Looking back - Berta Hummel's 100th Birthday
Exhibition from May 21st, 2009 to April 2010

"M.I. Hummel" - a name that has become well known in the world of porcelain figurines. From the 1930's until today the "Hummel children" have continued to grow in popularity and have remained a source of enjoyment for generations of children.

For many years a great deal of attention was placed on the "innocent and loving world" portrayed by the children in the figurines, leaving the artist with all her many talents in the background. Her works of art, many of which were done in her pre-convent period during her university time in Munich when she was still signed her work with "Berta Hummel" have remained for us to enjoy. Among them are wonderful water color paintings of landscapes and flowers, local paintings from scenes on the streets of Bavaria in exquisite detail, masterly drawings of nudes, powerful portraits and unforgiving caricatures.

In recent years people have begun to turn their attention toward the not-so-well-known "other Hummel". The story of her life -both private and professional - is a story of success but also one of tragedy, a life greatly influenced by the events of that time.

The exhibition in honor of Berta Hummel's 100th birthday deals with biographical themes. It covers her first pictures with colored pencils done as a happy child and ends with her last drawings, done shortly before her death. An assortment of documents and photographs compliment and complete the exhibition.

Near the entrance the visitor can see an exhibition of old Hummel figurines and Hummel dolls. This is a small but very interesting selection from the archives of the Hummel Museum, the largest collection of Hummel figurines world wide.

The book "I Want to Give Joy - A Fateful Woman's Career" by Dido Nitz, arsEdition München accompanies this exhibition and is available for 29,95 Euros. The ISBN number is 978-3-7607-2964-0
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Soul Landscapes - Lovis Corinth / Berta Hummel / Lovis Corinth
Exhibition from March 14th, 2008 to May 2009

This year, 2008, marks Lovis Corinth's 150th birthday. (1858-1925). For this reason renowned museums like the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, the Museum of Art in Leipzig and the East German Gallery in Regensburg are planning Lovis Corinth exhibitions. The first of these exhibitions will be "Soul Landscapes" in the Berta Hummel Museum in Massing.

Pictures from Corinth's Walchensee series have been made available by the East German Gallery in Regensburg. There will also be Corinth prints from Otto Mauer's collection in the Archbishop's Museum in Vienna. Berta Hummel works (1909-1946) and Peter Wittman works (1951-) dealing with similar themes will also be on display.

A number of Berta Hummel's landscapes and city scenes from her Bavarian home painted during her university years in Munich can be seen together with pictures from a later period when she was in the convent in Sießen. Here the visitor can see landscapes with her Hummel children or landscapes with religious motives, such as the picture "Shephards on the way to Bethlehem."

Peter Wittman, a painter from Regensburg will be showing landscapes from 1984 to 1989 - pictures that resulted from his five-year-stay in the Himalayas (1977 to 1982).

Along with works from the three artists mentioned above, the visitor can see old Hummel figurines and Hummel dolls in the entranceway to the museum. There is also a selection of some of the museum's Hummel figurines from the world's largest collection on display.

A catalog will also be available with texts by Dr. Genoveva Nitz (an art historian), Dr. Herber Schneidler (Director of the East German Gallery in Regensburg) and Dr. Roman Zieglgänsberger (Director of the Print Collection in the East German Gallery in Regensburg). The catalog includes many pictures.
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Heremit and nun - Alfred Kubin and Berta Hummel
20. July 2007 - March 2008

With Alfred Kubin – one of the well-known austrian drawers is shown in the Berta-Hummel-Museum in the Hummelhaus. Alfred Kubin spent the longest part of his life in Zwickledt – just 80 km away from Massing. Taken out of the Otto-Mauer-Collection Vienna– some of his well-known works are exhibited here since 21. Juli 2007 - next to the series “Kritiker", "Way to Damascus" and “Am Rande des Lebens”. Berta Hummel is represented with interesting pictures of her study time in Munich from 1927 to 1931.Even some works made in the early years in the convent are to be seen in this exhibition.
Video-Link: http://aeiou.iicm.tugraz.at/aeiou.film.o/o502a
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Looking back - In memory of Berta Hummel's death 60 years ago
08. November 2006 - Juni 2007

Dr. Thomas Goppel, the Bavarian Minister of State, opened the new exhibition “Looking back – In memory of Berta Hummel’s death 60 years ago” on November 8, 2006. For this exhibition a representative selection of art works from her entire life span will be shown. The works of art will include selections from her school years, from the years at the university in Munich, from her time in the Franciscan Convent in Sießen, her sketches for the stations of the cross, pictures with religious themes and of course a selection of the children’s pictures, which were used as the basis for the world-famous Hummel figurines.
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PEOPLE PORTRAITS - BERTA HUMMEL MEETS HORST JANSSEN
EXHIBITION FROM MAY 19TH THROUGH OCTOBER 22ND 2006

The new exhibition was opened on May 19th, 2006 by district president, Manfred Hölzlein. Horst Janssen is considered to be the most important German post-war painter and graphic artist and the Berta Hummel Museum was proud to be presenting a selection of 33 of his excellent works. The Horst-Janssen Museum in Oldenburg has made these excellent works available to our museum. At the opening of the exhibition the director of the Horst Janssen Museum, Dr. Moster-Hoos, spoke about his life and about the works she had brought with her. This exhibition is only the fourth in southern Germany. His pictures have only been exhibited in Stuttgart, Nürnberg and Munich. Berta Hummel and Horst Janssen complement each other in the exhibition. A close comparison of the portraits and the self-portraits reveals similarities and parallels that will surprise and fascinate the viewers.
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ROOMS OF BLOSSOMS - BERTA HUMMEL / PETER WITTMANN
EXHIBITION FROM JUNE 28TH 2005 THROUGH JUNE 2006

On June 27th 2005 the mayor of Regensburg, Mr. Hans Schaidinger, had opened the new exhibition entitled "Rooms of Blossoms". This was the 9th exhibition since the opening of the Berta-Hummel-Museum on July 22nd 1994.
For the first time a second artist had his works on display with the works of Berta Hummel. This person was the Bavarian artist Mr. Peter Wittmann who lives and works in Regensburg.
The exhibition concentrated exclusively on flowers in water colors, pencil sketches, pastels, acryl and oil paintings. Each artist was allotted a separate room, but their pictures were also displayed together in other rooms. Certainly an interesting exhibition.
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FOLLOWING THE TRACES
EXHIBITION FROM JULY 23RD 2004 THROUGH JUNE 2005

Over the past ten years, researches tracing the art of Berta Hummel have led to the discovery of a large number of hitherto unknown works. In some cases it proved possible to purchase these for the Museum. Thanks to documentary evidence several objects could be assigned definitely to specific work periods. In this exhibition we were able to present to the public for the first time a number of unknown portraits, flower studies and landscapes in water colour.
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BERTA HUMMEL - STUDY YEARS IN MUNICH
EXHIBITION FROM JUNE 28TH 2003 THROUGH JUNE 2004

The sense of confidence and satisfaction experienced by Berta Hummel during her student years at the State College of Applied Arts in Munich are reflected in a versatile creative output comprizing landscapes, town scenes, floral studies, still life compositions, portraits, motifs with children, carricatures and applied arts. The exhibition "Study years in Munich" offered the visitor an impressive selection of works from this time.
A high point of the last ten years was reached with the production of a Catalogue raisonné of Hummel works from her Munich years 1927 - 1931. This volume with over 400 illustrations in colour was published by the Munich Prestel-Verlag in November 2002.
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