Neue Künstlervereinigung München founded by Adolf Erbslöh
Historical background
The idea for the N.K.V.M.
The precursor to the N.K.V.M. was the "Brotherhood of St. Luke", which the Russian painter Marianne von Werefkin had gathered around her in 1897 in her adopted home of Munich in the district of Schwabing in her "pink salon". The members saw themselves as standing in the tradition of the Guild of Saint Luke. Already at that time, one planned "Manifestations, that is, Exhibitions".
The idea for the N.K.V.M. was also born in Werefkin's salon (before Christmas 1908). Apart from Werefkin, Alexej von Jawlensky, Adolf Erbslöh and the German entrepreneur, art collector, aviation pioneer and musician Oscar Wittenstein were involved in founding "the new artists' association". Gabriele Münter and Wassily Kandinsky were initially not informed of the project. This annoyed Kandinsky years later, which to a certain extent explains his hesitation when he was offered to take over the chairmanship of the N.K.V.M. in January 1909.1st Exhibition: "Turnus 1909–1910"
The catalogue of the first N.K.V.M. exhibition lists 128 items by 16 artists: Paul Baum, Vladimir Georgievich Bekhteev, Erma Bossi, Dresler, Eckert, Erbslöh, Pierre Girieud, Karl Hofer, Jawlensky, Kandinsky, Kanoldt, Kogan, Alfreds Kubin, Münter, Pohle, Werefkin, and is accompanied by 14 reproductions and a list of prices.On view beginning on December 1, 1909, at the Moderne Galerie in Munich, this exhibition traveled to 9 venues: