Caricatura Museum Frankfurt

The Museum in the Leinwandhaus

Elch, sculpture by Hans Traxler

The Caricatura Museum, official name Caricatura Museum für Komische Kunst, is a museum for comic art in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It shows a in a permanent exhibition works by the artists of the Neue Frankfurter Schule, and additionally exhibitions of contemporary artists.

History[]

In 2000, a group called Caricatura of the Historical Museum, Frankfurt, began to prepare a museum for comic art in Frankfurt. The Caricatura Museum was opened on 1 October 2008 in the  [de] in the Altstadt. The permanent exhibition shows works by F. W. Bernstein, Robert Gernhardt,  [de],  [de] and F. K. Waechter, including literary works and films. It is complemented by readings, book presentations and other events.

The trade mark of the museum is a bronze sculpture in front of the building by Hans Traxler. The Elch sculpture carries the names of the eight most important representatives of the Neue Frankfurter Schule, and the slogan by F. W. Bernstein, "Die schärfsten Kritiker der Elche waren früher selber welche".^[1]

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Caricatura Museum für Komische Kunst.

• Literature by and about Caricatura Museum Frankfurt in the German National Library catalogue
• Official website

Coordinates: 50°6′36.77148″N 8°41′6.39204″E / 50.1102143000°N 8.6851089000°E / 50.1102143000; 8.6851089000