Josef Albers Museum Quadrat Bottrop
Richard Paul Lohse, as the highlight of the 50th anniversary year in 2026
June 14 through October 11, 2026
As the highlight of its 50th anniversary year in 2026, the Josef Albers Museum in the museum complex is presenting a comprehensive solo exhibition of the painter, graphic artist, and theorist Richard Paul Lohse (1902–88). In 1976, the first solo exhibition in the newly opened “Quadrat” was dedicated to him, and his work“Drei horizontale Teilungen”(1949/72) was the first acquisition of the Bottrop Museum, thus forming the cornerstone of the art collection “Beyond Josef Albers.” The current exhibition is the first major retrospective of Lohse, one of the most important representatives of constructive-concrete art, in more than 20 years. It recounts a pivotal episode in Bottrop’s museum history and addresses current questions regarding social utopias and social equality.
Featuring works by:
Josef Albers, Günter Fruhtrunk, Camille Graeser, Gotthard Graubner, Donald Judd, Verena Loewensberg, François Morellet, Bridget Riley, Jan Schoonhoven, Victor Vasarely.
https://quadrat.bottrop.de/ausstellungen/richard_paul_lohse.php
Photo at the top right or bottom:
Richard Paul Lohse, "Three Horizontal Divisions," 1949/72, oil on canvas, Josef Albers Museum Quadrat Bottrop, photo: Philipp Ottendörfer © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
