Guided tour of the exhibition "Places of longing"
The anniversary exhibition celebrating Caspar David Friedrich's birthday on September 5 will feature a real star guest: the masterpiece "Chalk Cliffs on Rügen". The world-famous painting will be exhibited in the Pomeranian State Museum for the first time ever in Friedrich's home region. In conjunction with other masterpieces by the artist, such as the depictions of the "Greifswald Harbour" and the "Ruins of Eldena in the Giant Mountains", the exhibition opens up his "places of longing" in Swedish Pomerania and beyond. It is complemented by a homage to Friedrich by photographer Volkmar Herre, who presents the "chalk cliffs" and their attraction in a new light using the camera obscura. Admission: €5.00 plus museum entrance fee Patron of the special exhibition "Caspar David Friedrich. Places of Longing" is Minister President Manuela Schwesig. The exhibition is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the Ministry of Science, Culture, Federal and European Affairs of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald - Office for Education, Culture and Sport, the Ostdeutsche Sparkassenstiftung together with the Sparkasse Vorpommern Foundation with the help of PS-Lotteriesparens and the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern from the Fund for Vorpommern and Eastern Mecklenburg. With Caspar David Friedrich through the year 2024 - we are part of it!
