Kunsthaus Dahlem, Art museum in Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Germany.
Kunsthaus Dahlem is an art museum in Berlin dedicated to works created after 1945 and located in a former studio building. The space displays sculptures, paintings, drawings, and photographs across several rooms, including high-windowed galleries and additional exhibition areas.
The sculptor Arno Breker was to use this state studio, built in 1942 to plans by Hans Freese with yellow Rüdersdorf brick, but he worked there only briefly. From 1949 Bernhard Heiliger rented the east wing and kept his studio there until his death in 1995. The building opened as the Kunsthaus Dahlem in June 2015.
The museum is named after the Berlin district of Dahlem, where the sculptor Arno Breker's state studio was built in 1942. Since 2015 it has shown post-war modernism with a focus on sculpture from 1945 to 1961. In the east wing, works by Bernhard Heiliger are displayed in the rooms where he lived and worked until 1995.
The museum is located in southwest Berlin and is easily reached by public transport, with nearby parking available for those arriving by car. It is advisable to check opening hours in advance, as the museum may be closed on certain days.
The building was designed as a state studio for Arno Breker, but he used it only sporadically; his main studio became Schloss Jäckelsbruch. From 1949 Bernhard Heiliger rented the east wing, living and working there until his death in 1995. More than 20 of his sculptures stand in the surrounding sculpture garden.
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