Fresh Air Northern Impressionism

09. June 2024 to 03. November 2024

Like a breath of fresh air – that is how artists experienced the new stylistic direction of Impressionism, which emerged from France in the 1860s. Fleeting atmospheres of light, new leisure activities or impressions from travels were captured with rapid brushstrokes painted directly on the canvas in radiant colours in the open air. These principles quickly spread and also led to a profound transformation of painting in northern Europe.

 

This travelling exhibition particularly focuses on the paintings of Dutch, German and Danish Impressionists. In cooperation with the Museum Singer Laren and Lower Saxony’s Landesmuseum Hannover, more than 80 exquisite paintings and oil studies have been selected for presentation, including works by artists such as Anna Ancher, Lovis Corinth, Isaac Israels, Johan Barthold Jongkind, Jo Koster, Max Liebermann, Peder Severin Krøyer and Max Slevogt. Their motifs stand in the shifting light of different seasons and times of day – painted at home or during their travels, in the garden or at the beach, in the country or in the city. The individual variations which can be grouped under the broad term “Northern Impressionism” reveal themselves. The thematic presentation invites us to move beyond national borders and explore commonalities and differences in Impressionism’s reception in the north.

 

The exhibition simultaneously celebrates the 15th anniversary of the MKdW’s founding, and Karin Prien – Schleswig-Holstein’s Minister of Education, Science and Culture – serves as its patron.

 

 

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Peder Severin Krøyer
Anna Ancher und Marie Krøyer am Strand von Skagen, 1893, Dauerleihgabe im MKdW, Collection Broere Charitable Foundation
Peder Severin Krøyer
Anna Ancher und Marie Krøyer am Strand von Skagen, 1893, Dauerleihgabe im MKdW, Collection Broere Charitable Foundation
Karl Hagemeister
Weißer Mohn, 1881, © Landesmuseum Hannover
Karl Hagemeister
Weißer Mohn, 1881, © Landesmuseum Hannover
Ferdinand Hart Nibbrig
Auf den Dünen, Zandvoort, 1892, © Singer Laren, Schenkung P. J. Hart Nibbrig 1981
Ferdinand Hart Nibbrig
Auf den Dünen, Zandvoort, 1892, © Singer Laren, Schenkung P. J. Hart Nibbrig 1981
Max Liebermann
Reiter und Reiterin am Strande nach links, 1902, MKdW – Dauerleihgabe aus Privatbesitz 
Max Liebermann
Reiter und Reiterin am Strande nach links, 1902, MKdW – Dauerleihgabe aus Privatbesitz 
Jo Koster
Mädchen mit Sonnenhut, 1911, © Singer Laren – Schenkung Sammlung Nardinc
Jo Koster
Mädchen mit Sonnenhut, 1911, © Singer Laren – Schenkung Sammlung Nardinc
Leo Putz
Frau auf der Gartenbank, um 1910, © Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum Hannover
Leo Putz
Frau auf der Gartenbank, um 1910, © Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum Hannover