Please find here some highlights from the collection. The Museum Morsbroich collection has been closely linked to its exhibition history since and the thematic focuses of the various institute directors.
The first director of the museum, Curt Schweicher to wholeheartedly implemented Morsbroich's founding mission of taking a stand against the barbarity of National Socialism and for an active commitment to contemporary art.
He collected works both from the fields of classical avant-gardes and contemporary art. At the same time, he succeeded in acquiring works by contemporary artists such as Jean-Paul Riopelle, Antonio Corpora and Adolf Fleischmann. Udo Kultermann to and Rolf Wedewer to as directors placed their focus on magic as a perspective for interpreting the world.
Zimtzauberkonserven — Symizyklus , acq. Wedewer was responsible for further thematic focuses including extensive purchases of graphic works by Georg Baselitz, Alfred Hrdlicka, Fred Sandback, American minimalism and German Informel art. Susanne Anna to and Gerhard Finckh to already had fewer funds available to them, but were able to purposefully strengthen the collection and motivate collectors to donate works.
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Susanne Anna enlisted the Leverkusen collectors Marianne and Fritz Walter to donate their collection including paintings, drawings and sculptures of German Informel art. Gerhard Finckh expanded the collection in the long term with a view to new media. Markus Heinzelmann as of expanded the sculpture park with funding from the Museumsverein Morsbroich e.
