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Marianne Vater, who worked for the museum in the post-war period, in some cases again followed Gurlitt's line somewhat, but also expanded the art collection after 1945 to include numerous Romantic works. An exhibition of works by Max Pechstein and the award of an honorary doctorate to this artist
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The main entrance is on the southern side of the central domed building facing the
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design and paint the
Zwickau museum; this redesign, which was presented to the public in 1926, met with national acclaim. Some of the local press was less enthusiastic - not only about the redesign of the museum, but also about Gurlitt's progressive taste in art. Press campaigns against Gurlitt's
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and the city archive including reading room. The west wing houses the mineralogical-geological collections in the basement, the sculpture collection on the ground floor and the painting collection on the upper floor. The single-storey north wing houses special exhibitions and storage rooms. The
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headed the König-Albert-Museum. Gurlitt's appointment in 1925 was to become the beginning of the development of a purposeful art collection. He focused on works by contemporary painters and organised numerous exhibitions. Thus, in 1925 he presented works by
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preferred acquisition of modern art also brought into play the financial constraints of the city of
Zwickau, which played a role in his dismissal on 1 April 1930, in addition to his not purely
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in addition to his own works. In 1971, the art collections received the Old
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In autumn 2011, the museum's "Plastikhalle" was reopened as a display collection of late Gothic and early
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