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Opening hours May 13 September 4, 2011 open daily from 10 am to 8 pm June 25 open 10 am to 5 pm only Admission fees Regular: 9, Groups of 10 people or more, and senior citizens: 8, Students up to 30 years of age, and the unemployed: 4, → further reductions Guided tours organised by the »Volkshochschule« (in German): Mo, Sa: 11:30 am Tu, Th, Fr: 3:30 pm We: 6:30 pm Reservations are not required. In addition to the admission fee, the tour costs 6, Audioguide AntennaAudio offers an audioguide (in German; 5,/ 3,50) Accompanying Events … for Children (in German) Exhibition Catalogue The special rate of 29, is only available at the Kunsthalle How to get to the Kunsthalle Private events Café Kunsthalle Museum store Flyer |
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The Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung (the Hypo Cultural Foundation) in Munich is presenting the Romantic artist Philipp Otto Runge (1777–1810). This first retrospective exhibition outside Hamburg includes some 300 paintings and works on paper by this artistic genius who died too young. In addition to Caspar David Friedrich, Runge is considered the most important founder of German Romanticism.
With 25 paintings, over 200 drawings and some 50 paper cut-outs, the show covers Runge's entire career, and offers a glimpse into his cosmos. His struggle towards a new art and his efforts to create an adequate mode of expression for the era around 1800 find culmination in his principal graphic works, exploring the four times of day (1803 and after), as well as in the famous painting entitled "The Great Morning" (1809). In addition, his portraits of close friends and family provide deep insight into his biography. The multitude of sketches and drawings in which Runge approached his topics proves to be the key to a complex appreciation of painting and art. Runge was inspired by the vision of uniting the art of painting, poetry, music and architecture in a so-called Gesamtkunstwerk, or total work of art, thereby exploring unchartered artistic terrain. In his paintings, he attempted to depict the understanding of nature based on the cycle of life, a concept typical of the Romantic Era. However, his many self-portraits also serve as a vivid testimony to his intensive questioning of himself as a person, which proved to be a starting point for his understanding of transcendence and cosmos. Runge used his depictions of children, particularly in paintings like "The Little Perthes" (1805) or "The Children Hülsenbeck" (1805), to establish a fresh look at the budding individual in art. The delicate scissor-cut silhouettes, masterpieces in their natural accuracy and abstraction, bear witness to his versatility. This retrospective is divided into ten sections, which are organised partly according to genre, partly according to thematic and medium aspects: the self-portraits form the prelude, along with Runge's early works and pieces from his time at the Academy, followed by his first independent compositions. The chapter entitled "Picture and Frame" features his analysis of the arabesque in Romantic art. At the core of the exhibition are the four "Times of the Day" which represent the key to his artistic work. Then there is an excursus dedicated to Runge's Theory of Colours, before the exhibition continues with the artist's portraits. These are followed by a series of religious works and literary illustrations; a profusion of scissor-cuts and silhouettes forms the conclusion. In addition, the results of a research project by the Hamburg Kunsthalle's conservation department document the latest findings on Philipp Otto Runge's painting technique. Owing to the highly delicate nature of his works, Runge's oeuvre has seldom been exhibited outside Hamburg. To mark the 200th anniversary of the artist's death, Markus Bertsch, Jenns Howoldt and Andreas Stolzenburg, curators of the Hamburg Kunsthalle, have developed this comprehensive exhibition for Hamburg and Munich. Following the resounding success of the retrospective in Hamburg that ran from December 3, 2010 to March 13, 2011, we are particularly delighted to be able to present this pioneering innovator of Romanticism for the first time in Munich. Hirmer Verlag Munich has published a comprehensive, fully illustrated catalogue. |
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