"UNBEKANNT - Color woodcuts from the beginning of the 20th century"
Exhibition until September 4, 2022
In today's understanding, the color woodcut is firmly linked to the art movement of Expressionism. In contrast, the pioneers of the Art Nouveau generation, who adopted the medium from Japanese art at the turn of the century and rediscovered it for themselves, have received little attention. In spring 2021, the Kunstverein Rüsselsheim hosted this exhibition dedicated to "the unknown".
Three private collectors generously opened up their collections as part of this exhibition. On display were largely forgotten artists who are hardly known to the public anymore. The elegant and simple naturalism of the era is given a new stage.
The Haus der Stadtgeschichte is showing this exhibition again, supplemented by works from the museum's collection and with a special exhibition section dedicated to the Offenbach artist Caroline Krafft-Schramm (1885-1922), who published her art under the pseudonym Ralph Sanin.
Accompanying program:
Exhibition tour with Annina Schubert:
Sunday, August 21, 2022, 3-4 p.m.
The Unknowns - Color woodcuts from the beginning of the 20th century
Lecture with Dr. Bernd Schäfer and Wolfgang Barina (lender and collector)
Wednesday, August 3, 2022, 7 pm
Admission € 5.
Dr. Bernd Schäfer and Wolfgang Barina are collectors and experts in the field of German woodblock prints from the beginning of the 20th century, and both are among the lenders to this exhibition. Dr. Bernd Schäfer also edited the catalog for the exhibition in Rüsselsheim, which was dedicated to the same topic (available for €12 at the Haus der Stadtgeschichte).
The joint lecture will deal with color woodcuts in general, but also with the Offenbach artist Caroline Krafft-Schramm (1885-1922), who worked under the male pseudonym Ralph Sanin. The German color woodcut around 1900 is strongly oriented towards Japanese color woodcuts and is attributed to Art Nouveau in its striking, elegant simplicity.
Acquaintance with the unknown - about the exhibition UNBEKANNT
Guided tour for children and print workshop
Dominik Gussmann, Astrid Jäger
Thursday July 21, 2022, 4 - 6.30 pm
Admission: 2.50 including material costs
Please register at druckwerkstatt@offenbach.de
A journey of discovery through the art of woodblock prints. In this guided tour, the focus is on discovering the pictures, we look at the motifs, talk about their effect and, of course, how to make woodblock prints.
We will then try out a letterpress printing technique in the printing workshop and create our own linoleum print.
For children aged 8 and over
Also in the museum:
Soap, serum snuff
Vacation activity day for children including soap/leather workshop on Offenbach's industrial heritage
sponsored by the Route of Industrial Heritage Junior
With Astrid Jäger
Tuesday 2.8.2022, Tuesday 9.8.2022, Tuesday 16.8.2022, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Regular admission price, children up to 18 years free
Registration is requested at astrid.jaeger@offenbach.de or 069 80652475
Offenbach has changed its face many times. Its development into an industrial city was particularly important. We look at what the word industry actually means and which products were manufactured in Offenbach. Then we go into production ourselves. We make something out of two of Offenbach's most important products: leather bags and soap that we cast ourselves. Fragrant, decorated soaps that you can keep or give away in a bag you have made yourself.
The Isenburgers
Lecture with Monika Krämer
Sunday August 14, 2022, 3 pm
Regular admission price
The first documented mention of Offenbach or "Ovenbach" dates back to 977. For centuries, the town remained a quiet farming and fishing village. In the 12th and first half of the 13th century, the Lords of Hagen, later Lords of Münzenberg, ruled over the town and the surrounding land as bailiffs of Dreieich. Their rule was taken over by the Falkensteins (1255-1418). The first mention of a moated castle dates back to 1394, when Count Werner III of Falkenstein had it built. After this dynasty died out, the land fell to the Falkenstein heirs. The Isenburgs became the sole rulers in 1486.
The thousand-year history of the dynasty of imperial counts and princes of Isenburg is first documented in 963. Their ancestral seat was Isenburg Castle in a side valley of the Rhine. In 1556, they began converting the old moated castle on the Main into a residence. In 1564, lightning caused a fire which destroyed most of the castle. It was rebuilt and a third storey was added in 1646. Count Johann Philipp von Isenburg, born in Offenbach in 1655, chose Offenbach as his country residence. He brought the first Huguenots to Offenbach at the end of the 17th century and granted them special privileges. The last reigning Prince Carl Ludwig Moritz (1803-1816 reign) was a promoter of industry in our town, especially the manufacture of leather goods.
In 1816, Offenbach became part of the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt, but the castle and other properties as well as the large forest estate in the south of Offenbach remained the private property of Prince von Isenburg. The palace was sold to the Hessian state in 1900 and is now home to the University of Art and Design.
You are welcome to register for our planning of lectures and guided tours at 069/8065-2646 during museum opening hours or hds-terminplanung@offenbach.de. Or you can simply drop by! You can also pay for admission online at www.haus-der-stadtgeschichte.de, directly at the event items. We look forward to seeing you!
The museum is barrier-free.
