Richard Hessberg
Politics, literature and art
Politics, literature and art
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During the Weimar Republic, he was a member of the German People's Party. He was a member of the board of directors of the Folkwang Art Association and managing director of the "Society for Literature and Theater" in Essen. Dr. Hessberg was also a member of the Society for Bibliophilia, to which he donated a letter from Karl Immermann to Heinrich Heine in 1925\. In 1920, Thomas Mann stayed with him.

In 1929, the family of five moved into a villa in Essen\-Bredeney, built according to the plans of the well\-known architect Alfred Fischer, a representative of New Building (New Objectivity, Bauhaus).

Hessberg collected art, and his collection included a painting by [Emil Nolde](/wiki/Emil_Nolde "Emil Nolde") entitled *Wald* which currently hangs in the [Albertina Museum](/wiki/Albertina_museum "Albertina museum") in Vienna.


What was included in Dr. Hessberg's art collection?