Kunsthalle Weishaupt invites into the dreamworld of printmaking

The œuvre of Marc Chagall is known for its dreamy-fantastic pictorial worlds. The Kunsthalle Weishaupt in Ulm, Germany, also takes up the prints of the french-russian painter in its exhibition Picturesque Poetry - Prints by Chagall and Contemporaries. Around 90 prints will be presented in the group exhibition from February 13 to October 9. In addition to works by Chagall, the exhibition also features a series of works by Georges Braques and Kees van Dongen, as well as prints from Pablo Picasso's La Suite Vollard. The prints date from the period between 1920 to 1970 and give an impression of the range of the print medium. For example, Chagall's bright colors and painterly lightness contrast with Picasso's dark and heavy imagery.

What the prints have in common is their fictional content and dreamlike design: Picasso deals with the Minotaur, a creature that is neither fully human nor fully animal. Braque and van Dongen devote themselves to the romanticized Parisian flair of life, and Chagall's series of works Daphnis and Chloe is based on the same-named love story from antiquity. It is the first work of art in Siegfried Weishaupt's collection. His daughter, the curator of the group exhibition, takes up the poetry of the 42 color lithographs and complements them with other artistic positions of his contemporaries. The synopsis is on view until October 9.