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The Lenbachhaus was built as a villa for the painter Franz von Lenbach and is today an art museum in the city of Munich, Germany. The Lenbachhaus is part of Munich's "Kunstareal" (the "art area").
It is famous for the paintings of Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a group of expressionist artists established in Munich in 1911 which included the painters Wassily Kandinsky, Gabriele Münter, Franz Marc, August Macke, Marianne von Werefkin, Paul Klee and others.
Artists of the New Objectivity like Christian Schad and Rudolf Schlichter are also exhibited.
The museum gives also a very profound view of international contemporary art with works by Franz Ackermann, Dennis Adams, Christian Boltanski, James Coleman, Thomas Demand, Olafur Eliasson, Valie Export, Dan Flavin, Günther Förg, Günther Fruhtrunk, Rupprecht Geiger, Isa Genzken, Liam Gillick, Katharina Grosse, Michael Heizer, Andreas Hofer, Jenny Holzer, Stefan Huber, Asger Jorn, Ellsworth Kelly, Anselm Kiefer, Michaela Melian, Gerhard Merz, Maurizio Nannucci, Roman Opalka, Sigmar Polke, Arnulf Rainer, Gerhard Richter, Michael Sailstorfer, Richard Serra, Katharina Sieverding, Andy Warhol, Lawrence Weiner, Wiener Aktionisten, Martin Wöhrl and others.
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"Lenbachhaus"