstellung der Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, Frankfurt am Main, ab 2. Juni 2022. 2022. 978-3-943215-18-2.
- Magel, Eva-Maria. Splendid White im Frankfurter Liebieghaus widmet sich dem Elfenbein. FAZ.NET. 10 June 2022.
- Ein Christuskind für die Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, Kunstwerke. Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung.
- Laud, Anja. Liebieghaus in Frankfurt kauft wertvolle Engel an. Frankfurter Rundschau. 16 December 2022.
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