Kunststiftung Hohenkarpfen

The Kunststiftung Hohenkarpfen is a German art foundation based in the Schwarzwald-Baar-Heuberg region of Baden-Württemberg. It is dedicated to general art-historical work but places a special focus on the care and study of southwest German landscape painting. The foundation operates the Kunstmuseum Hohenkarpfen, a museum housed in an economic building of the former Württemberg administrative estate on the Hohenkarpfen. The museum stages two to three exhibitions per year on its core theme, with a particular emphasis on artists who studied at the art academies of Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, and Munich. These exhibitions attract roughly 10,000 visitors annually. Artists shown have included Paul Kälberer, HAP Grieshaber, Otto Reiniger, Albert Kappis, Christian Landenberger, Peter Jakob Schober, Erwin Henning, Edmund Steppes, Franz Frank, August Babberger, Hermann Stenner, Julius Exter, Johann Baptist Kirner, Johann Baptist Pflug, Hans Purrmann, Emil Rudolf Weiß, Albert Weisgerber, Heinrich von Zügel, Hugo Troendle, Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, Hans Thoma, Adolf Hölzel, Hermann Pleuer, and Rudolf Levy. The foundation was established in 1984 on the initiative of its long-serving chairman Friedemann Maurer, and the Kunstmuseum began its exhibition operations in 1986. In the field of art-historical reappraisal of southwest German landscape painting, the foundation and its museum have received national and international recognition. In 2006 it received the Stiftungspreis der Württembergischen Hypothekenbank für Kunst und Wissenschaft from Hypo Real Estate. The foundation does not award the Hofgut Hohenkarpfen scholarship (since 1996 with an associated symposium/workshop), under which art installations, sculptures, and plastic works are regularly created in the open grounds on the Hohenkarpfen, such as by Bernhard Luginbühl (2000); that scholarship is awarded by the Hotel Hofgut Hohenkarpfen. The foundation's public identity is closely tied to its museum and its exhibition program, which continues to explore the theme of landscape in art, as seen in the 2026 exhibition 'Bewegte Landschaft – Tanzen mit der Wirklichkeit' (Moving Landscape – Dancing with Reality).

The Kunststiftung Hohenkarpfen was founded in 1984 on the initiative of Friedemann Maurer, who served as its long-standing chairman. The foundation is anchored in the Schwarzwald-Baar-Heuberg region and is dedicated to general art-historical tasks, with a special focus on the care of southwest German landscape painting. In 1986, the Kunstmuseum Hohenkarpfen began its exhibition operations. The museum is housed in an economic building of the former Württemberg administrative estate on the Hohenkarpfen. It regularly organizes two to three exhibitions per year on its core theme, with particular consideration given to style- and school-forming graduates of the art academies in Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, and Munich. These exhibitions attract approximately 10,000 visitors annually. Over the years, the museum has shown works by numerous artists, including Paul Kälberer, HAP Grieshaber, Otto Reiniger, Albert Kappis, Christian Landenberger, Peter Jakob Schober, Erwin Henning, Edmund Steppes, Franz Frank, August Babberger, Hermann Stenner, Julius Exter, Johann Baptist Kirner, Johann Baptist Pflug, Hans Purrmann, Emil Rudolf Weiß, Albert Weisgerber, Heinrich von Zügel, Hugo Troendle, Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, Hans Thoma, Adolf Hölzel, Hermann Pleuer, and Rudolf Levy. In the field of art-historical reappraisal of southwest German landscape painting, the foundation and its museum have received national and international recognition. In 2006, the foundation received the Stiftungspreis der Württembergischen Hypothekenbank für Kunst und Wissenschaft from Hypo Real Estate. The foundation does not award the Hofgut Hohenkarpfen scholarship (since 1996 with an associated symposium/workshop), under which art installations, sculptures, and plastic works are regularly created in the open grounds on the Hohenkarpfen, such as by Bernhard Luginbühl (2000); that scholarship is awarded by the Hotel Hofgut Hohenkarpfen. The foundation continues to be active, as evidenced by its 2026 exhibition 'Bewegte Landschaft – Tanzen mit der Wirklichkeit' and its participation in Tag des offenen Denkmals.

• 2026

  Exhibition 'Bewegte Landschaft – Tanzen mit der Wirklichkeit' runs from 26 July to 8 November.

• 2006

  Foundation receives the Stiftungspreis der Württembergischen Hypothekenbank für Kunst und Wissenschaft from Hypo Real Estate.

• 2000

  Bernhard Luginbühl creates an art installation in the open grounds on the Hohenkarpfen under the Hofgut Hohenkarpfen scholarship.

• 1996

  Hofgut Hohenkarpfen scholarship with associated symposium/workshop established (awarded by Hotel Hofgut Hohenkarpfen, not the foundation).

• 1986

  Kunstmuseum Hohenkarpfen begins exhibition operations.

• 1984

  Foundation established on the initiative of Friedemann Maurer.

A regional art foundation and museum specializing in southwest German landscape painting, with national and international recognition in that field.

• Kunstmuseum Hohenkarpfen

  Museum housed in an economic building of the former Württemberg administrative estate, staging two to three exhibitions per year on southwest German landscape painting.

• Exhibitions on southwest German landscape painting

  Regular exhibitions featuring artists such as Paul Kälberer, HAP Grieshaber, and others, attracting about 10,000 visitors annually.

1. 1Kunststiftung Hohenkarpfen – Kunstverein Schwarzwald-Baar-Heubergkunststiftung-hohenkarpfen.de
2. 2Kunststiftung Hohenkarpfende.wikipedia.org
3. 3Kunststiftung Hohenkarpfenwikidata.org