A riot of colours
23.05.2026 - 15.11.2026 ,
Buchheim Museum
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10 August 2026 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. To mark this occasion, the Buchheim Museum is juxtaposing a selection from its significant ‘Brücke’ collection with works by his immediate contemporaries and subsequent generations who were significantly influenced by the artists’ group. Thanks to the extensive holdings from the Buchheim couple’s collection, as well as the recent generous bequests from Joseph Hierling and Paul Maria Wittmann, the museum is able to trace the development of Expressionism from its beginnings well into the second half of the 20th century, thereby illustrating the lasting impact of this epoch-making movement.
Alongside paintings and works on paper by the ‘Brücke’ artists Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Otto Mueller, Emil Nolde and Max Pechstein, the exhibition features works by, among others, Walter Becker, Karl Blocherer, Eva Böddinghaus, Ludwig Bock, Grete Csaki-Copony, Béla Czóbel, Conrad Felixmüller, Max Kaus, Ewald Mataré, Eugen Spiro and Karoline Wittmann. What they all have in common is the free use of colour as a central means of artistic expression. In an increasing departure from traditional attributions of meaning and the postulate of a mimetic conception of art, colour served them primarily to depict inner feelings, states and emotions.
Last edited on 27.05.2026
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