The Art of the Frame: Exploring the Holdings of the Alte Pinakothek
The First Art Newspaper on the Net    Established in 1996 Monday, October 7, 2024


The Art of the Frame: Exploring the Holdings of the Alte Pinakothek



MUNICH.- The Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen do not just own vast holdings of framed pictures but also a huge collection of frames. For this exhibition, however, the selection was not made in the frame depot but solely in the painting depot at the Alte Pinakothek. It is only there in the museum’s holdings that the history of collecting frames and pictures can be traced.

Some 4000 frames and pictures were sifted through and recorded, from which a selection of 92 frames was made. This exhibition focuses on the art and history of frames from four centuries, encompassing 16th-century case frames to Classicist and Empire style frames. This presentation covers all types of frame, from highly elaborate ones to miniature versions. Of particular note are the Dutch cabinet and Lutma frames, as well as inlaid examples and trophies from the Rococo period.

Artistic highlights in the exhibition are the frames made by Paul Egell (1691–1752), Melchior Hefele (1716–98) and Johann Wolfgang von der Auwera (1708–58). Frames by and after Joseph Effner (1687–1745), François Cuvilliés the Elder (1695–1768), Karl Albrecht von Lespilliez (1723–96) and Leo von Klenze (1784–1864) provide a fulminant conclusion to the exhibition.

Exploring the holdings of the Alte Pinakothek led the curator to impressive exponents of the art of the frame that originally came from the following galleries and cabinets: from the Grüne Galerie at the Residenz in Munich, from the castles and palaces of Schleißheim, Nymphenburg, Ansbach, Bayreuth, Mainz, Passau and Würzburg, and from the collections in Düsseldorf, Mannheim and Zweibrücken.

The picture-framer, Karl Pfefferle, shows the various techniques used in making and gilding frames by looking at selected examples. The exhibition also provides an overview of the history of frames in the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen which, thanks to the provenance of some of the works, are of particular interest as well as displaying an incredibly variety.





The Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen | The Art of the Frame | Paul Egell | Melchior Hefele | Johann Wolfgang von der Auwera |





Today's News

December 19, 2009

National Museum of Singapore Opens "Quest for Immortality: The World of Ancient Egypt"

Butler Art Museum Receives Jackson Pollock Painting

SFMOMA Celebrates 75th Anniversary with Anniversary Exhibition

Christie's to Offer Historical Collection from Newton Hall in January

Indianapolis Museum of Art Commissions Heather Rowe for Installation Series

Sotheby's to Sell Chinese Export Porcelain from Collection of Elinor Gordon

Survey of Rolf Iseli's Fifty-Year-Career Opens at Kunstmuseum Bern

Auschwitz 'Arbeit Macht Frei' ("Work Sets You Free") Sign Stolen

MATRIX Program at Wadsworth Atheneum Presents Best of Emerging Artists

World Conservation and Exhibitions Center: Planning Permission Granted

National Gallery Embarks on New Partnership with the Art Gallery of Alberta

Brooklyn Museum Announces Major Fashion Exhibition

Weeklong Run at MoMA for Director Amos Gitai's 'Carmel'

Smithsonian American Art Museum to Display Arts and Crafts Made by Japanese Americans in World War II

Anna Cutler Appointed Tate's First Director of Learning

New Exhibition Celebrates Frye Founding Collection

The Art of the Frame: Exploring the Holdings of the Alte Pinakothek

Gleaming Steel Graft Installed in National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden by Artist Roxy Paine

Contemporary Art Museum Announces Short Exhibitions by Artists and Others

An Open Call for Artists to Propose Public Projects to Creative Time and P.S. 1 Curators




Museums, Exhibits, Artists, Milestones, Digital Art, Architecture, Photography,
Photographers, Special Photos, Special Reports, Featured Stories, Auctions, Art Fairs,
Anecdotes, Art Quiz, Education, Mythology, 3D Images, Last Week, .

 



Founder:
Ignacio Villarreal
(1941 - 2019)
Editor & Publisher: Jose Villarreal
Art Director: Juan José Sepúlveda Ramírez
Writer: Ofelia Zurbia Betancourt

Royalville Communications, Inc
produces:

ignaciovillarreal.org juncodelavega.com facundocabral-elfinal.org
Founder's Site. Hommage
to a Mexican poet.
Hommage
       

The First Art Newspaper on the Net. The Best Versions Of Ave Maria Song Junco de la Vega Site Ignacio Villarreal Site
Tell a Friend
Dear User, please complete the form below in order to recommend the Artdaily newsletter to someone you know.
Please complete all fields marked *.
Sending Mail
Sending Successful