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Further information
Further information
In 1953, the Department of Artistic Wall Design was established at the State Porcelain Manufactory in Meissen. It carried out commissions throughout the GDR, enriching not only state buildings but also churches, cafés, hotels and shops with architectural art. Later, commissions were carried out for clients from West Germany, the USA and Japan. The designs came from the manufactory's own collective of artists and external artists. This map provides an overview of the murals in Dresden and Meissen. Some have already fallen victim to remodelling and renovation, while others can still be viewed on site, which we cordially invite you to do with this map.
Since 1939, this picture by Antwerp painter Frans Francken II has not been seen by the public. One reason was the disastrous condition of the painting. Now it has been elaborately restored for the exhibition "TEAMWORK in Antwerp! Pieter Bruegel, Hendrick van Balen and Others". We have documented the process on film. It becomes clear that restoration is also a matter of teamwork, with many different specialists taking part.
Pieter Bruegel the Elder was one of the most influential and successful painters of the 16th century. Particularly innovative pictorial creations such as “The Sermon of Saint John the Baptist” (Budapest, Szépművészeti Múzeum) were copied in large numbers by his sons Pieter Brueghel the Younger and Jan Brueghel the Elder as well as other artists. Today there are 36 repetitions of the motif, among which the Dresden version, with its exceptionally high quality, occupies a prominent place. The film provides an insight into the elaborate restoration of the painting.
It is known that, for his paintings, Caspar David Friedrich made extensive use of sketches which he had created in nature and from works of other painters. But how did he manage to enlarge elements from these sketches and transfer them to canvas? Our conservators followed up on that question.
