Looking for another easy outing, we took the underground out to Chartlottenburg and the Brohan Museum of Art Nouveau and Art Deco. Mostly decorative stuff, the collection of one person that later encompassed those of others. It's a small but interesting collection, just fitting our needs. Later, we wandered the environs before heading back home.
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| Located in one of the 19th century out-buildings of the Charlottenberg Palace; a later sinister past...read on... |
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| History of the collection(s) [click to enlarge] |
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| Costumery as well as household and decorative stuff |
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| Interesting presentation |
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| Ditto |
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| Guimard designs from Le Metropolitan |
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| Now in the Minimalist section; comfy chair |
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| Last seen at the Pompidou, 2019 |
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| Rather little furniture actually... |
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| A reminder that conditions in Germany, 1918-1945... were not exactly ideal for collecting, preserving... |
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| More Minimalism |
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| Ophiophilist neckwear |
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| The upstairs exhibition concerned graphics and artwork for the 1972 Munich Olympics |
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| Modest recognition of the major event of that Olympics; Germany has hosted two Olympics I know of, 1936 and 1972...both marred |
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| The sinister bit...the buildings now housing the Brohan and another museum were used for training of secret police in both the Nazi and East German eras...above, garden sculpture behind the Brohan |
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| Klaus Barbie's alma mater |
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| Moving right along...down the street; an early Wohnmobil? |
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| Very interesting but apparently disused apartment building |
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| Interesting older building on the boulevard |
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| And further on...a very interesting Bosch building |
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| Built in the war years, 1915-1916... |
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| Transitional? |
2 comments:
Interesting stuff.
The upholstery on the sofa reminds me of Klimt!
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