Dieter Franck Haus

About the museum

The painter Dieter Franck was born on the Oberlimpurg in 1909. From 1929 onward he engaged with his time through painting in the context of late Expressionism, and as a student at the Stuttgart Academy of Art he stood out with expressive woodcuts and intensely colored nudes. National Socialist cultural policy and military service interrupted his career.

In 1950, after his return, he settled on the Oberlimpurg together with the painter Rita Brümmer and built a studio there. In the rural seclusion he developed an idiosyncratic visual language, independent of the pressure toward abstraction in postwar modernism. He lived and worked here until his death in 1980.

Since autumn 2007 his former home has been open as a museum, preserving the artistic estate with paintings, watercolors, designs, prints and drawings. The sculptor Felicitas Franck, his daughter, runs the house and curates the presentations, which are organized by phases of his work. In 2011 the association Gesellschaft Dieter Franck-Haus e.V. was founded; the house is a member of the Museum Association of Baden-Württemberg. The complex also includes the studio and a spacious, park-like garden.

Highlights

• Former home and studio of the painter Dieter Franck (1909–1980)
• Paintings, watercolors, woodcuts and prints from the estate
• Park-like garden, accessible in the summer months
• Presentations by phases of work, curated by Felicitas Franck

Permanent exhibition

• Nachlass Dieter Franck – Paintings, watercolors, designs, prints and drawings from more than five decades, shown in changing presentations organized by phases of his work.

Founded

2007

Operated by

Gesellschaft Dieter Franck-Haus e.V.

Director

Felicitas Franck

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Getting there & parking

Leaving Schwäbisch Hall toward Ellwangen, after about 700 meters turn right into a small field road toward "Pflanzenzucht Oberlimpurg" and follow it to the last house on the left.

Amenities & dining

The garden is accessible during exhibition phases.

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