Past exhibitions in the art museum
Review
(for full list, please see the site in German)
Special exhibition art museum
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ARTIST COUPLE IN THE MODERN MOVEMENT– Emil Maetzel and Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen
In the last twenty years, works by Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen were always among the most impressive pictures in the special exhibitions shown at the Edwin Scharff Museum. The exhibition “Flächenbrand Expressionismus” (“Conflagration Expressionism”) included a glimpse into Emil Maetzel’s work.
Special exhibition art museum
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Sensitive men– in modern sculpture
The Edwin Scharff Museum dedicates this exhibition to the topic of the sensitive men in modern sculpture by presenting around 60 sculptures by Adolf von Hildebrand, George Minne, Hermann Blumenthal, Georg Kolbe, Gerhard Marcks and many other artists.
Intervention art museum
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POSTPRODUcTION – STEFAN WISSEL IN DIALOGUE WITH EDWIN SCHARFF
At the invitation of the museum, Stefan Wissel explores Edwin Scharff’s works and their presentation in the museum. His artistic interventions, resonances and exaggerations offer new perspectives on the familiar work and open up productive spaces for thought and association.
Special exhibition art museum
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DISTINGUISHED!– Hamburg's Edwin-Scharff-Prize winners
“He was the first among Hamburg’s artists, the pride of our new university,” the Senator for Culture formulated in 1955 in his funeral speech for Edwin Scharff. He therefore named the State Prize for artists situated in Hamburg, which was donated in the same year, after the revered sculptor who had headed the sculpture class after the Second World War.