Links: Léon Spilliaert, Selbstporträt mit gelber Weste, 1911, Bleistift, Aquarell, lavierte Tusche, Pinsel und Gouache auf gekörntem Papier, Privatsammlung, Foto: Steven Decroos, Ostende Rechts: George Minne, Der kleine Reliquienträger, 1897, Marmor, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Foto: Kunstmuseum Den Haag
The fascinating and mystical pictorial worlds of the Symbolists George Minne (1866-1941) and Léon Spilliaert (1881-1946) are the focus of the exhibition. For the first time, it juxtaposes two bold pioneers of modernism whose work marks the transition from Symbolism to Expressionism through formal reduction and color concentration.
We are focusing on two artists who are highly revered in their native Belgium, but who are still known to only a few in Germany. Based on our collection of Symbolism, which is unique in this country and internationally recognized, we take a first and surprising look at this groundbreaking epoch in Belgium. On the basis of around 70 paintings and sculptures, some of which are rarely or never before shown, from public and private collections in Germany and abroad, their influence on the art of the 20th century will be explored.
The exhibition is sponsored by
Museum case for the exhibition
The Museum Suitcases of the Belgium Center and the Art Department of the University of Paderborn let you experience the work and life of the two Belgian Symbolists with all your senses. Unusual perspectives and insights offer their own access to the exhibition.
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Let's talk about art: On changing topics, Dr. Carola Gries provides interesting and exciting information about works and artists in the collection. The art history seminars are suitable for newcomers and advanced art lovers. Participation is possible at any time.
A voyage of discovery to the neighboring country: From Symbolism to Expressionism. The special exhibition "Daring Visions - George Minne and Léon Spilliaert".
Links: Léon Spilliaert, Selbstporträt mit gelber Weste, 1911, Bleistift, Aquarell, lavierte Tusche, Pinsel und Gouache auf gekörntem Papier, Privatsammlung, Foto: Steven Decroos, Ostende Rechts: George Minne, Der kleine Reliquienträger, 1897, Marmor, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Foto: Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Curator Dr. Bettina Zeman will offer members of the Museum Society exclusive insights into the exhibition during the preview before the official opening.
Links: Léon Spilliaert, Selbstporträt mit gelber Weste, 1911, Bleistift, Aquarell, lavierte Tusche, Pinsel und Gouache auf gekörntem Papier, Privatsammlung, Foto: Steven Decroos, Ostende Rechts: George Minne, Der kleine Reliquienträger, 1897, Marmor, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Foto: Kunstmuseum Den Haag
For the opening of the exhibition we cordially invite you, your family & friends!
Links: Léon Spilliaert, Selbstporträt mit gelber Weste, 1911, Bleistift, Aquarell, lavierte Tusche, Pinsel und Gouache auf gekörntem Papier, Privatsammlung, Foto: Steven Decroos, Ostende Rechts: George Minne, Der kleine Reliquienträger, 1897, Marmor, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Foto: Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Let curator Dr. Bettina Zeman guide you through the exhibition in this exclusive tour and learn more about the background and conception of the exhibition. Afterwards, you will have the opportunity to exchange ideas over a glass of wine.
Links: Léon Spilliaert, Selbstporträt mit gelber Weste, 1911, Bleistift, Aquarell, lavierte Tusche, Pinsel und Gouache auf gekörntem Papier, Privatsammlung, Foto: Steven Decroos, Ostende Rechts: George Minne, Der kleine Reliquienträger, 1897, Marmor, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Foto: Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Public guided tours to deepen selected topics of the exhibition.
Links: Léon Spilliaert, Selbstporträt mit gelber Weste, 1911, Bleistift, Aquarell, lavierte Tusche, Pinsel und Gouache auf gekörntem Papier, Privatsammlung, Foto: Steven Decroos, Ostende Rechts: George Minne, Der kleine Reliquienträger, 1897, Marmor, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Foto: Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Public guided tours to deepen selected topics of the exhibition.
Let's talk about art: On changing topics, Dr. Carola Gries provides interesting and exciting information about works and artists in the collection. The art history seminars are suitable for newcomers and advanced art lovers. Participation is possible at any time.
A voyage of discovery to the neighboring country: From Symbolism to Expressionism. The special exhibition "Daring Visions - George Minne and Léon Spilliaert".
Links: Léon Spilliaert, Selbstporträt mit gelber Weste, 1911, Bleistift, Aquarell, lavierte Tusche, Pinsel und Gouache auf gekörntem Papier, Privatsammlung, Foto: Steven Decroos, Ostende Rechts: George Minne, Der kleine Reliquienträger, 1897, Marmor, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Foto: Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Public guided tours to deepen selected topics of the exhibition.
Let's talk about art: On changing topics, Dr. Carola Gries provides interesting and exciting information about works and artists in the collection. The art history seminars are suitable for newcomers and advanced art lovers. Participation is possible at any time.
A voyage of discovery to the neighboring country: From Symbolism to Expressionism. The special exhibition "Daring Visions - George Minne and Léon Spilliaert
Links: Léon Spilliaert, Selbstporträt mit gelber Weste, 1911, Bleistift, Aquarell, lavierte Tusche, Pinsel und Gouache auf gekörntem Papier, Privatsammlung, Foto: Steven Decroos, Ostende Rechts: George Minne, Der kleine Reliquienträger, 1897, Marmor, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Foto: Kunstmuseum Den Haag
With the family tours, we would like to offer young visitors and their parents an exciting journey into the world of art. To this end, we have tailored the tour to children and supplemented it with an active craft section.
Let's talk about art: On changing topics, Dr. Carola Gries provides interesting and exciting information about works and artists in the collection. The art history seminars are suitable for newcomers and advanced art lovers. Participation is possible at any time.
A voyage of discovery to the neighboring country: From Symbolism to Expressionism. The special exhibition "Daring Visions - George Minne and Léon Spilliaert
Lunch at the museum - Now including the city-famous Stulle from lonnes + leusch! Because: our art break has become Art & Stulle. Curator Dr. Bettina Zeman will guide you through the current exhibition in half an hour. Afterwards there is the best sandwich ever to go!
Let's talk about art: On changing topics, Dr. Carola Gries provides interesting and exciting information about works and artists in the collection. The art history seminars are suitable for newcomers and advanced art lovers. Participation is possible at any time.
A voyage of discovery to the neighboring country: From Symbolism to Expressionism. The special exhibition "Daring Visions - George Minne and Léon Spilliaert".
Links: Léon Spilliaert, Selbstporträt mit gelber Weste, 1911, Bleistift, Aquarell, lavierte Tusche, Pinsel und Gouache auf gekörntem Papier, Privatsammlung, Foto: Steven Decroos, Ostende Rechts: George Minne, Der kleine Reliquienträger, 1897, Marmor, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Foto: Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Public guided tours to deepen selected topics of the exhibition.
Links: Léon Spilliaert, Selbstporträt mit gelber Weste, 1911, Bleistift, Aquarell, lavierte Tusche, Pinsel und Gouache auf gekörntem Papier, Privatsammlung, Foto: Steven Decroos, Ostende Rechts: George Minne, Der kleine Reliquienträger, 1897, Marmor, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Foto: Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Curator Dr. Bettina Zeman provides a special look behind the scenes. The concept and history of the exhibition are explained.
We invite young parents to come to the museum with their baby (in the first year of life). After a 40-minute guided tour of the exhibition, there will be an opportunity to talk about what they have seen and make further contacts over a cup of coffee.
Karl Ernst Osthaus (1874-1921) founded the Museum Folkwang in his hometown of Hagen in 1902. The art-savvy and wealthy art collector and patron built up an extensive collection of contemporary art and actively promoted avant-garde architects and artists, whom he also defended vehemently against criticism. He commissioned George Minne, one of the most important Symbolist sculptors in Belgium around 1900, to create a multi-figure fountain. Minne became, along with Auguste Rodin, a pioneer and key figure in the development of Symbolist sculpture. The angular and elongated formal language of his figures are an expression of a new image of man. Their expressive gestures made Minne a harbinger of modernism. The fountain, a major work of Minne, was sold together with Osthaus' art collection by his heirs and can therefore be admired today in the Museum Folkwang in Essen.
The group will receive an exclusive guided tour of the collection, focusing on Karl Ernst Osthaus and European Symbolism (90 minutes).
Afterwards, seats are reserved at the "Edda" restaurant in the Museum Folkwang for an à la carte lunch together. Afterwards, there may be time for your own explorations of the collection.
Links: Léon Spilliaert, Selbstporträt mit gelber Weste, 1911, Bleistift, Aquarell, lavierte Tusche, Pinsel und Gouache auf gekörntem Papier, Privatsammlung, Foto: Steven Decroos, Ostende Rechts: George Minne, Der kleine Reliquienträger, 1897, Marmor, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Foto: Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Public guided tours to deepen selected topics of the exhibition.
Links: Léon Spilliaert, Selbstporträt mit gelber Weste, 1911, Bleistift, Aquarell, lavierte Tusche, Pinsel und Gouache auf gekörntem Papier, Privatsammlung, Foto: Steven Decroos, Ostende Rechts: George Minne, Der kleine Reliquienträger, 1897, Marmor, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Foto: Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Public guided tours to deepen selected topics of the exhibition.
Let's talk about art: On changing topics, Dr. Carola Gries provides interesting and exciting information about works and artists in the collection. The art history seminars are suitable for newcomers and advanced art lovers. Participation is possible at any time.
A voyage of discovery to the neighboring country: From Symbolism to Expressionism. The special exhibition "Daring Visions - George Minne and Léon Spilliaert
Let's talk about art: On changing topics, Dr. Carola Gries provides interesting and exciting information about works and artists in the collection. The art history seminars are suitable for newcomers and advanced art lovers. Participation is possible at any time.
A voyage of discovery to the neighboring country: From Symbolism to Expressionism. The special exhibition "Daring Visions - George Minne and Léon Spilliaert".
Links: Léon Spilliaert, Selbstporträt mit gelber Weste, 1911, Bleistift, Aquarell, lavierte Tusche, Pinsel und Gouache auf gekörntem Papier, Privatsammlung, Foto: Steven Decroos, Ostende Rechts: George Minne, Der kleine Reliquienträger, 1897, Marmor, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Foto: Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Embark on a visual journey through the exhibition in this exclusive guided tour. Afterwards, you will have the opportunity to exchange ideas over a glass of wine.
Every 1st Sunday of the month, parallel to the first public adult tour of the day, there is a double-pack workshop for children aged 6 and up.
Princes and princesses beware ... Today you paint yourselves! After we have taken some inspiration from the current exhibition on what portraits can look like, we'll be lending a hand ourselves. We will paint, craft and laugh for all it's worth. Take a close look, let your creativity run wild, and you'll create the perfect Christmas gift for your parents!
Links: Léon Spilliaert, Selbstporträt mit gelber Weste, 1911, Bleistift, Aquarell, lavierte Tusche, Pinsel und Gouache auf gekörntem Papier, Privatsammlung, Foto: Steven Decroos, Ostende Rechts: George Minne, Der kleine Reliquienträger, 1897, Marmor, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Foto: Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Public guided tours to deepen selected topics of the exhibition.
Links: Léon Spilliaert, Selbstporträt mit gelber Weste, 1911, Bleistift, Aquarell, lavierte Tusche, Pinsel und Gouache auf gekörntem Papier, Privatsammlung, Foto: Steven Decroos, Ostende Rechts: George Minne, Der kleine Reliquienträger, 1897, Marmor, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Foto: Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Public guided tours to deepen selected topics of the exhibition.
Links: Léon Spilliaert, Selbstporträt mit gelber Weste, 1911, Bleistift, Aquarell, lavierte Tusche, Pinsel und Gouache auf gekörntem Papier, Privatsammlung, Foto: Steven Decroos, Ostende Rechts: George Minne, Der kleine Reliquienträger, 1897, Marmor, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Foto: Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Public guided tours to deepen selected topics of the exhibition.
Let's talk about art: On changing topics, Dr. Carola Gries provides interesting and exciting information about works and artists in the collection. The art history seminars are suitable for newcomers and advanced art lovers. Participation is possible at any time.
A voyage of discovery to the neighboring country: From Symbolism to Expressionism. The special exhibition "Daring Visions - George Minne and Léon Spilliaert
Lunch at the museum - Now including the city-famous Stulle from lonnes + leusch! Because: our art break has become Art & Stulle. Curator Dr. Bettina Zeman will guide you through the current exhibition in half an hour. Afterwards there is the best sandwich ever to go!
Let's talk about art: On changing topics, Dr. Carola Gries provides interesting and exciting information about works and artists in the collection. The art history seminars are suitable for newcomers and advanced art lovers. Participation is possible at any time.
A voyage of discovery to the neighboring country: From Symbolism to Expressionism. The special exhibition "Daring Visions - George Minne and Léon Spilliaert".
Links: Léon Spilliaert, Selbstporträt mit gelber Weste, 1911, Bleistift, Aquarell, lavierte Tusche, Pinsel und Gouache auf gekörntem Papier, Privatsammlung, Foto: Steven Decroos, Ostende Rechts: George Minne, Der kleine Reliquienträger, 1897, Marmor, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Foto: Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Public guided tours to deepen selected topics of the exhibition.
Links: Léon Spilliaert, Selbstporträt mit gelber Weste, 1911, Bleistift, Aquarell, lavierte Tusche, Pinsel und Gouache auf gekörntem Papier, Privatsammlung, Foto: Steven Decroos, Ostende Rechts: George Minne, Der kleine Reliquienträger, 1897, Marmor, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Foto: Kunstmuseum Den Haag
With the family tours, we would like to offer young visitors and their parents an exciting journey into the world of art. To this end, we have tailored the tour to children and supplemented it with an active craft section.
Links: Léon Spilliaert, Selbstporträt mit gelber Weste, 1911, Bleistift, Aquarell, lavierte Tusche, Pinsel und Gouache auf gekörntem Papier, Privatsammlung, Foto: Steven Decroos, Ostende Rechts: George Minne, Der kleine Reliquienträger, 1897, Marmor, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Foto: Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Embark on a journey to the era of Belgian symbolism in this exclusive guided tour. Afterwards, a Belgian Christmas beer and a little surprise will give you the opportunity to exchange ideas.
