Fly Over The Border. Hermann Hesse, the Painter.
Mar 28, 2012 - Aug 12, 2012
Together with the Hermann Hesse Museum in Montagnola, the Kunstmuseum Bern is presenting the first retrospective of Hermann Hesse鈥檚 paintings to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the artist and famous author鈥檚 decease (July 2, 1877 鈥� Aug. 9, 1962).
Hesse鈥檚 work as a visual artist played an important role in his development. His concentrated and complex visual language furnishes us with a key to understanding his personal development, how he comprehended art, and his literary work. This groundbreaking exhibition in regard to Hermann Hesse鈥檚 reception pays tribute to his contribution to modern art.
In 2012, 100 years will have passed since Hermann Hesse moved to Bern. 鈥淥ugspurgergut鈥� in Schosshalde, 鈥淟ohn鈥� in Kehrsatz, and Bremgarten castle are the sites that are closely affiliated to Hermann Hesse in Bern and where he sought inspiration and stimulation. Hesse鈥檚 years in Bern from 1912 to 1919 were not only decisive for his literary work. During this period 鈥� in which he wrote Rosshalde, his novel about an artist 鈥� he began his largely unknown career as a painter that culminated in the 1920s and 1930s when he lived in Montagnola.
From the time of his very first attempts at painting, the centenary exhibition recalls all the phases in the artist鈥檚 creative development, the subject matter he tackled, and the genres and styles he experimented with: early sketches of a great diversity of things, large-format water colors, finely detailed pen-and-ink drawings, and small-format illustrations for writings.
For the celebrations commemorating the 50th anniversary of his decease, D眉sseldorf University together with Bern University and the Kunstmuseum Bern are organizing an international conference under the title "... die Grenzen 眉berfliegen". Many scholars from Switzerland and all over the world specializing on the famous author will be presenting recent research and for the first time pay tribute to Hermann Hesse鈥檚 dual proficiency as poet and painter.
Hesse鈥檚 work as a visual artist played an important role in his development. His concentrated and complex visual language furnishes us with a key to understanding his personal development, how he comprehended art, and his literary work. This groundbreaking exhibition in regard to Hermann Hesse鈥檚 reception pays tribute to his contribution to modern art.
In 2012, 100 years will have passed since Hermann Hesse moved to Bern. 鈥淥ugspurgergut鈥� in Schosshalde, 鈥淟ohn鈥� in Kehrsatz, and Bremgarten castle are the sites that are closely affiliated to Hermann Hesse in Bern and where he sought inspiration and stimulation. Hesse鈥檚 years in Bern from 1912 to 1919 were not only decisive for his literary work. During this period 鈥� in which he wrote Rosshalde, his novel about an artist 鈥� he began his largely unknown career as a painter that culminated in the 1920s and 1930s when he lived in Montagnola.
From the time of his very first attempts at painting, the centenary exhibition recalls all the phases in the artist鈥檚 creative development, the subject matter he tackled, and the genres and styles he experimented with: early sketches of a great diversity of things, large-format water colors, finely detailed pen-and-ink drawings, and small-format illustrations for writings.
For the celebrations commemorating the 50th anniversary of his decease, D眉sseldorf University together with Bern University and the Kunstmuseum Bern are organizing an international conference under the title "... die Grenzen 眉berfliegen". Many scholars from Switzerland and all over the world specializing on the famous author will be presenting recent research and for the first time pay tribute to Hermann Hesse鈥檚 dual proficiency as poet and painter.
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Together with the Hermann Hesse Museum in Montagnola, the Kunstmuseum Bern is presenting the first retrospective of Hermann Hesse鈥檚 paintings to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the artist and famous author鈥檚 decease (July 2, 1877 鈥� Aug. 9, 1962).
Hesse鈥檚 work as a visual artist played an important role in his development. His concentrated and complex visual language furnishes us with a key to understanding his personal development, how he comprehended art, and his literary work. This groundbreaking exhibition in regard to Hermann Hesse鈥檚 reception pays tribute to his contribution to modern art.
In 2012, 100 years will have passed since Hermann Hesse moved to Bern. 鈥淥ugspurgergut鈥� in Schosshalde, 鈥淟ohn鈥� in Kehrsatz, and Bremgarten castle are the sites that are closely affiliated to Hermann Hesse in Bern and where he sought inspiration and stimulation. Hesse鈥檚 years in Bern from 1912 to 1919 were not only decisive for his literary work. During this period 鈥� in which he wrote Rosshalde, his novel about an artist 鈥� he began his largely unknown career as a painter that culminated in the 1920s and 1930s when he lived in Montagnola.
From the time of his very first attempts at painting, the centenary exhibition recalls all the phases in the artist鈥檚 creative development, the subject matter he tackled, and the genres and styles he experimented with: early sketches of a great diversity of things, large-format water colors, finely detailed pen-and-ink drawings, and small-format illustrations for writings.
For the celebrations commemorating the 50th anniversary of his decease, D眉sseldorf University together with Bern University and the Kunstmuseum Bern are organizing an international conference under the title "... die Grenzen 眉berfliegen". Many scholars from Switzerland and all over the world specializing on the famous author will be presenting recent research and for the first time pay tribute to Hermann Hesse鈥檚 dual proficiency as poet and painter.
Hesse鈥檚 work as a visual artist played an important role in his development. His concentrated and complex visual language furnishes us with a key to understanding his personal development, how he comprehended art, and his literary work. This groundbreaking exhibition in regard to Hermann Hesse鈥檚 reception pays tribute to his contribution to modern art.
In 2012, 100 years will have passed since Hermann Hesse moved to Bern. 鈥淥ugspurgergut鈥� in Schosshalde, 鈥淟ohn鈥� in Kehrsatz, and Bremgarten castle are the sites that are closely affiliated to Hermann Hesse in Bern and where he sought inspiration and stimulation. Hesse鈥檚 years in Bern from 1912 to 1919 were not only decisive for his literary work. During this period 鈥� in which he wrote Rosshalde, his novel about an artist 鈥� he began his largely unknown career as a painter that culminated in the 1920s and 1930s when he lived in Montagnola.
From the time of his very first attempts at painting, the centenary exhibition recalls all the phases in the artist鈥檚 creative development, the subject matter he tackled, and the genres and styles he experimented with: early sketches of a great diversity of things, large-format water colors, finely detailed pen-and-ink drawings, and small-format illustrations for writings.
For the celebrations commemorating the 50th anniversary of his decease, D眉sseldorf University together with Bern University and the Kunstmuseum Bern are organizing an international conference under the title "... die Grenzen 眉berfliegen". Many scholars from Switzerland and all over the world specializing on the famous author will be presenting recent research and for the first time pay tribute to Hermann Hesse鈥檚 dual proficiency as poet and painter.
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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Bern, Switzerland 3000
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