Paws, Hooves, Feathers – Animals in Art
Sometimes it is deer at the edge of a forest, cows in a meadow or ducks on a pond: the range of artworks with which artists from Grötzingen have captured our animal companions is wide. Animals continue to fascinate in their habitat and their beauty, and not only at the end of the 19th century, when the members of the local artists’ colony travelled the streets of the village and its surroundings with brush and easel. This small exhibition by the Heimatfreunde Grötzingen presents painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture on the theme of animals and village life.
Heimatfreunde Grötzingen e.V., Schultheiß-Kiefer-Straße 6, 76229 Karlsruhe
Exhibition runs from 27 September to 1 November 2026
Opening hours: Sundays, 2 pm to 6 pm
Opening on 27 September 2026 at 5 pm:
Welcome by the chairman, Egon Siegrist
Introduction with literary miniatures by Wolfgang Wegner.
What does a deer at the edge of the forest think? Why does a cow radiate such perfect calm? And do ducks on a pond really have a plan?
In his reading, Wolfgang Wegner combines three humorous literary miniatures with brief reflections on the relationship between animals, humans and landscape. Somewhere between precise observation of everyday life and quiet comedy, he opens up fresh perspectives on depictions of animals, habitats and village life in Grötzingen.
