Felix Nussbaum Haus

Felix Nussbaum Haus / Osnabrück Cultural History Museum closed

The work on extending the Felix Nussbaum Haus is in full swing. The Felix Nussbaum Haus will be closed from 26 July to around April 2011. The upper floor of the Cultural History Museum will also no longer be accessible until the reopening. more...

The painter Felix Nussbaum

Unlike any other artist of the first half of the century, the painter Felix Nussbaum, born in Osnabrück in 1904 and murdered at Auschwitz in 1944, recorded the experiences of the decades following the First World War in his paintings and reflected upon them as part of his own situation, which the artist, as a Jew, was pushed into by the racist ideology of national-socialist Germany. more...

The collection

Self-portrait with Jewish pass, around 1943

Osnabrück’s ''Felix Nussbaum collection'' dates back to the year 1970. Its existence is due to the great dedication of Augustes Moses-Nussbaum, Felix Nussbaum’s cousin. She campaigned for the pictures that had remained in Brussels to be located and legally awarded to their rightful owners and for the bequest of more than 100 pictures to come to Osnabrück, the birthplace of Felix Nussbaum. more...

The architectonic concept

The architectonic concept of the Felix Nussbaum Haus makes use of a unique opportunity. It creates a spatial context in which the tragic combination of the life and works of the artist, who was born in Osnabrück, emerges as the all-dominant impression. more...

Daniel Libeskind

The internationally renowned architect and urban planner Daniel Libeskind has introduced a new critical discourse and a multidisciplinary approach to architecture. His creations range from large cultural establishments, such as museums and concert halls, to landscape and urban planning and the design of stage settings, installations and exhibitions. more...

Catalogue raisonné

The catalogue raisonné presents the complete paintings, drawings and casual works by the artist Felix Nussbaum from 1919 to 1944. In addition to coloured illustrations of all of the works, the database offers detailed information on the individual works and on the complete collection of the artist. more...

Service and Contact

Osnabrück Cultural History Museum and Felix Nussbaum Haus
Lotter Straße 2
49078 Osnabrück
Germany
Telephone: +49 (0)541-323-2207 or
+49 (0)541-323-2237
Fax: +49 (0)541-323-2739 more...

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