Art Anniversaries
The birth of Impressionism and a centenary of Surrealism – major art anniversaries in 2024
Caspar David Friedrich
No painter is as closely identified with German Romanticism as Caspar David Friedrich – and to mark the 250th anniversary of his birth there is a nationwide programme of events and exhibitions in his home country. The festival year will be opened on 20 January by the culture minister Claudia Roth in St Nicholas’s Cathedral in the Pomeranian town of Greifswald, where Friedrich was baptised in 1774 – but the Hamburger Kunsthalle has already got the ball rolling. ‘Caspar David Friedrich: Art for a New Age’, opened on 15 December and brings together 60 paintings, 100 drawings, works by Friedrich’s contemporaries and by contemporary artists for whom his visions of nature resonate in our era of climate crisis. Coming up are major surveys dedicated to his landscapes at the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin (19 April–4 August), and to the arc of his 40-year career in Dresden, where he moved in his mid twenties, at the Albertinum and Residenzschloss in that city (24 August–5 January 2025). These three museums hold the lion’s share of his work – and since they are pooling resources with ‘extensive reciprocal loans’, these exhibitions ought to inspire a little wanderlust in even the most reluctant city-hopper.
Read more: https://www.apollo-magazine.com/art-anniversaries-2024-impressionism-surrealism-friedrich/
A popular art shop in Petersfield marked a significant milestone in the run up to the festive season.
Sage and Salt Studio celebrated its first anniversary after launching on December 2, 2023.
Bradford is one of four UK locations selected to host artwork to celebrate the 80th anniversary of beloved children’s characters The Moomins.
The residents of Moominvalley were created by Finnish illustrator and writer Tove Jansson, with the first book, The Moomins and the Great Flood, published in 1945.
To mark the milestone birthday, four artists have been commissioned to create public artworks inspired by the first Moomins story.
The upcoming UK City of Culture was chosen to host the artwork by Palestinian artist Basel Zaraa in Bowling Park in June 2025.
Art Anniversaries
Future generation – schools given opportunity to shine with Drax’s 50th anniversary art competition
- Schoolchildren are being invited by Drax to submit their designs for a poster that visualises the energy industry workers of the 21st century
- Winners will see their designs showcased at the power station’s history display, as part of its golden anniversary celebrations.
- Read More:https://www.drax.com/uk/press_release/future-generation-schools-given-opportunity-to-shine-with-draxs-50th-anniversary-art-competition/
