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Albert Renger-Patzsch, Branches of a Solitary Spruce, c. 1960, Albert Renger-Patzsch Archive | Ann and Jürgen Wilde Foundation, Pinakothek der Moderne © Ann and Jürgen Wilde/ VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Albert Renger-Patzsch, Branches of a Solitary Spruce, c. 1960, Albert Renger-Patzsch Archive | Ann and Jürgen Wilde Foundation, Pinakothek der Moderne © Ann and Jürgen Wilde/ VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

EXHIBITION

Of trees and rock. Albert Renger - Patzsch and Ernst Jünger.

04.11.2011 - 26.02.2012
Pinakothek der Moderne

Sammlung Moderne Kunst


An exhibition of the Ann and Jürgen Wilde Foundation, Munich. Albert Renger-Patzsch (1897-1966), key photographer and pioneer of Neue Sachlichkeit (New Sobriety), also displayed a keen interest throughout his life for the classics and modern literature. A lively personal correspondence developed between himself and the German author Ernst Jünger, who also penned two essays on the photographer´s work, published in the photobooks "Bäume" ("Trees", 1962) and "Gestein" ("Rock", 1966). This exhibition of material from the Ann and Jürgen Wilde Foundation´s Albert Renger-Patzsch Archive, contains photographs, various publications and a selection from his correspondence.

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