August Macke

In der Tempelhalle, 1914

Aquarell auf Papier, auf Karton aufgezogen

Sammlung Forberg

The Forberg Collection was presented to the Albertina in 2007 by Mathias and Eva Forberg on a permanent loan basis. Comprising 38 outstanding artworks, it complements the Albertina’s own collection especially in the area of Classical Modernism. The collection features works on paper, prints, sculptures, and paintings of exceptional quality by artists such as Picasso, Lyonel Feininger, and Fernand Léger, and by representatives of the Blue Rider (“Der Blaue Reiter”) movement, such as Alexeij Jawlensky and Wassily Kandinsky, as well as August Macke, who was associated with the group. In addition, it includes works by the Bridge (“Brücke”) painters Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Otto Mueller, and Max Pechstein as well as by the Bauhaus artists Lazlo Moholy-Nagy and Oskar Schlemmer. At the core of the Forberg Collection, however, is an exquisite selection of works by Paul Klee. The basis of the present Forberg Collection was established by Matthias Forberg’s father, Kurt Forberg. Interested in various art genres, Kurt Forberg was particularly committed to the field of the fine arts. Starting in the 1950s, he began to put together an extensive collection that distinguished itself through its founder’s great knowledge of and passion for modern arts. After Kurt Forberg’s death, the collection was divided up through inheritance and parts of it were scattered throughout the world as a result of sales.

The Albertina presents the original Forberg Collection for the first time, along with the works that were acquired later by Mathias and Eva Forberg.