Sculpture Collection
versatile & vivid
Three-dimensional like the people themselves and their immediate living environment, the sculptural cosmos of the mpk may not be unbroken by art history, but it is diverse, lively and representative. Particularly in relation to the 20th century, there is an enormous range of artistic ideals and concepts of form. This focus results from the history of the museum’s founding.
Initially opened in 1880 as the Palatinate Industrial Museum, the focus of the collection changed. Painting moved in with the donation of Hofrat Benzino in 1903 and graphic art has been collected since 1923. Sculpture and plastic art were only added to the collection in the mid-1960s. From the very beginning, traditional and innovative trends were brought together and narrative and abstract content was exhibited and purchased in parallel.