PHOTO: © Franz Marc, Kühe, rot, grün, gelb, 1911, Lenbachhaus München / Lenbachhaus Munich.

Über die Welt hinaus. Der Blaue Reiter.

Name: Über die Welt hinaus. Der Blaue Reiter.
Start: 2027-03-16T10:00+0100
End: 2027-03-16T18:00+0100
Location: Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau

In the organizer's words:

At the beginning of the 20th century, a circle of artists with a vision formed in Munich. They had the common goal of renewing art and changing society.

Particularly important in this endeavor were the two exhibitions by the editorial team of Der Blaue Reiter in Munich in 1911-12. The title explicitly referred to the intention of the almanac: this programmatic yearbook established Der Blaue Reiter as part of a worldwide artistic production that transcended epochs and genres. However, Der Blaue Reiter was more than that: it was based on a network of exchange that understood cultural differences as a creative resource. In a transnational dialog - from the German Empire and France to the Russian Empire and the USA - the participants created new visual languages for a changing world. Many of them lived unconventional lifestyles, questioned gender roles and sought new forms of representation beyond bourgeois norms.

The exhibition focuses on their pioneering achievements - from Franz Marc's symbolic color theory to Wassily Kandinsky's abstractions and Alexander Sacharoff's performative transgressions. Particular attention is paid to female artists who - unusually visibly for their time - played a central role in the movement. Alongside Gabriele Münter's expressive paintings are expressive self-portraits by Elisabeth Epstein, the dramatic paintings of the cosmopolitan Marianne von Werefkin and Maria Franck-Marc's enigmatic still lifes and utopian children's worlds.

Important new additions to the Lenbachhaus collection, such as the large-format abstract compositions by Wilhelm Morgner and socially critical works by Emmy Klinker and Albert Bloch, are on display for the first time. With over 150 works, the exhibition opens up new perspectives on one of the most important movements of the European avant-garde and shows how topical its questions about emancipation, aesthetic practice and cross-genre innovations still are today. Der Blaue Reiter saw art as a message and not merely as a problem of (beautiful) form. In 1911, Else Lasker-Schüler described the search for a broader horizon in a poem with the words: "Beyond the world."

The exhibition takes place as part of the preparations for our anniversary "100 Years Lenbachhaus 1929 / 2029".

A cooperation between the Lenbachhaus and the Gabriele Münter and Johannes Eichner Foundation. With the kind support of Förderverein Lenbachhaus e.V.

With works by: Albert Bloch, Erma Bossi, Wladimir Burljuk, Heinrich Campendonk, Robert Delaunay, Elisabeth Epstein, Maria Franck-Marc, Alexej von Jawlensky, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Emmy Klinker, Moissey Kogan, Else Lasker-Schüler, August Macke, Franz Marc, Wilhelm Morgner, Gabriele Münter, Jean Bloé Niestlé, Marianne von Werefkin

Curated by Melanie Vietmeier and Matthias Mühling

Curatorial assistance: Johannes Michael Stanislaus

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Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau Kunstareal - Luisenstraße 33 80333 München

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