The association of "Friends of the Prinzhorn Collection" is a non-profit association for the promotion of the Heidelberg collection Prinzhorn. The "Friends of the Prinzhorn Collection" e. The association of friends was founded in on the initiative of students of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts and has since been supported by well-known personalities from the arts and the public.
The founding committee consisted of Prof. Georg Baselitz, Dr. Eduard Beaucamp, Prof. Johann Feilacher, Prof. Hartmut Kraft, Johann Kresnik, Prim. Arnulf Rainer, Dr. Maria Rave-Schwank and Prof. Gerhard Richter. The association gave the impulse for the realization of the museum collection Prinzhorn in the year The museum collection Prinzhorn is an institution of the university clinic Heidelberg.
Since its opening, the museum has been able to realize a large number of international exhibitions, in part with extensive exhibition catalogs presenting new research. The Prinzhorn Collection is one of the most unusual, significant and stimulating art collections in the world. It includes works from psychiatric context of different epochs. These are works from various artistic disciplines that fascinate with emotional power, diverse techniques, inventiveness and thematic breadth, often touching with a special kind of authenticity.
The art historian and physician Hans Prinzhorn gathered around 5, works by patients from psychiatric institutions throughout Europe in Heidelberg after the First World War, thereby building up a collection that has received international attention to this day.
Since , around 21, works have been added. In order to support and accompany this unique work in a special way, the association of the "Friends of the Prinzhorn Collection" was founded. The Association of Friends of the Prinzhorn Collection is a non-profit association for the promotion of the Prinzhorn Collection.
