Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Otto Mueller, Self Portrait with Pentagram, around 1924
From Berlin to Wrocław: for the first time an exhibition addresses the huge artistic influence of Die Brücke painter and German expressionist Otto Mueller (1874–1930). As a mentor for a younger generation, he taught for more than 10 years at the State Academy of Fine Arts and Crafts in Wrocław, which in the 1920s was regarded as one of Europe’s most progressive art schools. Here, the various movements in painting at the time were seen as equals: Académie Matisse, Expressionism, New Objectivity and Bauhaus. Otto Mueller, who was nonconformist, charismatic and enthusiastic about ideas of freedom, had significant influence on the local art scene. The brilliance of his work in Wrocław – enhanced and intensified by his artistic network – extends into post-war modernism. This exhibition will for the first time draw greater attention to an important joint chapter in German-Polish art history.Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.
