Karl Ernst Osthaus, Folkwang and the 'Hagener Impuls': Transcending the walls of the museum

The term Hagener Impuls' characterizes two decades in the history of the city of Hagen, when the city was a place of important developments in the arts. Between 1900 and 1921 Karl Ernst Osthaus tried to realize his vision to make beauty once again the dominant force in life' by several means as museum founder, patron, agent and organizer in the field of the arts. Osthaus's initiative went beyond merely