Art needs air!
The artist group SCHOLLE between lake and moor

Out of the studio, into the light: At the beginning of the 20th century, the members of the artist group “Die Scholle” turned against the narrowness of academic tradition and searched for places where their art could breathe. In Dachau and the surrounding moorland, and in Holzhausen on Lake Ammersee, artists such as Leo Putz, Max Feldbauer and Fritz Erler found new subjects and, with their fresh colours and freer compositions, played a significant role in shaping Bavarian Modernism.

Beyond the heyday of “Die Scholle”, the exhibition also looks at the individual paths taken by its members after the group disbanded. The result is a multi-layered picture of a generation of artists whose works reveal not only a diversity of styles, but also the tensions and upheavals of the first half of the 20th century.

Image: Adolf Höfer (1869–1927): Lady by a Rowing Boat, c. 1910, oil on canvas, private collection (© JES Kulturstiftung)

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Tue – Fri 11 am – 5 pm
Saturday, Sunday, public holiday 1 pm – 5 pm

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