Chalk cliffs on Rügen & Greifswald harbor
18.08. - 06.10.2024 The anniversary exhibition celebrating Caspar David Friedrich's birthday on September 5 will feature a real star guest: the masterpiece "Chalk Cliffs on Rügen". The world-famous painting, which is now at home in Winterthur, Switzerland, will be exhibited in the Pomeranian State Museum for seven weeks and for the first time ever in Friedrich's home region - a long-awaited meeting of painting and landscape after more than 200 years! In conjunction with other masterpieces by the artist, such as the depictions of the "Greifswald Harbour" and the "Eldena Ruins in the Giant Mountains", the exhibition opens up his "places of longing" in Swedish Pomerania and beyond. It is complemented by a homage to Friedrich by photographer Volkmar Herre, who presents the "chalk cliffs" and their attraction in a new light using the camera obscura. Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the Ministry for Science, Culture, Federal and European Affairs of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald - Office for Education, Culture and Sport, the Cultural Foundation of the Federal States, the Ostdeutsche Sparkassenstiftung together with the Sparkasse Vorpommern Foundation with the help of PS Lottery Savings and the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern from the Fund for Vorpommern and Eastern Mecklenburg. Also by 250 Years of Caspar David Friedrich, University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald - Office for Education, Culture and Sport. With Caspar David Friedrich through the year 2024 - we are part of it!
