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The museum Folkwang, founded in Hagen by Karl Ernst Osthaus in 1902, was the first museum of contemporary art in Europe.
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The most significant works were transferred from Hagen to Essen in 1922, from which point on, aside from a period when the National Socialists temporarily divested the collection, the museum was able to pursue a high level of collecting activity.
Today, it is one of the most high profile museums of Classic Modernism in Germany. The existing museum building consisted of two parts: one built in the 1950s and a later addition that opened in 1983, though this was removed in 2007.
The new museum extension by David Chipperfield Architects complements the original listed building, preserving its integrity while perpetuating the architectural principle with an ensemble of six volumes and four inner courtyards, gardens, and covered walkways.
The strengths of the old wing were threefold: single-level exhibition spaces; the arrangement of these spaces around two interior co
