NEW YORK, NY.- During the Romantic era, the open window appeared either as the sole subject or the main feature in many pictures of interiors that were filled with a poetic play of light and perceptible silence. Rooms with a View: The Open Window in th…
Hamburger Kunsthalle Opens First Major Philipp Otto Runge Retrospective in Thirty Years
HAMBURG.- Marking the 200th anniversary of his death, the Hamburger Kunsthalle is presenting the first major retrospective exhibition in over thirty years dedicated to Philipp Otto Runge (1777–1810). Runge, who grew up in Wolgast, then lived in Co…
Thirteen New Paintings by Scottish Artist Christopher Orr on Display at Hauser & Wirth Zürich
ZÜRICH.- Thirteen new paintings by Scottish artist Christopher Orr are on display at Hauser & Wirth Zürich. The small intense canvases depict phantasmagoric landscapes populated by figures from an earlier time. Fiction and formalism go hand in hand i…
Pomeranian State Museum to Open Exhibition by Three Masters of German Romanticism
GREIFSWALD.- Their fathers were said to be appalled by their sons´ decision to become artists. But the three young men, dreaming of a new way to express art, were determined to implement their plans. Ultimately their parents gave way. Caspar David Fri…
Renovated Albertinum Museum in Dresden Unites Past and Present
DRESDEN.- After thorough-going restoration
and
refurbishment, the new Albertinum now presents itself as a centre of art
from
the Romantic period to the present day. The new exhibition halls are
shared by
the Galerie Neue Meister and th…
Renovated Albertinum in Dresden Unites Past and Present in New Exhibition Halls
DRESDEN.- After thorough-going restoration and refurbishment, the new Albertinum now presents itself as a centre of art from the Romantic period to the present day. The new exhibition halls are shared by the Galerie Neue Meister and the Skulpturensamml…