Portraits from Lettl's work meet painted papier-mâché heads that young people from a vocational school for students with special needs designed and commented on in response to the question "Who am I?"
Om museet
The Augsburg painter Wolfgang Lettl (1919–2008) left behind a body of work of more than 500 pictures, mostly in the Surrealist style. To keep it accessible to the public and preserve it in Augsburg, the Wolfgang Lettl – Verein zur Förderung surrealer Kunst (association for the promotion of surreal art) was founded in 1992. From 1993 to 2013, the association showed a permanent exhibition, the Lettl-Atrium, in premises of the Industrie- und Handelskammer Schwaben (Swabian Chamber of Commerce and Industry); because of renovation work there, the collection had to move out in early 2014.
After a lengthy search, the association found premises in a former furniture store on Zeuggasse, between Königsplatz and the Zeughaus. On December 18, 2019, the artist's 100th birthday, the new Lettl-Museum opened there. Well over a hundred works from 1942 to 2007 hang on around 650 square meters beneath a skylight dome, including earlier Impressionist works alongside the surreal paintings.
In keeping with the artist's wishes, the presentation does without explanatory texts: the pictures are meant to inspire viewers' own interpretations. Instead, a multimedia guide included in admission offers Lettl's thoughts on individual works, some spoken by the artist himself, and a film introduces the artist. Special exhibitions that change annually, as well as concerts and readings, round out the program of this volunteer-run museum.
Højdepunkter
Well over 100 paintings by Wolfgang Lettl from 1942 to 2007
Multimedia guide with the artist's thoughts, partly in his own voice
Exhibition space beneath a large skylight dome
Film on Lettl's life and work
Annually changing special exhibitions, concerts, and readings
Permanente udstillinger
Surreale Welten von Wolfgang Lettl – Permanent presentation of surreal and early Impressionist paintings spanning six decades, accompanied by a multimedia guide with the artist's thoughts.
Grundlagt
2019
Ejer
Wolfgang Lettl – Verein zur Förderung surrealer Kunst e. V.
Entrépriser & rabatter
Voksne
7 €
Nedsat pris
5 €School and university students
Børn og unge
gratisgratis til og med 16 år · Children and young people up to age 16 are admitted free.
Studerende og elever
5 €
Admission includes the multimedia guide. Cash only. Free admission for members of the Lettl association.
Tilgængelighed
Delvis kørestolsvenlig
Elevator: ingen oplysninger
Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
Synstolkning
According to the Museumsportal Bayern, the public areas are accessible without steps or thresholds; seating is available. Audio descriptions for blind and visually impaired visitors.
Børn og familie
Velegnet til børn og familier
Entré for børn
gratis til og med 16 år
Familieomvisninger & workshops
According to the Museumsportal Bayern, there are programs for children; children and young people up to age 16 are admitted free.
Transport & parkering
Med offentlig transport
Königsplatz
Königsplatz or Moritzplatz stop.
I bil
Parkering muligt
Parking garage beneath the museum, entrance at Bleigäßchen 12.
Museet har ikke offentliggjort oplysninger om dette – spørg venligst museet direkte.
Arrangementer & udlejning
Lokaler til leje
Firmaarrangementer
Op til 80 personer.
The museum space of around 650 m² can be booked for events of up to 80 people, or for a standing reception with a guided tour for up to 25 people; inquiries directly to the museum.