A Life in Munich Born in Munich, Germany, in 1899, Sofie Fohn lived through a century of profound transformation. While many remember the era for its political upheaval, her life was deeply intertwined with the quiet, persistent act of preserving culture. She was a painter, but her legacy is also defined by her role as an art collector alongside Emanuel Fohn. Together, they navigated a period where art was often caught in the crosshairs of ideology, working to protect works that were at risk of being lost to history. Her connection to the city of Munich remained a constant thread throughout h…
A chart of Sofie Fohn's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.