Artists from the GDR: Works from the Museum Barberini Collection
One focus of the Museum Barberini鈥檚 collection is on paintings by artists from the former East Germany. Over the course of one year, we will be presenting four themes in our Barberini Collection series. All works from this part of the collection will be on display in the fall of 2019. The themes are Aspects of Painting (beginning October 17, 2018), Modern History Painting (beginning March 9, 2019), Melancholy and Painting, and Landscapes (beginning October 26, 2019).
The first display, Ways of Painting, is devoted to works from the 1980s. In two galleries, it presents four artists for whom painting served as a means of introspection and self-reflection: Hartwig Ebersbach, G眉nter Firit, Stefan Plenkers, and Erika St眉rmer-Alex. In their search for their own artistic means of expression, these artists broadened their painting style to include an expressive, often enigmatic dimension that was independent of official doctrine.
The theme Ways of Painting will be complemented by Modern History Painting. Four rooms will present mythological, literary, and religious themes with paintings by Gudrun Br眉ne, Ulrich Hachulla, Rolf H盲ndler, Bernhard Heisig, Johannes Heisig, Walter Libuda, Werner Liebmann, Harald Metzkes, Arno Rink, Willi Sitte, and Werner T眉bke.
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One focus of the Museum Barberini鈥檚 collection is on paintings by artists from the former East Germany. Over the course of one year, we will be presenting four themes in our Barberini Collection series. All works from this part of the collection will be on display in the fall of 2019. The themes are Aspects of Painting (beginning October 17, 2018), Modern History Painting (beginning March 9, 2019), Melancholy and Painting, and Landscapes (beginning October 26, 2019).
The first display, Ways of Painting, is devoted to works from the 1980s. In two galleries, it presents four artists for whom painting served as a means of introspection and self-reflection: Hartwig Ebersbach, G眉nter Firit, Stefan Plenkers, and Erika St眉rmer-Alex. In their search for their own artistic means of expression, these artists broadened their painting style to include an expressive, often enigmatic dimension that was independent of official doctrine.
The theme Ways of Painting will be complemented by Modern History Painting. Four rooms will present mythological, literary, and religious themes with paintings by Gudrun Br眉ne, Ulrich Hachulla, Rolf H盲ndler, Bernhard Heisig, Johannes Heisig, Walter Libuda, Werner Liebmann, Harald Metzkes, Arno Rink, Willi Sitte, and Werner T眉bke.
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