The Doris Günther Foundation Leipzig has now supported the GRASSI Museum of Applied Arts with a very generous donation. With the help of this donation the museum acquired the main part of a private collection of the metal artist Werner Bünck (* 1943). A total of 39 pieces of this collection, ceramic, glass and metal objects, enrich the permanent exhibition 'Antiquity to Historicism' from 6.10.2018. Werner Bünck has collected an excellent collection of ceramics, metal and silver appliances over the past decades. His focus was on the work of Christopher Dresser, who is regarded as a pioneer of i

The Doris Günther Foundation Leipzig has now supported the GRASSI Museum of Applied Arts with a very generous donation. With the help of this donation the museum acquired the main part of a private collection of the metal artist Werner Bünck (* 1943). A total of 39 pieces of this collection, ceramic, glass and metal objects, enrich the permanent exhibition 'Antiquity to Historicism' from 6.10.2018. Werner Bünck has collected an excellent collection of ceramics, metal and silver appliances over the past decades. His focus was on the work of Christopher Dresser, who is regarded as a pioneer of i Stock Photo
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The Doris Günther Foundation Leipzig has now supported the GRASSI Museum of Applied Arts with a very generous donation. With the help of this donation the museum acquired the main part of a private collection of the metal artist Werner Bünck (* 1943). A total of 39 pieces of this collection, ceramic, glass and metal objects, enrich the permanent exhibition 'Antiquity to Historicism' from 6.10.2018. Werner Bünck has collected an excellent collection of ceramics, metal and silver appliances over the past decades. His focus was on the work of Christopher Dresser, who is regarded as a pioneer of industrial design and as a harbinger of modernity. On Friday, the 5.10. at 11 o'clock the art treasures were presented in the presence of dr. Skadi Jennicke (Mayoress for Culture of the City of Leipzig), collector and artist Werner Bünck, representatives of the Doris Günther Foundation Leipzig and dr. Olaf Thormann (director of the museum) integrated into the permanent exhibition.