Udo brandhorst biography of christopher

The story of the Brandhorst Collection begins in 1972. Anette Petersen, later Brandhorst, and Udo Brandhorst had just moved to Cologne. They had met in Munich in 1965, and soon discovered their common passion: collecting art.

After some sporadic early purchases of classic modernist works, they decided to focus solely on contemporary art. In this field, they both had the same favorite: the American Cy Twombly.

Udo brandhorst biography of christopher jackson

A deep friendship developed between the couple and Twombly, which meant that the Brandhorsts were able to see many of his pieces before they even left the studio. But Twombly was only one of the main focuses of the incipient collection.

Within a short period of time, the pair collected an impressive number of works from the neo-avant-garde of the 1960s and 1970s, by artists such as Georg Baselitz, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, Joseph Beuys, and Bruce Nauman.

Today, these pieces perfectly complement the modern art collection of the Pinakothek der Moderne, whi