BUCERIUS KUNST FORUM ART MUSEUM IN HAMBURG
American Art travels to Europe
The
Bucerius Kunst Art Forum has only been around since 2002 but has become
one of the principal cultural
institutions in Northern Germany.
The art museum which presents themed art exhibitions from collections
on loan rather than having a permanent collection, is located in the
Rathausmarkt market plaza neighboring the Hamburg Rathaus (City Hall)
and near the canal locks which separate the Alster lakes from the canals
to the Elbe River. The exhibition space is the columned building from
the early 20th Century and Named for Gerd Bucerius co-founder and publisher
of Germany’s well know Der Zeit newspaper, the museum is funded
by the ZEIT Foundation. Open daily from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. with special "Lunch" and "After
Work" tours. The Bucerius Kinder Kunst Club is a program for kids
to be introduced to art through a painting class connected with the exhibition
theme.
Looking
beyond Europe “150 Years of American Art 1800-1950” focuses
on the origins of a genuine American school of art got its inspiration
from European painters but took its own distinctive direction. The exhibition
will feature masterpieces from American artists like Thomas Cole, John
Singer Sargent, James Whistler, Edward Hopper. The exhibition will cycle
in three different themed shows over three years from 2007 to 2009 covering
the “Hudson River School”, “Portraits of the Guilded
Age” and “American Realism”.
150 Years of American Art collection cycle starts with "Creating an American Art: Masterworks from the Wodsworth Atheneum Museum of Art" running February 24 to May 28, 2007. America’s first home grown school of landscape painting from 1825 to 1875 which eclipsed portraiture with dramatic images of natural wonder Niagara Falls, Yosemite Valley and the bright leaves of autumn as subjects. "Modern Life: Edward Hopper and his Time", the final segment of the exhibition runs from May 9 to August 16, 2009.
Other Art Exhibitions
for 2008-09
The Art of European Mannerisms featuring garish colors, strak angle views
and exagerated proportions which was the first art movement to affect
all
of Europe
at once runs until January 11, 2009.
“Paestum Art Collection of Antiquity” October 13 to January 20 2008 Classical paintings discovered in the 1700’s at the temple in the Gulf of Salerno rarely seen including 6 burial chambers preserved in their entirety presenting new insights into the rich history of Classical civilization.
Price for adults is 5 Euro, a family admission is 10 Euro and students over 18 are 3 Euro. Under 18 Free. © Bargain Travel Europe
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