Leipzig - Museum der bildenden Künste

The museum dates back to the founding of the "Leipziger Kunstverein" (Leipzig Art Association) by Leipzig art collectors and promoters in 1837.

In 1858 a museum building was inaugurated on Augustusplatz.

In 1937, the National Socialists confiscated 394 paintings and graphics, mainly of Expressionism, as part of the propaganda campaign "Degenerate Art". In 1943 the building was destroyed by a British air raid. A large part of the holdings had previously been brought to safety in the Leipzig area and in Leipzig itself.

In the mid-1990s, the city decided to give the museum a new building. On 4 December 2004, exactly 61 years after the destruction of the museum on Augustusplatz, the new museum opened at the former Sachsenplatz.

Fritz Zalisz (1893 - 1971)
Selbstbildnis/ Self-Portrait / 1923