THE GRAND SEDUCTION

In 1923 came a several thousand works more comprehensive Inventory in the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum Krefeld: The German Museum for Art in Trade and Industry (DM) - maybe the first design collection ever. At the extensive collection is a sample collection exemplary design, which is the significant Hagen patron and collector Karl Ernst Osthaus between 1909 and 1919 with financial and non-material support of the Deutscher Werkbund. This succeeded in cooperation with pioneering artists and Designers of his time such as Peter Behrens, Henry va...[Read more]