Heinz Butz
A Quiet Avant-Gardist in Upper Bavaria

November 23th 2025 until May 3rd 2026

This exhibition is a small yet significant retrospective. It looks back on the imposing oeuvre of a lifetime. It is dedicated to the painter Heinz Butz, who would have celebrated his hundredth birthday in December 2025 and who spent much of his life as an artist in Upper Bavaria. Butz’s renown as a distinguished artist of the second half of the twentieth century extended far beyond his native region, even though he was always more reserved than some of his contemporaries. Critics for their part have drawn comparisons to some of the biggest names in nineteenth- and twentieth-century art, including Vincent van Gogh, Kazimir Malevich, Robert Delaunay, Josef Albers, Ellsworth Kelly, Hans Arp, Walter Gropius, and Blinky Palermo.

This first comprehensive solo exhibition of Heinz Butz’s oeuvre at a museum pays posthumous tribute to the artist—he died, aged ninety-six, in 2022.

The exhibition was made possible by loans from the artist’s estate; Sammlung Werner Asam, Aichach; Galerie Jahn & Jahn, Munich; Sammlung Markus Michalke, Munich and Jan Schmid, Munich. With generous support from Freundeskreis Museum Starnberger See.