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Indepth Arts News:
"Romantics, Realists, Revolutionaries:
19th-Century German Masterpieces from
the Museum of Fine Arts, Leipzig"
2000-10-22 until 2001-01-28
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Houston, TX,
USA
A rare showing of 19th-century German art debuts in
the United States at the MFAH this fall. The exhibition
Romantics, Realists, Revolutionaries: 19th-Century
German Masterpieces from the Museum of Fine Arts,
Leipzig presents a selection of paintings, sculpture,
prints, and drawings from one of the great museums of
German art, the Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig
(Museum of Fine Arts, Leipzig). Now, Americans have
an extraordinary opportunity to view important German
works of art that until recently have gone largely
unheralded in this country.
For several reasons, the MFAH is a natural venue to showcase 19th-century
German art from the Leipzig Museum. Perhaps the most compelling reason is
that nearly one-fifth of Texas’s residents claim German ancestry. Besides this
important connection, Houston and Leipzig became sister cities in 1993, and
have shared and exchanged many cultural programs, both here and in
Germany. What better setting than the Audrey Jones Beck Building for people
to experience firsthand an unusual and provocative exhibition of 19th-century
German art!
The exhibition, comprising 75 paintings, four sculptures, and 10 works on paper,
highlights the main artists and movements in 19th-century Germany. Whereas
some artists like Caspar David Friedrich are well known, the achievements of
many other German artists are less understood despite their often profound
influence on American artists—particularly during the period from 1840 to 1880.
Works by Carl Blechen, Arnold Böcklin, Carl Gustav Carus, Johan Christian
Clausen Dahl, Lovis Corinth, Max Klinger, Joseph Anton Koch, Wilhelm Leibl,
Adolph von Menzel, Wilhelm Trübner, and Fritz von Uhde, which form the core
of the permanent collection of the Leipzig Museum, are showcased in the
exhibition.
IMAGE:
Joseph Anton Koch,
Schmadribach Waterfall in the
Lauterbrunnen Valley, 1811,
oil on canvas,
the Museum of Fine Arts, Leipzig.
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