The Ulmberg Collection

The Ulmberg Collection – one of the most important collections of Classical Modernism in Europe

With the private Ulmberg Collection, the Kirchner Museum can enrich its holdings with a high-caliber collection of masterpieces of Classical Modernism and contemporary art, assembled over decades. On one hand, it includes numerous works by artists closely associated with Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and the Expressionist movement. In this context, other members of the "Brücke" artist group, as well as Max Beckmann, Lyonel Feininger, and Emil Nolde, should be mentioned.

On the other hand, the collection also includes works by leading contemporary artists, such as Francis Bacon, Louise Bourgeois, and Pierre Soulages. Another part of the collection is dedicated to Concrete Art, an important international movement of Modernism that originated in Switzerland and includes works by renowned artists such as Max Bill, Gottfried Honegger, Imi Knoebel, Verena Loewensberg, and Richard Paul Lohse.

The Ulmberg Collection is to be transferred in its entirety as a permanent loan to the Kirchner Museum Davos, making it fully accessible to the public for the first time. Around 100 works are planned to be included in the permanent loan.