FRANZ S. GEBHARDT-WESTERBUCHBERG (1895–1969)
Portrait of a painter's life

02.03. – 09.06.2024

Franz S. Gebhardt-Westerbuchberg worked for many years as a painter and farmer on a farm above Lake Chiemsee from 1934 onwards. It was not until 1952 that he was able to concentrate exclusively on painting. In addition to a large number of landscapes, still lifes and biblical histories presented in the exhibition, Gebhardt Westerbuchberg created a large number of self-portraits. They form the framework of this exhibition, which, with a few exceptions, draws on works from Joseph Hierling's collection. Like hardly any other contemporary of the "lost generation", Gebhardt-Westerbuchberg dealt with his own appearance so intensively and relentlessly in his self-portraits. The Tyll cycle painted in the years after the Second World War will also be on display.

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2025 in the museum

Ursula Jüngst: AUF(ER)STEHEN
05.04. – 13.07.2025

FROM MIND TO SOUL – GLASS
05.04. – 20.07.2025

Max Pechstein – Vision and Creation
19.07. – 26.10.2025

HELMUT PFEUFFER: WOUNDED BEAUTY
26.07. – 16.11.2025

Ruprecht von Kaufmann: Life Between the Chairs
29.11.2025 – 15.03.2026

Africa & Oceania
Presentation of objects from the Buchheim Collection in the tower room on the 3rd floor of the Buchheim Museum

Franz S. Gebhardt-Westerbuchberg, Last self-portrait on March 1, 1968, 1968, oil on canvas, Joseph Hierling Collection © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024