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Exhibition opening: European Realities

Realism movements of the 1920s and 1930s in Europe
[Translate to Englisch:] William Roberts, Les Routiers, um 1931, Öl auf Leinwand, Courtesy of Board of Trustees of National Museums Northern Ireland ©️ Estate of John David Roberts. By permission of the Treasury Solicitor, Ulster Museum Collection

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Chemnitz, Museum Gunzenhauser/Cinema Metropol
Museum Gunzenhauser, Stollberger Straße 2, 09119 Chemnitz & Metropol cinema, Zwickauer Straße 11, 09119 Chemnitz
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Focussing on painting, European Realities is dedicated to the diverse realist movements that were visible almost everywhere in Europe in the 1920s and 1930s. The exhibition tells of hunger and misery, of the modernisation of industry, reports on the economic upswing and cultural prosperity, of technical progress, the big city and nightlife, emancipation and diversity. Never before has this period of art been discussed to such an extent. In addition to the well-known trends in Italy, France and Germany, the exhibition is also dedicated to artists in northern, central, southern, south-eastern and western European countries who impressively capture the zeitgeist of the 1920s and 1930s in their works.

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Chemnitz Art Collections

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European Realities

The exhibition project European Realities at the Gunzenhauser Museum includes positions from various European countries, in particular from Northern, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. The diverse realist movements that were visible almost everywhere in Europe in the 1920s and 1930s are shown on an up to now unique scale. The exhibition tells of hunger and misery, of the modernisation of industry, reports on the economic upswing and cultural prosperity, of technical progress, the big city and nightlife, emancipation and diversity. The exhibition is part of the main programme of the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025.

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European Capital of Culture The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media Free State of Saxony European Capital of Culture

This project is cofinanced by tax funds on the basis of the parliamentary budget of the state of Saxony and by federal funds from the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media), as well as funds from the City of Chemnitz.