Museum SPUR

Small art museum in Cham’s late Gothic almshouse devoted to the Munich artists’ group SPUR, plus an exhibition on the film “Die Brücke” – free admission.

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About the museum

The artists’ group SPUR took its name in January 1958 after a first joint exhibition. Its members were mainly young graduates of the Munich Academy of Fine Arts: Heimrad Prem from Roding, Helmut Sturm from Furth im Wald, Lothar Fischer and HP Zimmer. Until 1965 they worked together and, with paintings, sculptures and a manifesto of their own, shaped the art of the young Federal Republic; stylistically their work is close to Abstract Expressionism and Art Informel.

Because two of the members came from the region, the town and district of Cham have, since 1991, shown the group’s paintings, sculptures and works on paper in a museum of its own. Annual exhibitions each shed light on a different aspect of SPUR, supplemented by lectures, film evenings and readings. Since 1995, a large iron sculpture by Lothar Fischer has stood on the nearby Regenbrücke.

The museum is housed in the former almshouse in front of the Biertor on the Regen, a late Gothic building with roots in the 16th century, which, alongside the town hall, is considered the oldest surviving secular building in the town. The building played an important role in Bernhard Wicki’s anti-war film “Die Brücke”, which was shot in Cham in 1959; a small, newly designed permanent exhibition on the ground floor commemorates the filming. Since 2014, the municipal archive has also shown changing local history exhibitions there.

Highlights

Works by the artists’ group SPUR (1957–1965) in the style of Art Informel and Abstract Expressionism
Works by Heimrad Prem and Helmut Sturm from the region
Permanent exhibition on the anti-war film “Die Brücke” (1959)
Late Gothic former almshouse on the Regen
Iron sculpture “Großer geharnischter Sitzender” by Lothar Fischer on the bridge

Permanent exhibitions

Gruppe SPUR – Paintings, sculptures and works on paper by the Munich artists’ group SPUR, presented annually with a changing focus.
Cham und der Film „Die Brücke“ – Small, newly designed exhibition on the ground floor about the filming of Bernhard Wicki’s anti-war film in Cham in 1959, with previously unpublished photos.

Founded: 1991
Operated by: Stadt Cham und Landkreis Cham