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| Pforzheim Jewellery Museum | (Pforzheim, Germany)
Management: Cornelie Holzach
| website: www.schmuckmuseum.de
mail: schmuckmuseum@stadt-pforzheim.de
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| Statement | 5.000 years of jewellery at display in the modern architecture of the ‘International Style’
Devoted to the history of jewellery, the Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim (Pforzheim Jewellery Museum) is the only museum of its kind worldwide. Some 2000 exhibits, including an extensive ring collection, reveal the vast diversity of jewellery over five thousand years. The collection on permanent display focuses on treasures from Greco-Roman antiquity, the Renaissance and Jugendstil/Art Nouveau as well as contemporary art jewellery. Moreover, there are collections of Ethnic Jewellery and pocket watches at display. The history of the jewellery industry in the ‘golden’ city of Pforzheim is also surveyed. In addition, visitors can continue to rediscover the Museum at regular special exhibitions.
The Reuchlin House, inaugurated in 1961 as the Pforzheim Municipal Cultural Centre, is a jewel of architecture. Designed in the ‘International Style’ by the architect Manfred Lehmbruck, it has always been one of the most architecturally interesting buildings in the Museum complex. | Pforzheim Jewellery Museum
From Antiquity to the Present
The collection on permanent display focuses on treasures from Greco-Roman antiquity, the Renaissance and Jugendstil/Art Nouveau as well as contemporary art jewellery. The history of the jewellery industry in the ‘golden’ city of Pforzheim is also surveyed. In addition, visitors can continue to rediscover the Museum at regular special exhibitions.
From all over the World
Since the Museum re-opened in spring 2006 after undergoing extensive remodelling, additional fields have been featured: jewellery from the Eva and Peter Herion Collection of Ethnographic Jewellery provides insights into the ways non-European, non-Western societies express themselves in adornment – the island world of Oceania, Nagaland in India or the Near East.
Jewellery on a Chain: Pocket Watches
Ingeniously wrought pocket watches from the collection amassed by the Pforzheim watch manufacturer Philipp Weber document the craft of the watch-maker and goldsmith from the 17th to the 19th centuries – the technical advances made in mechanical watch movements as well as changing fashions and varying national styles in watch design.
The Café and Museum Shop
Visitors looking for a brief break are invited to enjoy the café with its views of the Stadtgarten. Moreover, the Museum Shop invites you to browse.
| The Reuchlinhaus
Designed by Manfred Lehmbruck
The Reuchlinhaus is a masterwork of post-war German architecture. Built in 1957-61 as the municipal cultural centre, it presents itself in the clean lines of the International Style. Its lobby and heart is the square entrance hall, a foyer flooded with light and offering a view of luxuriant greenery through its huge panoramic windows. The focal point of the upper foyer is a circular opening for the free-standing spiral staircase leading to the ground floor. The lobby is the start and recurrent meeting-point for guided tours.
An Ark for Culture
After total war-time destruction on February 23, 1945, the cultural institutions in Pforzheim with their greatly decimated holdings eventually found, as in a Noah’s Ark, a new home in the Reuchlinhaus for the municipal archives, museums and the Kunstverein with its rich tradition. It takes its name in honour of the city’s most famous son, the scholar, writer and lawyer Johannes Reuchlin (1455-1522).
The Architect
Manfred Lehmbruck (1913-1993), who was born in Paris and grew up in Zürich and Berlin, was a son of the famous sculptor Wilhelm Lehmbruck. In the 1930s, Mies van der Rohe arranged for Lehmbruck to work at the Paris office of Auguste Perret, France’s leading architect, where he found the model for his spectacular spiral staircase. In 1942, he took his degree with a doctoral thesis on ‘Museum Architecture of the Future’. After internment and active service, Lehmbruck opened an office for industrial architecture in Stuttgart. His breakthrough came in 1953, when he won the Pforzheim competition.
Dr. Christoph Timm | Programme | 2012 |
October 26, 2012 through January 27, 2013; opens on Thursday, October 25, 7 p.m.
Angels’ Tears or Gems of the Ocean: Pearls in the History of Jewellery
Extremely rare and thus immensely precious, pearls have always been objects of desire. As early as in antiquity, mussels were gathered in the Persian Gulf in search of pearls of supreme quality. After Alexander the Great conquered Persia, they also made their way to Europe. Countless legends, myths and stories about pearls have developed in the course of time. From classical antiquity to our day and age, pearls have been an integral part of jewellery. By means of historic as well as contemporary examples, this exhibition will present multifaceted ways of how to use pearls in jewellery and the skilled craftsmanship involved.
Ring, Georges Le Turcq for A by Beaudouin, Paris, c. 1900
Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim
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September 21 through November 11, 2012; opens on Thursday, September 20, 7 p.m.
100 Years of the Pforzheim Jewellery + Design Guild
In 1912, when the first of the two traditional goldsmiths’ guilds was founded in Pforzheim, later renamed into ›Turm Pforzheim‹ (›Pforzheim Tower‹). The other guild, founded a few years later and called ›Zunft Jungkunst‹ (›Young Art Guild‹), had a similar programme. The members of both provided important impetus both for artistic and industry-oriented jewellery design. Their active members included renowned artists such as Theodor Wende or Reinhold Reiling. In 2003, both associations combined to form the ›Zunft Pforzheim Schmuck + Gestaltung‹ (›Pforzheim Jewellery + Design Guild‹). In addition to providing a retrospect, this exhibition will also be dedicated to today’s members and their oeuvres.
Brooch, Reinhold Reiling, Pforzheim
1967, Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim
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June 23 through September 30, 2012; opens on Friday, June 22, 7 p.m.
The Universal Language of Ornamentation
Within the context of the intercultural festival ›Mix versteh’n‹ (›Understanding Mix‹) organized by the city of Pforzheim’s office for cultural affairs Ornamental designs count among the earliest signs of human cultural activity.
Starting from simple carvings in various archaeological finds via intertwining lines to Baroque opulence, ornaments can also be found in jewellery. They are a phenomenon that spans the entire world and the most different cultures and, in spite of all its diversity, reveals similar patterns. This show presents the wide variety of ornamental forms of expression in jewellery from the occidental European region and the wealth of variants in the Orient.
Amulet necklace, Jemen, Herion
Collection/Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim
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March 16 through June 3, 2012; opens on Thursday, March 15, 7 p.m.
Contemporary Jewellery from Israel
Within the context of the ›Brotherhood Week‹ this exhibition will provide insight into contemporary jewellery from Israel, into
the specific characteristics of Israel’s jewellery scene and the differences when compared to its Middle European counterpart. Thus, it will also show that the country’s political situation is an important theme for many jewellery artists. The
long tradition of contemporary Israeli jewellery will be documented by the works of three artists from the teacher generation. The creations of ten artists from the young generation will exemplify the wide variety of notions of jewellery and the corresponding different positions. The is overseen by curator Jürgen Eickhoff.
Pendant, Figured Speech, Deganit Stern Schocken 2010
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November 26, 2011, through February 26, 2012; opens on Friday, November 25, 7 p.m.
Serpentina – Serpents in Jewellery from All Over the World
In almost all of the world's cultures, the snake is a special symbol, in particular because its symbolism is very complex and multifaceted. The ›Serpentina‹ exhibition will present remarkable pieces of jewellery featuring the snake. Originating not only from Europe but also from America, Africa and Asia, these pieces were crafted in the most different epochs. They cover the whole gamut from the Uraeus snake of Ancient Egypt as well as examples from Ancient Greece and Rome via exquisite specimens from the 19th century such as those by Castellani, Cartier and Fabergé to some extravagant creations from the Art Nouveau period by Lalique, Mucha or Cranach and those designed by jewellery artists of the 20th century.
Pectoral, Snakes, Rné Lalique, Paris, 1898/99
Photo Bild-Kunst Bonn 2011/ Gulbenkian, Foundation Lissabon
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| Additional information | Opening hours:
Tu to Su and holidays 10 am – 5 pm (except Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve)
Admission:
3 €, reduced price 1.50 €, Group tours can be arranged
Admission free with Upper Rhineland Museum Pass and Icom-card. | Publications | Available at:
Museum Shop, Jahnstrasse 42, 75173 Pforzheim, phone 0049 (0)7231/2807551 Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Jahnstrasse 42, 75173 Pforzheim, phone 07231/39-2126, fax 07231/39-1441, Email schmuckmuseum@stadt-pforzheim.de |
2009 Eigentlich ist alles ganz anders. Jens-Rüdiger Lorenzen: Schmuckskulpturen 1982-2009, Jens-Rüdiger Lorenzen, 20,00€
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2010 Schmuck zum Gwand – ländliche Bijouteriewaren aus dem Bayerischen Nationalmuseum München, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum München und Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, 21,00€
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2009 David Watkins. Artist in Jewellery, Beatriz Chadour-Sampson
Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt, 39,90€ out of stock
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2008 Glanzstücke - Emilie Flöge und der Schmuck der Wiener Werkstätte, Paul Asenbaum, Wolfgang Kos, Eva-Maria Orosz (Hg.), Eine Kooperation von Wien, Museum, Neue Galerie New York und Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 29,00€
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2009 The Compendium Finale of Contemporary Jewellery Makers , Darling Publications und Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, 588,50 €
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2008 As we like it: Schmuck und Gerät. 1988 – 2008. Berufskolleg für Design an der Goldschmiedeschule Pforzheim, Ulrich Haass (Hg.), Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 39,80 €
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2008 Art Déco Schmuck und Accessoires. Ein neuer Stil für eine neue Welt Jewellery and Accessories, Cornelie Holzach (Hg.), Adelheid Rasche, Christianne Weber-Stöber, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 29,00 €
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2008 Galante Begleiter - Faithful Companions, Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, 18,00 €
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2007 Art is Flowering, Floral Motifs in Jewellery and Contemporary Art Cornelie Holzach (ed.)
Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 40 €
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2007 GlassWear, Glass in Contemporary Jewelry, Glas im zeitgenössischen Schmuck, Ursula Ilse-Neumann, Cornelie Holzach, Jutta-Annette Page. In Kooperation mit dem Museum of Arts & Design, New York, 39,90 €
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2006 Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim Museumsführer – Museum Guide, Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 9,80 €
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2006 Schmuck - Jewellery 1840 - 1940 Highlights Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Fritz Falk, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 29,80 €
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2006 Karl Fritsch Metrosideros Robusta, Andy Lim (Hg.), Darling Publications und Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, 69,00 €
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2006 Personale: Manfred Bischoff Schmuck und Zeichnung, Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, (Hg.), Karl Bollmann, 18,00 €
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2006 Mehr Schmuck! More Jewellery! Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, (Hg.), Katja Poljanac,
18,00 €
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2004 Werkverzeichnis Schmuck von Dorothea Prühl, Katja Schneider, 20,00 €
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2004 Warwick Freeman – Given, Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, 2,00 €
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2003 Geschichte(n) in Gold, Kostbarkeiten aus dem Ungarischen Nationalmuseum Budapest, Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim und Magyar Nemzeti Museum, 3,00 €
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1999 Schmuck der Moderne - Modern Jewellery 1960 – 1998, Bestandskatalog – Inventory Catalogue, Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Fritz Falk, Cornelie Holzach, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 24,50 €
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1998 Moskau / Sankt-Petersburg. Avantgarde im russischen Schmuck
Hanau: Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim
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1997 Idol und Ideal - das Bild des Menschen in der Renaissance, Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, 2,00 €
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1989 Ornamenta I, Internationale Schmuckkunst Michael Erlhoff, Fritz Falk, Jens-Rüdiger Lorenzen, Wilhelm Mattar, Sabine Strobel, Prestel, 10,00 €
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Historic Collection
Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim
Photography Brigida Gonzalez
Modern Collection
Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim
Photography Brigida Gonzalez
Unknown artist,
Bracelet: Snake
Gold with garnets
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Peter, Chang
Bangle: 1998
Acrylic, Polyester
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Unknown artist,
Head Piece: Luhupa of a Naga Warrior
Rattan, wood, red crab’s eye, seeds, hornbill tail feathers, hair, brass
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Wilhelm Lukas, von Cranach
Brooch: Octopus and Butterfly, 1900
Gold, pearls, rubies, amethysts, topaz, enamels
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George, Graham
Piece: Untitled, ca. 1730
Gold
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| Pforzheim Jewellery Museum
Jahnstrasse 42
75173 - Pforzheim
Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 7231/39-2970
Fax: +49 (0) 7231/39-1441
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[Exhibition]
Angels’ Tears or Gems of the Ocean: Pearls in the History of Jewellery
This exhibition illustrates the multifaceted ways of using pearls to create jewellery and the skilled craftsmanship involved. Welcome to admire creations such as tiaras from the state collections in Qatar, a pendant from Albion Art which once belonged to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, or a pair of earrings and a ring once worn by Liz Taylor.
Place: Pforzheim Jewellery Museum
(Pforzheim, Germany)
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[members only]
[Exhibition]
2012 German Contemporary Metal Crafts Exhibition of New Taipei City
Exchanges between the Gold Museum of New Taipei City and the Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim were initiated in 2010. The current exhibition is the first Taiwanese exhibition for works from the Schmuckmuseum’s collection, and is an opportunity not only to see and appreciate the works of master goldsmiths, but to expand our understanding of Western contemporary metal art.
Place: Gold Museum, New Taipei City Government
(New Taipei City, Taiwan, R.O.C.)
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[members only]
[Exhibition]
The Universal Language of Ornamentation
In spite of all its diversity, jewellery and ornaments are a phenomenon that spans the entire world and reveals similar patterns. This exhibition will show the wide variety of ornamental forms.
Place: Pforzheim Jewellery Museum
(Pforzheim, Germany)
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[members only]
[Exhibition]
Serpentina - The Snake in Jewellery Around the World
Sin and temptation, cunning and slyness, death and disaster on the one hand as well as eternity and renewal, protection and healing power on the other - this exhibition at Pforzheim’s Jewellery Museum covers the entire spectrum of snakes in jewellery.
Place: Pforzheim Jewellery Museum
(Pforzheim, Germany)
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[Book]
Eigentlich ist alles ganz anders
(...) Conscious overlapping and under-layering of lines and surfaces as well as the play with and in space, give an ever-increasing prominence to plasticity in the works. In his most recent works, the artist plays with the lightness and transparency of parchment which has been incorporated into the actual steel construction of the rings, pendants and brooches. (...)
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[Jeweller]
Grüner, Tamara
Member of Klimt02.
Update of the page with images of 6 new works, coming exhibitions, awards & last publications. The artist now presents a slo show at Galerie Marianne Heller.
(Pforzheim, Germany)
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[Book]
Metrosideros Robusta
The works of more than a decade from this young enfant terrible German goldsmith, the winner of the prestigious Françoise van den Bosch Award 2006, also known as ”Lord of the Rings”.
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[members only]
[Museum]
Pforzheim Jewellery Museum 2010
Member of Klimt02:
Information about exhibitions and projects 2010 - 2011
(Pforzheim, Germany)
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