Around 1908, Johan Thorn Prikker designed the wall hanging entitled The Ice Saints, which was woven by Anna Pahde in Krefeld and produced in at least three different colour combinations. Thorn Prikker’s original coloured design is still held in the collection of the Kunstmuseen Krefeld. It was recently restored and is on display in the current exhibition Beautiful Anarchy: Johan Thorn Prikker and His Time at the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum (KWM).

One example of the finished tapestry entered the collection of the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, from where it was sold to a Bonn art collector in 1921. Decades later, it was eventually acquired by the Bröhan Museum in Berlin through the auction market.

Both the subject matter—the Ice Saints—and the formal design of the textile are unusual for the Rhineland at the time, a decade after German Art Nouveau tapestries had caused a sensation. The lecture explores possible stylistic and thematic models and influences that may have inspired Thorn Prikker in creating this and other pictorial woven textiles. The Nordic countries of Sweden and Norway, as well as Scandinavian textiles from the collection of the Gewebesammlung (Textile Weaving Collection), the predecessor institution of the German Textile Museum, played a particularly important role in this investigation.

Dr Isa Fleischmann-Heck has been Deputy Director and Curator of Modern Textiles and Clothing at the German Textile Museum in Krefeld since 2002. During this time, she has curated numerous exhibitions and authored a wide range of publications. Her research focuses on textiles and fashion from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries.

Admission to the lecture is free of charge. However, a minimum spend of €12 at the K+ Café is requested. Registration is also requested via email at servicekunstmuseen@krefeld.de or by telephone on +49 2151 97558-137.

An object examined under a magnifying glass, a finding that brings history to light, a movement executed to within a millimetre: conservation is rooted in close observation and requires an extraordinary degree of sensitivity and a sure touch.

Across Germany, visitors can enjoy a varied programme of events at museums, storage facilities, conservation studios and historic building sites on the occasion of the European Day of Conservation-Restoration. They can discover how conservators use scientific and analytical methods to uncover and preserve the stories behind objects.

Cultural heritage reflects society: it tells us about ways of life, technological developments, artistic ideas and personal memories. Whether a film reel, painting, mural or piece of furniture, every object bears the traces of time and of the people who have lived with it.

The motto “Up Close” describes the physical proximity that conservation requires: working within millimetres and carefully approaching surfaces, layers and materials. At the same time, it also refers to an intellectual closeness. Through intensive engagement with each object, conservators gain insight into why people created these things, how successive generations have treated them, and what significance they hold today for collections and visitors.

This year, for the first time, the Kunstmuseen Krefeld are also inviting visitors to discover the work of their conservators on this special day, from 3 to 5 pm at the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum.

During a special guided tour, Denise Klatt will use specific examples to explain conservation projects in the context of the exhibition Beautiful Anarchy: Johan Thorn Prikker and His Time. Sebastian Köhler has been a conservator at the Kunstmuseen Krefeld for 24 years and knows the works in the collection inside out. In a short lecture, he will discuss two works dating from around 1970, explaining the concepts underpinning their preservation and the specific criteria involved in faithfully reinstalling them in accordance with the artists’ original intentions.

Admission to the museum is charged at the regular rate. Registration is requested by email at servicekunstmuseen@krefeld.de or by telephone on +49 2151 97558-137.

Bitte beachten Sie: Es handelt sich nicht um eine Veranstaltung der Kunstmuseen Krefeld, sie findet lediglich im Museumscafé statt.

Ein musikalisches Theaterprogramm über das Berliner Original Heinrich Zille von Peter Gutowski.

Bei Rückfragen oder Reservierungsanfragen wenden Sie sich bitte ausschließlich an: kplusbeiflavia@gmail.com oder telefonisch an 02151-4427750.

Wie verbindet Kunst Kreativität und Alltag? In der Ausstellung Kunst Hand Werk im Haus Lange entdecken wir die kunsthandwerklichen Arbeiten der Künstlergruppe Die Brücke. Anschließend gestalten wir eigene Objekte mit praktischem Nutzen: Wir weben mit Textilien, schnitzen einfache Formen aus Holz und Karton und entwerfen Schmuck sowie Schönes für den Alltag.
Kursleitung: Barbara Leifeld

Wie verbindet Kunst Kreativität und Alltag? In der Ausstellung Kunst Hand Werk im Haus Lange entdecken wir die kunsthandwerklichen Arbeiten der Künstlergruppe Die Brücke. Anschließend gestalten wir eigene Objekte mit praktischem Nutzen: Wir weben mit Textilien, schnitzen einfache Formen aus Holz und Karton und entwerfen Schmuck sowie Schönes für den Alltag.
Kursleitung: Barbara Leifeld

Wie verbindet Kunst Kreativität und Alltag? In der Ausstellung Kunst Hand Werk im Haus Lange entdecken wir die kunsthandwerklichen Arbeiten der Künstlergruppe Die Brücke. Anschließend gestalten wir eigene Objekte mit praktischem Nutzen: Wir weben mit Textilien, schnitzen einfache Formen aus Holz und Karton und entwerfen Schmuck sowie Schönes für den Alltag.
Kursleitung: Barbara Leifeld

Wie verbindet Kunst Kreativität und Alltag? In der Ausstellung Kunst Hand Werk im Haus Lange entdecken wir die kunsthandwerklichen Arbeiten der Künstlergruppe Die Brücke. Anschließend gestalten wir eigene Objekte mit praktischem Nutzen: Wir weben mit Textilien, schnitzen einfache Formen aus Holz und Karton und entwerfen Schmuck sowie Schönes für den Alltag.
Kursleitung: Barbara Leifeld