Franz Radziwill (1895 - 1983), Polder Road to Varel Harbour, 1938
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Sammlung Moderne Kunst at the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, acquired in 2018 from a private collection with the support of Theo Wormland Foundation
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2019
FRANZ RADZIWILL – TWO SIDES OF AN ARTIST
Pinakothek der Moderne‐
Following the acquisition in 2018 of ‘Grodenstraße nach Varelerhafen’ (Polder Road to Varel Harbour), dating from 1938, the Sammlung Moderne Kunst is staging an exhibition on Franz Radziwill, one of the most important representatives of Magic Realism. The focus of this concentrated studio exhibition is on five paintings, his Expressionist early work as a continuation of the ‘Brücke’, as well as on his involvement with the Nazi regime – between conformity and defamation as a ‘degenerate’ artist. One of Radziwill’s canvases, painted on both the front and back, is being exhibited for the first time showing both sides, to highlight the break between an Expressionist early work and a principal work of Magic Realism.