Max Liebermann (1847-1935) enjoyed a special bond with the Netherlands. From the end of the 19th century the German artist would visit Holland every summer. The country inspired his paintings for many

In 1914 Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1882-1976) spent the summer in Hohwacht, a somewhat remote municipality in northern Germany surrounded by pristine nature. Here, he painted Frauen im Grünen: two women...

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“What a pity.” The final words of Paula Modersohn-Becker. She was just 31 when, on 20 November 1907, soon after the birth of her daughter Mathilde, she breathed her last. Paula had been restless her...

Every picture tells a story. Why would a person spend his whole life photographing nothing but women’s legs? Who was the mysterious woman known as Taï Aagen-Moro? What’s in Daguerre’s soup? And were

Dollhouses are a serious matter in the 17th and 18th centuries. Sometimes wealthy spend much money on this expensive hobby as their own home. In XXSmall is the history of interior design can be seen

It started in the late nineteenth century: an unprecedented explosion of colour used in a completely innovative way. In France, the artists, who included Henri Matisse and Kees van Dongen, were

The Sammlung Lafrenz from Hamburg – in which Minimal Art is well-represented – enters in this exhibition into dialogue with works from the museum’s own collection.

Works of art by, for instance, Sol