(Art) Collection
3,000 works - original and digital
Art historian Dr. Wolfgang Mössner summed it up aptly at the time: "The art treasures that the city of Hof has amassed over the past hundred years form an impressive collection of which Hof can be justifiably proud." In the meantime, the municipal art collection with works mainly by local painters, graphic artists and sculptors comprises an impressive 3,000 art objects. Among the artists are such illustrious names as Karl Bedal, Gert Beyer, Sigurd Bischoff, Helmut Blankmeister, Paul Brachetti, Karl Brandler, Ion Bretan, Gottfried Brockmann, Marianne Brockman-Reunert, Rolf Burchard, Max Dietz, Otto Dressler, Karl von Enhuber,Max Escher, Peter Foeller, Felix Martin Furtwängler, Martin Grünert, Adolf Hacker, Georg Max Hofmann, Sven Roland Hooge, Wilhelm Kohlhoff, Georg Könitzer, Ernst Konofsky, GeorgHugo Kotschenreiter, Paul Kreher, Paul Krüger, Runhild Laubmann, Erich Leckel, Franz von Lenbach, Ruth Loibl, Hansjürgen Lommer, Friedrich Matthaei, Ioana Metes, Nikola Michailov, Ernst Neukamp, Alexander Oskar Noah, Percy Parlo, Caspar Walter Rauh, Johann Christian Reinhart, René Reinicke, Emil Ressel, Alfred Richter, Anton Richter,Hermann Rudorf, Christa Rudloff, Otto Sahmann, Peter Sander, Armin Sandig, Ida Scherdel, Elisabeth Schindler-Ruzicka, Adolf Schinnerer, Mario Schosser, Gerda Schultze-Rohloff, Arthur Seedorf, Adrian Arthur Senger, Susanne Specht, Anton Stankowski, Andreas Theurer, Hans Thoma, Werner Thurm, Peter-Michael Tschoepe, Franz Wilhelm Voigt, Max Ziegler, some of whom are represented by larger groups of works. A small part of the rich fund of the municipal art collection can be seen in the neighboring Reinhart Cabinet in changing exhibitions. The works of Johann Christian Reinhart - famous landscape painter and son of our town - are also exhibited there.
Virtual gallery
digital art enjoyment
To present even a part of the works in an appropriate setting would simply exceed the capacities of our museum rooms. Nevertheless, in order to make many of the objects, paintings and graphics accessible to you, we offer you a digital tour of our art collection in our Virtual Gallery. At a terminal in the museum, you can view around 2,400 digitized works of art up close. Various classification criteria such as artist, technique, and time allow you to search quickly. Or "stroll" virtually through our holdings - let yourself be surprised!
