On April 7, 2018, the new museum is to open Peter August Böckstiegel, which is currently being built on the property of the Künstlerhaus in Werther near Bielefeld.. The listed birth house itself, a red-orange half-timbered house idyllically situated in the countryside and decorated with carvings and glass windows Böckstiegels, although also serves as a museum, but can only be made accessible to a limited number of visitors because of its small size.. In addition, only a small part of the 1,300 objects containing the work can be shown.. Since July 2016, the Peter August Böckstiegel Foundation has therefore built a 3.5 million expensive extension, which is financed with public and private funds..

The intended opening date next year is also the 129th birthday of the artist, who was born in Werther in 1889 and died there in 1951.. Peter August Böckstiegel is regarded as an important representative of Westphalian Expressionism..

www.. boeck pan-foundation.. de


debrequ, 2017-10-08