Thannhauser Galleries
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The Thannhauser Galleries originated in Munich, in autumn 1909, when Heinrich Thannhauser (1859–1934) decided to quit his former partner Franz Josef Brakl and installed his Modern Gallery (Moderne Galerie) at the Arco-Palais, Theatinerstrasse 7.
"The Moderne Galerie presented the premier exhibitions of the New Artists’ Association of Munich (Neue Künstlervereinigung München) and The Blue Rider (Der Blaue Reiter), both of which included Vasily Kandinsky, in 1909 and 1911, respectively. The gallery also mounted the first major Pablo Picasso retrospective in 1913, thus initiating the close relationship between Justin K. Thannhauser and Picasso that lasted until the artist’s death in 1973." [1]
After the end of World War I Heinrich Thannhauser's son Justin established a branch in Lucerne/Luzern, Switzerland, which was entrusted to his cousin Siegfried Rosengart, when Justin in 1921 was called back to Munich to assist his suffering father. In 1927, Justin successfully expanded business to Berlin and established a third branch of the Galleries.
Heinrich Thannhauser died in 1934 on his way to Switzerland. Since then Rosengart worked on his own, while Justin decided in 1936 to move his business to Paris, and in 1940 finally, via Spain and Portugal emigrated to New York.
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Exhibitions
Encouraged by Hugo von Tschudi, Thannhauser housed the initial exhibitions of the "Neue Künstlervereinigung München" and "Der Blaue Reiter".
Catalogues
Up to 1914 the Thannhauser Galleries evidently published only exhibition catalogues.
Moderne Kunsthandlung Brakl & Thannhauser
- 1908: Vincent van Gogh - Prices indicated ("Die Preise verstehen sich in holländ. Gulden.")
Moderne Galerie Heinrich Thannhauser, München
- 1909: Impressionisten
- January 1910: Cuno Amiet & Giovanni Giacometti
- Spring 1910: Félix Vallotton
- April 1910: Édouard Manet (aus der Sammlung Pellerin)
- Summer 1910: (Heymel Collection)
- August 1910: Paul Gauguin
- mid-July - August 15, 1911: Carl Schuch
- Oct. 1911: (Theodor Alt)
- February 13 - March 10, 1912: Kollektiv-Ausstellung Edvard Munch
War time selections from the stock of the gallery
- Moderne Galerie Heinrich Thannhauser (folder, without date) (pre-1916)
- Katalog der Modernen Galerie Heinrich Thannhauser, introduction by Wilhelm Hausenstein and 174 reproductions, Munich 1916
- Nachtragswerk I mit 76 Abbildungen zur grossen Katalogausgabe 1916, Moderne Galerie Heinrich Thannhauser, Munich, September 1916
- Nachtragswerk II mit 105 Abbildungen zur grossen Katalogausgabe 1916, Moderne Galerie Heinrich Thannhauser, Munich, Juli 1917
- Nachtragswerk III mit 115 ganzseitigen Abbildungen zur grossen Katalogausgabe 1916, Moderne Galerie Heinrich Thannhauser, Munich, 1918
Post WWI-exhibitions
Galerien Thannhauser, Berlin - Luzern - München
- Eröffnungs-Ausstellung unseres neuen Berliner Hauses, Bellevuestr. 13, illustrated catalogue, dated June 1927
Resources
- von Lüttichau, Mario Andreas: Die Moderne Galerie Heinrich Thannhauser in München, in: Junge, Henrike (Ed.), Avantgarde und Publikum: Zur Rezeption avantgardistischer Kunst in Deutschland 1905-1933, Böhlau, Köln, Weimar & Wien 1992, pp. 299–306
