Passion of Jesus Christ

The MMK Passau presents the Passion story in works of art from the beginning of the last century to the present day. Exhibits from the collection of the Wörlen Foundation and loans from the region visualise Jesus' Passion from the Last Supper to the crucifixion and resurrection.
Works from the 1910s to 1930s (by Karl Bodingbauer, Paula Deppe, Fritz Fuhrken, Carry Hauser, Alfred Kubin, Kurt von Unruh and Georg Philipp Wörlen) complement works by members of the Donau-Wald Group (Hermann Erbe-Vogel, August Philipp Henneberger, Wolf Hirtreiter, Oskar Matulla, Josef Karl Nerud and Otto Sammer). Further creations, from the 1960s to the present day, round off the show (by Friedrich Brunner, Rudolf Koller, Jutta Leitner, Franz Stanislaus Mrkvicka, Karl Reidel, Ulrike Maria Reim, Martin Seitz, Hannsjörg Voth and Christian Zeitler).Christ is - in reference to Rainer Maria Rilke - the "stranger flowing past", the "lonely one in the olive forest".
"lonely one in the olive grove", the "owner of pain", but he is also the one "who is
is everywhere", he is the "strengthened by his death", he is the "glow of love".
Christ, who dies on the wooden cross, becomes the tree of life that grows towards unity with God.
grows towards unity with God. And so the Passion story always conveys above all hope
and the message that life and love will triumph over suffering and death.

Last edited on 09.04.2025