‘Scholz is essential...
because he confronts issues of our time that concern us all, and because he really takes formal risks.’
These qualities, ascribed by a critic to the young Berlin painter Werner Scholz (1898–1982), still apply today. Scholz devoted himself expressively and empathetically to the lives of the petit bourgeoisie or demi-monde and looked at the darker side of the interwar years in Germany. His protagonists are the destitute and grieving, refugees and the ones left behind – dignified figures with insistent presence.
Around 1930 Werner Scholz was seen as a promising newcomer thanks to his strikingly stylised compositions; progressive galleries showed his work, and important museums acquired it. Proscribed by the National Socialists as ‘degenerate’ in 1937, Scholz withdrew to the Tirol in 1939. In 1944 a bomb ruined his Berlin studio, and most of the pictures hidden there were destroyed. The exhibition The Weight of Time takes a look at what could be saved and presents it in Hamburg for the first time in decades. For Scholz is essential to our time as well.
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DATES OF THE EXHIBITION
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Sunday
12
May
12 hGuided tourThe Weight of TimeExhibition tourWerner Scholz. Human Images 1927–37Experience our special exhibition in a guided tour. Free of charge (plus museum admission). Registration is not required. In German language. Please understand that the group size must remain limited. Arriving on time will ensure your participation.
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Sunday
19
May
12 hGuided tourThe Weight of TimeExhibition tourWerner Scholz. Human Images 1927–37Experience our special exhibition in a guided tour. Free of charge (plus museum admission). Registration is not required. In German language. Please understand that the group size must remain limited. Arriving on time will ensure your participation.
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Sunday
26
May
12 hGuided tourThe Weight of TimeExhibition tourWerner Scholz. Human Images 1927–37Experience our special exhibition in a guided tour. Free of charge (plus museum admission). Registration is not required. In German language. Please understand that the group size must remain limited. Arriving on time will ensure your participation.
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Sunday
26
May
14 UhrTour and talkTHE WEIGHT OF TIMEThe friendA special exhibition tourExperience our exhibition on a guided tour. Karsten Müller, curator of the exhibition, talks to Klaus Metzelder about his friend Werner Scholz.
- Duration
- 1 Stunde
- Costs
- kostenfrei, zzgl. Museumseintritt
- Anmeldung
- nicht erforderlich
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Sunday
02
June
12 hGuided tourThe Weight of TimeExhibition tourWerner Scholz. Human Images 1927–37Experience our special exhibition in a guided tour. Free of charge (plus museum admission). Registration is not required. In German language. Please understand that the group size must remain limited. Arriving on time will ensure your participation.
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Sunday
09
June
12 hGuided tourThe Weight of TimeExhibition tourWerner Scholz. Human Images 1927–37Experience our special exhibition in a guided tour. Free of charge (plus museum admission). Registration is not required. In German language. Please understand that the group size must remain limited. Arriving on time will ensure your participation.
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