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Gabriele Münter & Expressionism

Gabriele Münter & Expressionism

Permanent exhibition on Gabriele Münter & Expressionism, Photo: N. Steglich, Starnberg

Biography of Gabriele Münter001: Biography: Gabriele Münter with sketchbook on a rock, Tunisia, spring 1905, photograph, Gabriele Münter and Johannes Eichner Foundation, Munich, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Gabriele Münter, Self-portrait, 1909002: Gabriele Münter, Self-portrait, 1909, oil on cardboard, Murnau Castle Museum and Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation, Munich, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
Gabriele Münter, Murnau, 1910003: Gabriele Münter, Murnau, 1910, oil on canvas, on permanent loan from the Murnau Savings Bank, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
Gabriele Münter, Kandinsky and Erma Bossi at the Table, 1909/10004: Gabriele Münter, Kandinsky and Erma Bossi at the Table, 1909/10, oil on canvas, Murnau Castle Museum, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
Wassily Kandinsky, Kochel – View of the Mountains, 1902005: Wassily Kandinsky, Kochel – View of the Mountains, 1902, oil on cardboard, Castle Museum Murnau, legacy of Katharina Resch, in memory of Franz Resch
Sailboats of Rapallo: Wassily Kandinsky, Rapallo-White Sails, 1906 and Gabriele Münter, Sailboats in the Water, 1906007: Wassily Kandinsky, Rapallo – White Sails, 1906, oil on cardboard with canvas structure, permanent loan from private ownership
Wassily Kandinsky, Münter paints the daughter of the Griesbräu innkeeper, 1908008: Wassily Kandinsky, Münter paints the daughter of the Griesbräu innkeeper, 1908, oil on cardboard, on permanent loan from the Sparkasse Murnau in the Murnau Castle Museum
Adolf Erbslöh, Self-portrait, 1928010: Adolf Erbslöh, Self-portrait, 1928, oil on canvas, permanent loan from private collection
Alexander Kanoldt, Cityscape of Klausen, 1912011: Alexander Kanoldt, Cityscape (Klausen), 1912, oil on canvas, loan from the PSM Private Foundation, Murnau Castle Museum
Alexander Kanoldt, Models, 1909012: Alexander Kanoldt, Models, 1909, oil on cardboard, on loan from the PSM Private Foundation, Castle Museum Murnau
Erma Bossi, Still Life with Carafe, around 1912013: Erma Bossi, Still Life with Carafe, around 1912, oil on cardboard, on canvas, Castle Museum Murnau, donation of Volker Westerborg, Frankfurt
Marianne von Werefkin, Vera Repin, 1881015: Marianne von Werefkin, Vera Repin, 1881, oil on canvas, on loan from the PSM Private Foundation, Castle Museum Murnau
Gabriele Münter, Dark Still Life with Figurines, 1910017: Gabriele Münter, Dark Still Life with Figurines, 1919, oil on canvasPermanent loan from Sparkasse Oberland, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023
Norbert Bisky, Untitled (Franz Marc), 2017018: Norbert Bisky, Untitled (Franz Marc), 2017, mixed media, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023
Heinrich Campendonk, Cow with Calf, 1917019: Heinrich Campendonk, Cow with Calf, 1917, permanent loan from the Hugo Troendle Foundation, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Gabriele Münter, Girl at the Window, 1934021: Gabriele Münter, Girl at the Window, 1934, oil on cardboard, Murnau Castle Museum, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
Gabriele Münter, Still Life with Red Book, 1940s024: Gabriele Münter, Still Life with a Red Book, 1940s, oil on cardboard, permanent loan from a private collection, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
Gabriele Münter, Ödön von Horváth in red jacket / Trees on Hagenweg, 1931025: Gabriele Münter, Ödön von Horvàth in a Red Jacket / Trees on Hagenweg (back), 1931, oil on cardboard, on loan from the PSM Private Foundation, Murnau Castle Museum, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
Wassily Kandinsky, The Almanac "The Blue Rider"027: Wassily Kandinsky, The Almanac “The Blue Rider”, 1911, blue woodcut on book cover, edited by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc
Gabriele Münter, Misty Sun at Staffelsee, 1931029: Gabriele Münter, Misty Sun at Lake Staffelsee, 1931, oil on cardboard, Murnau Castle Museum, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025

graphic

graphic

View into the graphics room, photo: N. Steglich, Starnberg

Wassily Kandinsky, Lyrical from the album "Sounds", 1911035: Wassily Kandinsky, Lyrical from the album “Sounds”, 1911, proof print, Murnau Castle Museum
Gabriele Münter, Kandinsky, 1906/07036: Gabriele Münter, Kandinsky, 1906/07, color linocut on handmade paper, on loan from the PSM Private Foundation, Murnau Castle Museum, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
Gabriele Münter, Laundry on the Beach, 1907/08037: Gabriele Münter, Laundry on the Beach, 1907/08, color linocut on Japanese paper, Murnau Castle Museum, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
Gabriele Münter, Man Reading Newspaper, 1926038: Gabriele Münter, Newspaper Reader, 1926, pencil on paper, Murnau Castle Museum, loan from private collection, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
Max Beckmann, Dispute with Franz Marc, 1912040: Max Beckmann, Dispute with Franz Marc, 1912, Portrait Max Beckmann, around 1930, Photography, Photo: Hugo Erfurth

The Blue Rider collection of the KK Foundation Murnau

The Blue Rider collection of the KK Foundation Murnau

Wassily Kandinsky, Study for Murnau with Church I (detail), 1910 On permanent loan from the Murnau Royal and Royal Court Foundation to the Murnau Castle Museum

Wassily Kandinsky, Study for Murnau with Church II, 1910071: Wassily Kandinsky, Study for Murnau with Church II, 1910, oil on cardboard, permanent loan from the KK-Stiftung Murnau in the Schlossmuseum Murnau, photo: N. Steglich, Starnberg
Gabriele Münter, Boat Trip, 1910073: Gabriele Münter, Boat Trip, 1910, on permanent loan from the KK Foundation, Murnau Castle Museum, photo: N. Steglich, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
Yellow House with Apple Tree, Gabriele Münter, 1910074: Yellow House with Apple Tree, Gabriele Münter, 1910, on permanent loan from the KK-Stiftung Murnau to the Murnau Castle Museum, photo: N. Steglich, Starnberg, © VG-Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
Marianne von Werefkin, Rhythms, 1910075: Marianne von Werefkin, Rhythms, 1910, permanent loan from the KK-Stiftung Murnau in the Schlossmuseum Murnau, photographer: N. Steglich, Starnberg
Violet turban Alexej von Jawlensky, 1911 076: Alexej von Jawlensky, Violet Turban, 1911, oil on cardboard, permanent loan from the KK-Stiftung Murnau in the Schlossmuseum Murnau, photographer: Nikolaus Steglich, Starnberg
Lyonel Feininger, Promenade (Strollers), 1912078: Lyonel Feininger, Promenade (Strollers), 1912, permanent loan from the KK-Stiftung Murnau in the Schlossmuseum Murnau, photographer: Nikolaus Steglich, Starnberg
August Macke, In Front of the Hat Shop, 1913079: August Macke, In front of the hat shop, 1913, oil on canvas, permanent loan from the KK-Stiftung Murnau in the Schlossmuseum Murnau, photographer: Nikolaus Steglich, Starnberg
Robert Delaunay, Esquisses pour Homage à Blériot, 1914082: Robert Delaunay, Esquisses pour Hommage à Blériot, 1914, oil on paper, permanent loan from the KK-Stiftung Murnau in the Schlossmuseum Murnau, photo: N. Steglich, Starnberg

cabinet of curiosities

cabinet of curiosities

View into the Chamber of Wonders, Photo: N. Steglich, Starnberg

Wunderkammer. Murnau collect and show100: Hans Angerer, The seismograph knows nothing about earthquakes, 2023, Murnau Castle Museum, photo: N. Steglich, Starnberg
Film reel with Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau's last film "Tabu" as well as books from his possession101: F. W. Murnau with chauffeur on a road between Eschenlohe and Oberau, 1924, private property
Moss raffle box with lottery tickets and writing stencils, from the 1950s102: Moss raffle at the so-called "Ähndl", 1941/51, Murnau Castle Museum, picture archive
Bone sledge, so-called Boandlrodl, 1st half of the 20th century103: Boandlrodeln on the Staffelsee, around 1920, Murnau Castle Museum, Image Archive
Small sculptures Rudolf Pfefferer (1910-1986), around 1950104: Rudolf Pfefferer, 1948, Photo: Werner Kraus, Castle Museum Murnau, Image Archive
Drawing book of the architect Hugo Wach (1872–1939) from 1908105: Hugo Wach, 1897, photograph, private collection
Backpack and research equipment from the possession of the conservationist Ingeborg Haeckel (1903–1994), around 1950106: Ingeborg Haeckel on a moss hike in 1951, Murnau Castle Museum, Image Archive
Lux-Lesebogen, published between 1946 and 1964 by Sebastian Lux-Verlag, Murnau107: Lux reading sheets published between 1946 and 1964, Lux-Verlag, Murnau (1944 to 1964) Inv. 3950 f., 5824 f., 12494 f.
Erika Groth-Schmachtenberger (1906-1992) photocopier, around 1928108: Photography by Erika Groth-Schmachtenberger, "Strahdrischen" in the Murnauer Moos, Castle Museum Murnau, Image Archive
scale, around 1947110: Scale from the Murnau school canteen in Schloßhof 7, around 1947, Inv. 8841
Memory album of the reverse glass painter Heinrich Rambold from 1890-1940, as well as two reverse glass paintings by and after Heinrich Rambold111: Heinrich Rambold in his workshop, around 1915, Murnau Castle Museum, picture archive
Hubert Lang (*1946), rider, 1992112: Hubert Lang (*1946), Rider, 1992 bronze cast
reverse glass picture, sliding picture, 19th century113: Reverse glass picture, sliding picture, 19th century, wood, reverse glass painting, Inv. 4084
Josef Anton Riedl (1927-2016) Glass cylinder from his structures for his “Glass Games” compositions, 1977114: Josef Anton Riedl, 2016, Photo: Astrid Ackermann
Rosary, reverse glass miniature in gold and ibex horn reliquary115: Rosary, reverse glass miniature in gold and ibex horn reliquary
Parrot from Emanuel von Seidl's vegetable and flower garden, around 1900, and the bronze antlers of the stone deer from Seidl Park, around 1905116: Emanuel von Seidl in the park of his country house with fountain and deer with bronze antlers in the background, 1906, photo: Aura Hertwig, Murnau Market Archive
Down-the-hole drill for large borehole equipment, 1965117: Down-the-hole drill for large borehole equipment, 1965
Late Roman finds from excavations at Moosberg (in the Murnauer Moos), 250 to 400 AD.118: Photograph of the south gate of the Roman settlement on the Moosbergknöchel, 1934, Photo: Eugen Wünsch, Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation
Hans Angerer, The most expensive Paper, 15.3.2020119: Hans Angerer, The most expensive Paper, 15.3.2020
Waldemar Kolmsperger the Elder, model for the painting of the dome of the church of St. Nicholas in Murnau, 1893120: Waldemar Kolmsperger the Elder, model for the painting of the dome of the church of St. Nicholas in Murnau, 1893, photo: Forstner, 2012 / Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation
Lajos von Horváth, Two cardboard box lids with the motifs “Putto” and “Fortuna” for the bridal couple Erna and Heiner Emhardt, October 1941121: Lajos von Horváth with Auguste ("Gustl") Emhardt and dog, around 1925, photograph, private collection
Nikolaus Lang, Whitewater voyage of the sintered buzzard, 1974-79122: Nikolaus Lang (1941-2022) in July 1979, Murnau Castle Museum, Image Archive
Cuno Fischer, Vase with horse relief for Rosenthal, 1969123: Cuno Fischer, porcelain vase with horse relief for Rosenthal, 1969
Wax votive with model and gingerbread model, 19th century124: Maria Forster with children and staff in front of her cafe at Obermarkt 8, around 1910, Murnau Castle Museum, picture archive
Finds from the Murnauer Moos and its surroundings125: Finds from the Murnauer Moos and its surroundings Mammoth tusk, leaf of a three-edge oak (Tertiary) and petrified wood (Alpine Jura), Inv. 656, 668 and 712
Finds from the excavations in the area of the former castle complex126: Finds from the excavations in the area of the former castle complex, Murnau
Herbert Volwahsen (1906–1988), ice skater, 1964127: Herbert Volwahsen (1906–1988), Ice Skater, 1964, cast bronze
8 figures from a chandelier from the Murnau Fürstalm, 1930s128: Interior photo of the Fürstalm, around 1930, Murnau Castle Museum, picture archive
Diaries of the botanist and physician August Max Einsele (1803-1870) from 1844 to 1869129: August Max Einsele (1803-1870), portrayed by his friend and painter Johann Michael Wittmer around 1824, oil on canvas, private collection
Hans Angerer, The seismograph knows nothing about earthquakes, 2023130: Hans Angerer, The seismograph knows nothing about earthquakes, 2023, thermohygrograph, zinc sheet, newspaper clippings

Ödön von Horváth

Ödön von Horváth

Ödön von Horváth lying in the meadow (detail), around 1925, Murnau Castle Museum, Image Archive

Ödön von Horváth057: Ödön von Horváth in the mountains, photograph, around 1925, Murnau Castle Museum, picture archive

behind glass

behind glass

"Beautiful Flowers, Round Moon" - Flowers in a Field in Moonlight, Canton 19th century, reverse glass painting, Murnau Castle Museum, Dammert Collection

reverse glass art054: Detail: Display case for the Blue Rider in the reverse glass art room, photo: Freddy Küng

Murnau History & Landscape

Murnau History & Landscape

View into the Murnauer Moos towards the Wetterstein Mountains, Photo: Gaby Pfluger

The Murnau landscape and the moss061: View into the Murnauer Moos towards the Wetterstein Mountains, Photo: Gaby Pfluger
"Summer Holidays" – Tourists and Artists Discover Murnau063: Summer vacationers rowing on the Staffelsee (detail), around 1910, photograph, Murnau Castle Museum, image archive
The architect Emanuel von Seidl064: The architect Emanuel von Seidl, photo. Frank Eugene Smith, Murnau Castle Museum, image archive
Reverse Glass Painting – History and Technology065: The dining area in the Münter House in Murnau with reverse glass paintings by Gabriele Münter and Wassily Kandinsky, around 1911, photo: Gabriele Münter
Murnau Painters in the 19th Century066: Johann Michael Wittmer II, Resting at a Fountain, 1866, with self-portrait of Wittmer and his wife (detail), oil on canvas, Murnau Castle Museum / Phillip Sporrer, Man in a Collapsing Bed, 1880, oil on canvas, private collection Johann Michael Wittmer II, Resting at a Fountain, 1866, with self-portrait of Wittmer and his wife (detail), oil on canvas, Murnau Castle Museum / Phillip Sporrer, Man in a Collapsing Bed, 1880, oil on canvas, private collection
On the History of Murnau Castle068: View from the foot of the castle with the church tower of St. Nicholas Church in the background, photo: Gaby Pfluger

Listen again: Murnau 1919-1950

Listen again: Murnau 1919-1950

Roll call of the Hitler Youth in front of the Murnau Town Hall, 1934, © Schloßmuseum Murnau, Image Archive

"Cold times are coming" Murnau 1919-1950150: Roll call of the Hitler Youth in front of the Murnau Town Hall, 1934, © Schloßmuseum Murnau, Image Archive
The Bavarian Oberland151: Haymaking on the Dünaberg with a view of Murnau at the beginning of the 20th century, Murnau Castle Museum, Image Archive
summer vacationers152: Villa of the Jewish banker and collector James Loeb in Hochried near Murnau, built by Emanuel von Seidl, Castle Museum Murnau, Image Archive
Murnau and Ödön von Horváth153: Ödön von Horváth in front of the Utzschneiderhof in Murnau, 1920s, Castle Museum Murnau, Image Archive
tourism154: The Fürstalm near Murnau, Castle Museum Murnau, Image Archive
Tourist resort Murnau after the First World War155: Request to use the Hitler salute at the entrance to Murnau, 1930s, Murnau Castle Museum, Image Archive
war memorial156: Inauguration of the Murnau War Memorial Chapel on 22 July 1923 with the participation of 37 clubs, 4 music bands and around 1000 people, (c) Murnau Market Archive
Weimar Republic157: Josef Fürst on the Fürst-Alm, Murnau Castle Museum, picture archive
The local defense force158: Freikorps Werdenfels in their quarters in Munich's Auenstraße, 1919, Murnau Castle Museum, picture archive
focal point of the nationalist movement / Bund Oberland159: Meeting of members of the Andreas Hofer Association (with standard) and the Association for Germans Abroad with Major Alfred Pöppl (right), Murnau Castle Museum, Image Archive
Destruction of the Weimar Republic160: Gasthof Kirchmeir in the Murnau Untermarkt, Murnau Castle Museum, picture archive
Murnau in the Nazi Dictatorship161: Flagging of the Murnau market on Corpus Christi 1933, Murnau Castle Museum, Image Archive
Murnau in the Second World War162: Gustl Emhardt with one of the Horváth family's dogs in Murnau, 1920s, Murnau Castle Museum, Image Archive
multi-ethnic place164: Interior view of the Hotel Post where displaced persons were accommodated, Murnau Castle Museum, Image Archive
denazification165: Otto Engelbrecht, former NSDAP district or county leader and “Blood Order bearer”, 15.09.1945 in a photo after his arrest, Murnau Castle Museum, picture archive
And despite all this166: Folk festival on the fairground in Murnau 1951, Castle Museum Murnau, Image Archive