Worpswede from A to Z Björn Bischoff

A Guide from A to Z

With 179 illustrations

Translated from the German by Ian Bild

The illuminated Bacchus Fountain in front of Grosse Kunstschau [Grand Art Gallery]

Edition Falkenberg Table of Contents Table of Contents { J }an von Moor ...... 44 { P }ainters ...... 70 Foreword ...... 8 { C }afés ...... 27 { P }eat Barge Dockyard ...... 72 Introduction ...... 10 { C }arriage Rides – see under Horse-Drawn { K }äseglocke ...... 44 { P }eat Barge & Peat Barge Trips ..... 74 The Worpswede Artists’ Village ...... 12 Carriage Rides ...... 28 { K }affee Verrückt ...... 48 { P }hiline-Vogeler-Haus ...... 75 { C }emetery – see under Zionskirche ... 28 { K }unsthalle – see under { C }hurch – see under Zionskirche ...... 28 Museumsverbund ...... 49 { R }ailway Station ...... 76 Part 1 { Worpswede von A-Z } { C }hurch Communities ...... 28 { K }unstschau – see under Museumsver- { R }edwood Tree ...... 77 { C }reative House – see under The bund ...... 49 { R }oseliusstein ...... 77 { A }lte Molkerei Kunstcentrum Creative House ...... 28 { R }ound Oak – see under Mackensen (Art Centre) ...... 16 { C }ultural Foundation ...... 28 { M }ackensen-Oak ...... 49 Oak ...... 78 { A }rt Association ART-project { M }ackensen-Villa ...... 50 Worpswede- e.V. ... 17 { D }äumlingsdorf ...... 28 { M }arcusheide ...... 50 { S }culptors ...... 78 { A }rt Nouveau Villas ...... 18 { D }iedrichshof ...... 30 { M }onseeshof ...... 51 { S }ights ...... 79 { A }rt Shops – see under Galleries ...... 18 { M }onuments ...... 52 { S }tipendiary Sites – see under { A }rtists – see also under Painters ...... 18 { E }rdholländer – see under Windmill . 31 { M }oor – see under ...... 52 Artists’ Houses ...... 79 { A }rtists’ Houses Worpswede e.V. . 20 { M }oor Express ...... 52 { A }teliers – see under Galleries ...... 21 { F }armhouses ...... 31 { M }oorkolonisation ...... 53 { T }eufelsmoor ...... 79 { F }indorff-Monument ...... 31 { M }useum am Modersohn-Haus .... 53 { T }he Creative House at the { B }acchus Fountain ...... 21 { F }ounding Generation ...... 32 { M }useumsverbund [The Worpswede Hoetger-Hof ...... 80 { B }arkenhoff – see under Museums- { F }riends of Worpswede e.V...... 34 Museum Association] ...... 57 { T }ourist Information ...... 81 verbund ...... 22 { B }arkenhoff (1) ...... 58 { T }own Hall ...... 81 { B }ascule Bridge ...... 22 { G }alleries ...... 34 { G }roße Kunstschau (2) ...... 59 { B }auernreihe ...... 22 { G }roße Kunstschau– see under { H }aus im Schluh (3) ...... 60 { V }illage Bell ...... 82 { B }ergstraße ...... 23 Museumsverbund ...... 39 { K }unsthalle (4) ...... 61 { V }ogeler-Museum – see under { B }ertelsmannhaus ...... 23 { H }oetger-Garden (at the Museumsverbund ...... 82 { B }ötjersche Barn ...... 23 { H }amme ...... 39 Diedrichshof) (5) ...... 64 { W }alks ...... 82 { B }öttcherstraße ...... 24 { H }amme Beach ...... 42 { M }useums ...... 64 { W }eyerberg ...... 83 { B }onze des Humors – see { H }amme Bridge – see under Bascule { M }usic Hall ...... 65 { W }indmill ...... 84 under Buddha ...... 24 Bridge ...... 42 { W }orpsweder Schlösschen ...... 86 { B }reites Wasser ...... 24 { H }aus im Schluh – see under Museums- { N }eu Helgoland ...... 66 { B }rünjeshof ...... 25 verbund ...... 42 { N }iedersachsenstein ...... 68 { Y }outh Hostel ...... 87 { B }runnenhof – see under Museums- { H }oetger-Garden (at the verbund ...... 26 Diedrichshof) – see under { O }ak – see under Mackensen-Oak ...... 69 { Z }ionskirche ...... 87 { B }uddha ...... 26 Museumsverbund ...... 42 { O }bservation Tower at { H }orse-Drawn Carriage Rides ...... 43 Neu Helgoland ...... 69 { H }otels ...... 43 { O }rtsarchiv ...... 70

4 5 Table of Contents Table of Contents Teil 2 { Artists and Important Personalities }

{ A }ltenstein, Bernd ...... 92 { G }ildemeister, Chia Raissa ...... 102 { O }berer, Klaus ...... 118 { S }chwarzer, Norbert ...... 133 { A }nding, Renate ...... 92 { G }rübler, Steffi ...... 102 { O }berer-Cetto, Sabine ...... 118 { S }eijger, Ilse-Marie ...... 133 { A }rste, Karl (1899 – 1942) ...... 92 { O }elze, Richard (1900 – 1980) ...... 119 { S }tahlberg, Frank-Martin ...... 134 { H }artmann, Josef ...... 103 { O }hler, Willi (1888 – 1975) ...... 119 { S }taudenmaier, Rainer ...... 135 { B }ertelsmann, Walter (1877 – 1963) . 93 { H }eine-Vollberg, Barbara ...... 103 { O }ppel, Lisel (1897 – 1960) ...... 120 { S }teckelberg, Ingrid ...... 135 { B }lome-Weichert, Regina ...... 93 { H }intmann-Klotz, Irene ...... 104 { O }tto, Waldemar ...... 121 { S }tolte, Mimi (1857 – 1941) ...... 136 { B }öhme, Sabine ...... 94 { H }oetger, Bernhard (1874 – 1949) .. 104 { O }verbeck, Fritz (1869 – 1909) ...... 122 { S }vobodová-Rinke, Ivanka ...... 137 { B }ötjer-Mallet, Sophie { H }orn, Nadja ...... 105 { S }zerbakow, Feodor (1911 – 2009) ... 137 (1887 – 1966) ...... 94 { H }uys, Bernhard (1895 – 1973) ...... 106 { P }eters, Udo (1884 – 1964) ...... 123 { B }ogacki, Mariola Maria ...... 95 { P }ick, Hans (1931 – 2014) ...... 124 { T }appert, Georg (1880 – 1957) ...... 138 { B }reuer, Trudi ...... 95 { K }, Abel ...... 107 { B }rexendorf, Eva ...... 96 { K }alina, Erhard ...... 107 { R }abenstein, Almuth ...... 124 { U }ngeheuer, Natascha ...... 139 { B }üsing, Bernhard ...... 96 { K }azimierz, Markus ...... 108 { R }eylaender, Ottilie (1882 – 1965) ... 125 { U }phoff, Carl Emil (1885 – 1971) ... 140 { K }ohring, Miriam ...... 108 { R }ilke, Rainer Maria (1875 – 1926) ... 125 { U }phoff, Fritz (1890 – 1966) ...... 141 { C }ymontkowski, Heinz ...... 96 { K }ollmar, Alfred (1886 – 1937) ...... 108 { R }ilke-Westhoff, Clara { K }rummacher, Karl (1867 – 1955) ... 109 (1878 – 1954) ...... 126 { V }innen, Carl (1863 – 1922) ...... 142 { D }ammasch, Willy (1887 – 1983) ...... 97 { K }ühnel, Hella ...... 109 { R }ingeling, Stefan ...... 127 { V }ogeler, Heinrich (1872 – 1942) ... 142 { D }odenhoff, Heinz (1889 – 1981) ..... 97 { R }inke, Hadfried ...... 127 { D }odenhoff, Rudolf (1917 – 1992) .... 98 { L }andt, Ina und Markus ...... 110 { R }inke, Thomas ...... 128 { W }aldbrunn, Ines ...... 143 { L }ux, Adorján ...... 110 { R }ipke-Bolinius, Ingrid ...... 128 { W }encke, Sophie (1874 – 1963) ..... 144 { E }nde, Hans am (1864 – 1918) ...... 99 { W }esthoff, Clara – s. { E }ufe, Gisela ...... 99 { M }ackensen, Fritz (1866 – 1953) .... 110 { S }aebens, Hans (1895 – 1969) ...... 128 Rilke-Westhoff, Clara .... 146 { M }arinovic, Bozica ...... 111 { S }ander-Plump, Agnes { W }ilke, Paul Ernst (1894 – 1971) .... 146 { F }indorff, Jürgen Christian ...... 100 { M }odersohn, Otto (1865 – 1943) .... 112 (1888 – 1980) ...... 129 { W }ittler, Arrigo (1918 – 2004) ...... 146 { F }ischer, Christoph ...... 100 { M }odersohn-Becker, Paula { S }chäfer-Pieper, Christel ...... 129 { F }uchs, Brigitta ...... 101 (1876 – 1907) ...... 113 { S }charrelmann, Wilhelm { Z }ipp, Ulrike ...... 147 { F }uchs, Hans-Jürgen ...... 101 { M }orell, Jean Pierre (P.I.T.) ...... 117 (1875 – 1950) ...... 129 { S }chenk, Johannes (1941 – 2006) .. 130 { S }chiestl-Arding, Albert Teil 3: { Additional selected referen- (1883 – 1937) ...... 131 ces to Worpswede } .... 148 { S }chiffner, Heide ...... 132 { S }chill, Lore (1890 – 1968) ...... 132 Adverts ...... 149 { S }choppe, Klaus ...... 132 Photo credits/Imprint ...... 160

6 7 Landing { Dear readers, stage on the dear Worpswede guests } Weyerberg with a view As mayor, I warmly welcome you to personalities, especially its artists, variability and grandeur.“ Both still offers the opportunity to linger over the fields Worpswede! Your holiday planning of whom today approximately apply today. and stroll, as well as to cycle and will be made much easier using this 150 live and work in and around The combination of art, culture and hike, or canoe on the idyllic River guide-book by Björn Bischoff, who Worpswede, which is probably the landscape as well as a place to live . Afterwards you can relish lives in the village. most important artists’ village in – that makes Worpswede a very our excellent gastronomy! The book describes Worpswede Germany. special experience, a place to be I wish you a pleasant stay in from A for Alte Molkerei (the arts “Worpswede, Worpswede, Worps- explored in all its diversity! Worpswede. centre) to Z for Zion’s Church and wede … it is a wonderland,“ wrote On visiting Worpswede, you will find will be helpful in your exploration of the painter Paula Modersohn- art and culture in an unspoilt and Sincerely, the artists‘ village. Becker passionately in her diary. The unique landscape. This charming your Stefan Schwenke It not only describes Worpwede’s poet enthused artists‘ and recreational village Mayor of the Worpswede many attractions but also its about a “sky of indescribable in the middle of the Teufelsmoor Municipality

8 9 { Introduction } The artists‘ village in the live and be creative in this special form on the website (www. numbers, e-mails, websites, etc.) Exhibition Teufelsmoor is known worldwide environment. worpswede24.de) as well as in the for numerous contemporary space in the Grosse for its old masters. Worpswede, In the first part of this guide, the free Worpswede24 app (www. artists. Kunstschau however, together with its unique reader is provided with general worpswede-app.de). If you want to visit Worpswede [Grand Art landscape, has lost none of its information from A to Z about In the second part of the book, you not just for a day but to stay over- Gallery] fascinating appeal in the 21st Worpswede, which, because of will find, in addition to portraits night, you can also find a list of century. For more than 125 years, its geographical location, is also of the old Worpswede masters, Worpswede hotels as well as holi- there has been an active arts referred to as the “village at the comprehensive information day homes and apartments at www. and cultural scene here in which centre of Europe“. This information on the current art scene with worpswede24.de. artists and craftspeople come to is also available in more complete relevant contact details (telephone

10 11 { The Worpswede Artists’ and since 1976 a state-recognised Village } recreational area – is the creative The Worpswede artists‘ village is village in Germany, to which the situated in the Teufelsmoor, about first painters came more than 100 25 km north-east of . It years ago. The best known painter has about 10,000 inhabitants and was Paula Modersohn-Becker covers an area of 7,613 hectares. The (1876 – 1907). She is buried in the village houses numerous galleries Worpswede cemetery, close to the and museums, where exhibitions are Zionskirche [Zion‘s Church]. often held. There are also many other Equally, (1865 – places of interest (Bacchusbrunnen 1943), (1872 – [Bacchus Fountain], Barkenhoff, 1942) and (1866 – Bertelsmann-Haus [-House], Buddha, 1953) brought fame to the Lower Haus [House] im Schluh, Käseglocke Saxony village, where landscape [Cheese Dome], Große Kunstschau and art are uniquely connected [Grand Art Gallery], Mackensen (the breakthrough was achieved Oak, Windmill, Niedersachsenstein, in 1895 at Glass Palace Art Weyerberg). Within the framework Exhibition). They made a ”world of the Master-Plan, the Bergstraße village of art“ out of an old village has been transformed into a in the moor. It has now become one promenade of art and culture, the of the most attractive destinations Philine-Vogeler Haus [House] has for excursions and recreation The architect Bernhard Hoetger the Worpswede village itself, “Singing in been expanded and the Roselius (see www.ohz-events.de), due to (1874 – 1949) must also be mentioned. Hüttenbusch, Neu St. Jürgen, May” at the Käseglocke Museum converted into exhibition its landscape, the historical sites He designed the Böttcherstraße in Ostersode, Schlußdorf, Mevenstedt, [Cheese space for contemporary art. The of the founding generations and Bremen, where the Paula Modersohn- Überhamm and Waakhausen. For Dome] takes Hammenacht [Hamme Night], numerous galleries, exhibitions and Becker Museum is now located. further information, please contact place on the 1st May held every year in August, is also events. In Worpswede, Hoetger designed, the Worpswede Tourist Office. annually worth a visit. Historic peat barges Other well-known artists (not in amongst others, Café Worpswede, tack between selected culinary order of importance): Hans am which is also called Café Crazy in local Tourist-Information destinations along the route. There is Ende (1864 – 1918), parlance, the Hoetger-Residence Bergstr. 13, tel. 04792/935820, also the triennial peat barge armada, (1869 – 1909), the writer Rainer Hinterm Berg (now The Creative [email protected], where almost two dozen boats travel Maria Rilke (1875 – 1926), the House) and the Niedersachsenstein www.worpswede-touristik.de from Worpswede-Neu Helgoland to sculptor Clara Rilke-Westhoff on the Weyerberg. Gemeinde [Municipality] Bremen-Findorff and back to the (1878 – 1954), Walter Bertelsmann The postcode for the artists‘ village Worpswede Teufelsmoor (next in 2020). (1877 – 1963), Udo Peters (1884 – is 27726 – the telephone country/ Bauernreihe 1, tel. 04792/3120, 1964), Albert Schiestl-Arding area code is +49 (0)4792. Since [email protected], Worpswede – first mentioned in (1883 – 1937), Karl Krummacher 1974 the unified municipality of www.gemeinde-worpswede.de 1218 (2018 = 800th anniversary) (1867 – 1955) among many others. Worpswede includes, alongside

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14 15 Also to be found in the Alte demanding challenge for artists Molkerei is Worpsweder Antiquariat. now active in Worpswede, art Browse through 50,000 books, associations founded more including hundreds of titles about recently, as well as organisations Worpswede. interested in the further development of the village, to deal Worpsweder Antiquariat with Worpswede’s glorious and Ian Bild & Uta Migge, tel. 04792/7072, unique heritage. The stipulation [email protected], www.worpsweder- is: ”On to new shores“. The broad antiquariat.de horizon of the Worpswede landscape is now needed in { A }rt Association ART-project visionary terms to catapult this Worpswede-Germany e.V. artificial oasis back to the forefront Worpswede moves Europe! Early of artistic development. artistic activities in Worpswede The best results are achieved with have significantly influenced art the best brains. The Art Association in Germany. Following those great ART-Project Worpswede-Germany Gastronomy { A }lte Molkerei Kunstcentrum and the Worpsweder Malschule times of the internationally known has set itself the task of bringing in the Alte [Old Dairy] (Art Centre) Kalina, tel. 04792/2692, erhardkalina artists’ colony, generations of artists in the best minds, to further Molkerei [Old Dairy] In the Alte Molkerei Art Centre there @t-online.de, www.atelier-erhardkalina.de have attempted to give back to artistically develop not only are several arts & crafts workshops, the place the importance it then Worpswede, but Germany. Contemporary artists present their studios and galleries (Art 99, Surreal, had. Worpswede‘s development art here, and visitors can watch Atelier Annelie Gerner (Paintings) into a German art oasis would Art Association ART Project them at work at their easels and and the Worpsweder Malschule not have been possible without Worpswede-Germany e.V. workstations. Paintings, sculptures [Worpswede Art School] Kalina). external impulses from eminent Albin Homeyer (Chair), Ebbingen 2b, and glass art, furniture and jewellery artists, entrepreneurs, patrons, 29664 Walsrode, tel. 05161/6030020, are produced, exhibited and sold. Alte Molkerei Kunstcentrum and architects from other parts [email protected], In co-operation with the gallerists, www.kunstpreis-worpswede.de Osterweder Str. 21, tel. 04792/ of Germany. Artists such as the Alte Molkerei also offers drama, 5297936, kontakt@alte-molkerei- Mackensen, Modersohn-Becker, readings and theatre performances. worpswede.de, www.alte-molkerei- Vogeler and authors such as Rilke The Worpswede Art Award: In Before or after the events you worpswede.de – and recently Rinke, as well as the future, Worpswede, through the can visit the on-site gastronomy Art 99, tel. 04792/2692, kontakt@ architect Hoetger (Bremen) and the Worpswede Art Award, will be Restaurant Pella and Café Kandinsky. galerie-art99.de + erhardkalina@ entrepreneurs Roselius (Bremen) nailing its covers to the mast in t-online.de, www.galerie-art99.de, and Stollwerck (Cologne) together Germany and Europe. Worpswede Restaurant Pella Surreal, Frank Bergund – surreal and have given Worpswede artistic, is everywhere! Greek specialities, tel. 04792/4296, realistic painting, tel. 0174/3117478, architectural and social significance. [email protected], www.bergund.de, [email protected], www.restaurant- Art Association ART-Project The Worpswede Art Award Atelier Annelie Gerner (Paintings) pella.de Worpswede-Germany e.V. It is a www.kunstpreis-worpswede.de

16 17 The { A }rt Nouveau [Jugendstil] Villas { A }rtists – see also under Painters ownership amongst collectors in Hans-Jürgen Fuchs, Chia Raissa Visitors Barkenhoff, In the Worpswede artists‘ Worpswede has always offered the surrounding area, but is also Gildemeister, Steffi Grübler, travelling via one of the Lilienthal to Art Nouveau village, there are some lovely artists and writers a home. This found in international art markets, Josef Hartmann, Barbara Heine- Worpswede villas, is Art Nouveau villas, among tradition has made the studio in the public spaces of big cities or Vollberg, Irene Hintmann-Klotz, are greeted by shown here others: Barkenhoff, Buchenhof, situation favourable here. In the in collections and museums. Nadja Horn, Abel K, Erhard Kalina, the sculpture during the of a painter Rose Festival Diedrichshof, Mackensen Villa. Of now enlarged village, refuges Markus Kazimierz, Hella Kühnel, all the Worpswede artists, Heinrich can still be found for artistic Further Reading Ina and Markus Landt, Adorján Vogeler was most influenced work. Many visitors who come Worpswede – Kunst und Kunsthand- Lux, Bozica Marinovic, Klaus by Art Nouveau and its ideals. to Worpswede for the first time werk der Künstlerkolonie heute, Bremen Oberer, Sabine Oberer-Cetto, Prof. Especially well known is Vogeler’s ask themselves: ”Where are the 2017 Waldemar Otto, Stefan Ringeling, 1905 painting ”Summer Evening artists here?“ - Good question! Almuth Rabenstein, Hadfried at the Barkenhoff“ (it can be seen Worpswede is, indeed, not just a In the second part of this book the Rinke, Thomas Rinke, Ingrid Ripke- as the main exhibit at the Große museum site for the old masters following contemporary artists are Bolinius, Christel Schäfer-Pieper, Kunstschau [Grand Art Gallery]) (see also – Founding Generation). included as examples: Heide Schiffner, Norbert Schwarzer, in which he depicts himself and Approximately 130 artists Prof. Bernd Altenstein, Renate Ilse-Marie Seijger, Frank-Martin his artist friends, including Paula and craftspeople (painters, Anding, Regina Blome-Weichert, Stahlberg, Rainer Staudenmaier, Modersohn-Becker, her husband sculptors, ceramicists, goldsmiths, Sabine Böhme, Mariola Maria Ingrid Steckelberg, Ivanka Otto Modersohn and the sculptor silversmiths, photographers, Bogacki, Trudi Breuer, Eva Svobodovà-Rinke, Ines Waldbrunn Clara Westhoff. writers, musicians and actors) Brexendorf, Bernhard Büsing, und Ulrike Zipp. live permanently in Worpswede. Heinz Cymontkowski, Gisela Eufe, { A }rt Shops – see under Galleries Art from Worpswede changes Christoph Fischer, Brigitta Fuchs,

18 19 The illumi- { A }rtists’ Houses Worpswede e.V. the scholarship holders have been residencies and workshops. Now This widely visible symbol of Bronze Bacchus nated pavilion The Artists‘ Houses Worpswede, many renowned artists such as there are also visits from groups Worpswede’s international reach figure with of the artists‘ bowl, detail of Houses established in 1971 as studios Lili Fischer, Yuri Leiderman, Dan and college classes, as well as from is used for workshops, events and the Bacchus of the non-profit Atelier House Perjovschi, Katharina Sieverding, individual artists of all disciplines. spontaneous exhibitions. Fountain in Association under the direction Kurt Drawert, Egill Saebjoernsson, Thus, a new centre for art front of Café Worpswede of the graphic designer Martin Daniel Knorr, Terry Fox and Nairy production has been developed on Artists‘ Houses Worpswede e.V. Kausche, were the first of their Baghramian. the outskirts of the village, which Bergstr. 1, 27726 Worpswede, tel. kind in the Federal Republic of brings contemporary impulses 04792/1380, [email protected], Germany. Martin Kausche Ateliers into the Worpswede museum www.kh-worpswede.de They were conceived as living and Vor der Pferdeweiden 16 – 18 world and refreshingly enriches working spaces for international village life. { A }teliers – see under Galleries contemporary artists in the In 2009, the decision was made The studios are between 50 and fields of fine arts, music and to convert the Barkenhoff 110 square metres in size, equipped { B }acchus Fountain literature. From 1996 to 2009 studios into museum space, and for the purpose and offer a large At centre stage of the Kunstpark they were jointly operated with the Federal State ended the garden with an unobstructed [Art Park] at the Hoetger-Ensemble the studios of the Barkenhoff scholarship grants in cash form. view of nature and the panoramic is the Bacchus Fountain designed Foundation. Over 450 artists The Artists‘ Houses Worpswede horizon. In the summer of 2016, by the sculptor Prof. Waldemar have been guests since then and e.V. subsequently underwent a new building workshop with Otto. His donations helped preserve received, to the end of 2009, a phase of renewal. Today, international volunteers created as the buildings of Bernhard Hoetger, scholarships from the Federal internationally well networked, a group space, a wooden skeleton the painter, architect, sculptor and State of . Among it offers artists project-based building next to the studios. craftsman.

20 21 The renowned longer healthy and has led to the the Weyerberg and was visible protect it from destruction and { M }onseeshof The Monsees- artist Fritz destruction of massive branches. from afar at the time it was built. change. The Monseeshof, part of the old hof in the Mackensen Bauernreihe is lived and For safety reasons, the path that Fritz Mackensen lived in the village core and one of the seven part of the old worked in the had previously passed directly house, with war and work-related Worpswede Trust farmhouses still preserved in the village centre Mackensen- under the tree was moved further interruptions, until his death in [email protected] Bauernreihe, is decorated with Villa from the tree-crown area. More 1953. Today amongst others, the www.stiftung-worpswede.de horses‘ heads on its façade. It is branches could break off, especially painter Norbert Schwarzer lives opposite the town hall and the in storm, snow or ice, and people and works there. It is 100,000 square metres in size village bell, where the road forks. might have been injured. and is the largest connected area of View over the Atelier Norbert Schwarzer natural landscape in the Worpswede Marcusheide { M }ackensen-Villa tel. 04792/2835, norbert.schwarzer@ village. The name Marcusheide – The Mackensen Villa in Mackensen- ewetel.net in blossom a shimmering purple – Weg 11 was built between 1901 refers to the Mayor of Bremen, Dr. and 1903 by the brother of Fritz { M }arcusheide Victor Wilhelm Marcus (1849 – 1911), Mackensen, an architect. According The Marcusheide is an idyllic who bought the property in to the opinion of some historians patch of heathland behind the 1907. In 1932 the Bremen coffee of architecture, the building, Bergstraße, which in the summer merchant and patron Ludwig constructed as a pretentious villa, of 2009 was acquired by the Roselius (1874 – 1943, known for the showed little sensibility to the Worpswede Trust, together with invention of the caffeine-free coffee local style. The yellow building is the adjoining property which HAG), purchased the Marcusheide located on the western slope of extends up to the Barkenhoff, to from the former mayor.

50 51 { M }onuments { M }oor – see under Teufelsmoor In the Worpswede artists‘ village you will find various monuments, amongst { M }oor Express others, the Niedersachsenstein, the The train that drove through the Findorff-Monument, the Heinrich- Teufelsmoor was called the Moor Vogeler Bust in the Bergstraße, the Express. Roselius Stone, the Obelisk – erected The railway line was built in 1909. in 1883 on the 400th anniversary Regular passenger services between of the reformer Martin Luther, the the River Elbe and the River St. Georg Memorial and the Bascule were discontinued in 1978 after Bridge over the River Hamme at almost 70 years. The legendary rail Neu Helgoland (cultural monument line between -Scharmbeck, Worpswede since 1986). Not to be missed is the Worpswede, Gnarrenburg, Bremer- has a number of heritage Mackensen Oak on the Weyerberg, vörde, Fredenbeck and was sites, including today a natural monument. You will re-opened in 1999. On weekends and the Windmill and the Nieder- find descriptions under the relevant public holidays, people interested in sachsenstein headings. culture, “Kohl und Pinkel” [cabbage and sausage] groups, families, moor Information about the legendary Moor peat mining. The peat was used for The Moor ramblers, etc. can once again enjoy Express, the station buildings of Heinrich fuel and heating and was taken in Express is Vogeler, the artists’ village line and a popular the 99 kilometres long route. peat barges to be sold in nearby means of In the summer months from May other points of interest Bremen. transport for to October, the Moor Express, Living conditions in the small, excursionists Contact and bookings which passes through a largely dark and damp moor crofts were Worpswede Tourist-Information, Bergstr. uninhabited landscape, operates hard. Life expectation was low as 13, tel. 04792/935820, info@worpswede- Saturdays and Sundays to a fixed touristik.de, www.worpswede-touristik.de summed up in the Plattdeutsch timetable – in the winter there [Low German] saying: “Den Eers- are some special trips. During the { M }oorkolonisation ten sien Dood, den Tweeten sien journey, guests are accompanied In 1751 Jürgen Christian Findorff Noot, den Drüdden sien Broot” [To by customer attendants, who are was commissioned by the Hano- the first – death, to the second – responsible not only for the sale of verian electors to colonise the poverty, to the third – bread]. tickets, but also, at no extra cost, Teufelsmoor. Numerous ditches, for the loading and unloading of trenches and canals, which also { M }useum am Modersohn-Haus bicycles and the well-being of the served as waterways, were dug to [Museum at the Modersohn-House] passengers. drain the area. Small settlements The Modersohn-Haus belonged with a maximum of 25 farmhouses, to Otto Modersohn from 1897 to Current timetable with a school and a church were 1921. Paula Modersohn-Becker www.moorexpress.net set up on the dry land. The farmers also lived and died there. Today the www.moorexpress.info lived from livestock farming and visitor can view important works of

52 53 Part 2 { Artists and Important Personalities }

90 91 In the second part of the book, sity of the Arts in Bremen and is the Zion‘s Church. Arste was born am Ende. From 1905 onwards, he alongside information about a member of the Special Artists’ the son of a master painter, who was able to rent his own studio important personalities and Association in Germany and the did not want to follow his father‘s in Worpswede, namely that of portraits of the Old Worpsweders”, Darmstadt Secession as well as a profession, but preferred to work Fritz Overbeck, who had moved people interested in Worpswede founding member of the Society creatively with paint and brush. to Bremen-Vegesack with his can access (contact information for Contemporary Arts in Bremen. He attended the School of Applied family in the same year. In 1910, telephone numbers, addresses, Arts in Bremen and subsequently Bertelsmann was represented in websites, etc.) for many The Sculpture Studio studied at the Art Academies in Leipzig at the exhibition of the contemporary artists, not all of joint studio with the sculptor Gisela Eufe Leipzig and Munich. He settled in German Artists‘ Union with his whom can be mentioned in this of Prof. Bernd Altenstein, Bauernreihe Worpswede in 1932. A large part picture ”March Sun“. In 1912 he book. The extent of each individual 8b, tel. Atelier: 04792/4647, info@ of his work can be attributed to the married the painter Erna portrait has no significance and altenstein.com, www.altenstein.com New Objectivity. He belongs to the Lundbeck (* 12th July 1880). They does not infer greater or lesser apprentice generation of the Old had 3 children, their son Jürgen importance to the individual artist { A }nding, Renate Worpsweder Painters’ Group. The Bertelsmann (* 18th February 1913), for Worpswede. ”Art is a stream in constant move- Karl-Arste-Weg was named in his who killed in action in in ment“ - this quote is Anding‘s honour. 1942, was also a painter. The two { A }ltenstein, Bernd guiding principle in her search daughters became musicians, Hilda * 29th April 1943 in Schlossberg/East for ever new artistic expressive { B }ertelsmann, Walter (1877 – 1963) a pianist and Renate a singer. Prussia is a German sculptor. From possibilities in creating an image. (* 2nd January 1877 in Bremen, † 11th The Walter-Bertelsmann-Weg was 1964 to 1969 Altenstein studied Her pictures forgo detail in favour February 1963 in Worpswede) named in his honour. There is also sculpture at the State Academy of of form and colour. At times the was a German landscape painter the Bertelsmann House, with its Fine Arts, Stuttgart in the class of boundaries between concreteness who made a name for himself as a blue-painted columns, which is Professor R. Daudert. From 1970 to and abstraction disappear. second-generation Worpsweder. one of the oldest farmhouses in 1975 he was a scientific assistant at His works can be largely attributed Worpswede. the TU Braunschweig with Profes- Renate Anding (painting) to Impressionism. Bertelsmann Prof. Bernd Altenstein in sor Jürgen Weber. Since 1975, he Alte Dorfschule [Old Village School], was known as the ”water painter“, { B }lome-Weichert, Regina his studio has taught sculpture at the Univer- Dorfstraße 60, tel. 04792/4244, after he was the first to recognize After her training as a goldsmith, mobile: 0170/5859177, anding@atelier- the beauty of the Niederelbe and during which she was awarded alte-dorfschule.de, www.atelier-alte- the Unterweser. The Motifs for his several prizes for unusual jewellery dorfschule.de paintings were the Worpswede creations, Blome-Weichert turned landscape including the Weyerberg, to naive painting in the tradition { A }rste, Karl (1899 – 1942) the meadows and fields of the of the Yugoslav School. Exhibitions (* 24th February 1899 in , Hamme-Lowlands, floods and the in Cologne, Eckernförde and † 1942 near Worpswede) was a tranquil moor. Vienna, as well as publications in German landscape painter, graphic In 1902, the young Bremen magazines, led to great popularity. artist and writer in Bremen and businessman came to the artists’ She found her present style, via Worpswede, where he was also colony as a student of painting, to surrealistic fantasy, using oil and buried in the cemetery next to take lessons, till 1904, from Hans chalk. For a number of years, she

92 93 grew up as the fourth child of the The heat glows over the lavender. Düsseldorf art professor Adolf Flashing sunlight glitters. It smells. Schill (1848 – 1911). She studied It smells? Indeed, all the senses are at the School of Applied Arts affected ... in Düsseldorf and attended a Conquest of Light – at the centre private painting school. Together of Klaus Schoppe’s artistic wrest- with her husband, Fritz Uphoff, ling is a promised encounter with whom she met on her first impressionist nuance. Rhythms of visit to Worpswede, she began colour in glimmering light, in its devoting herself to figurative thundering, in its heated rebel- representation in their rented lion against darkness, against the studio in Düsseldorf. dark. With small light strokes, Klaus In 1940 a painful leg ailment Schoppe condenses nature. Tender, forced Uphoff to give up outdoor warm surfaces of colour absorb the painting. From then on she painted contours of bright lilies. A sensual “Durchblick { S }chiffner, Heide and drew flower still-life until her abundance of French summer had successful exhibitions in The painter [Perspective] The painter approaches her main death. Lore Uphoff-Schill’s grave, makes you breathless. Light vibra- Worpswede, Düsseldorf, Budapest, Klaus Schoppe 2009”, in front of painting themes using different techniques. In together with that of her husband tes: over the brown of a peat ditch Magdeburg, /Westphalia his painting by Heide addition to etching and oil painting Fritz Uphoff, is located in the in the north German landscape. and Bremen as well as numerous “Mohn-Vital“ Schiffner she works with acrylic watercolour Worpswede cemetery next to the This is certainly masterful compo- public purchases. In 1992, he was [vibrant Poppies] paints and pencil on canvas and Zion‘s Church. sition, signalled by movement awarded the Art Award of the paper. Her style, moving from the between the landscapes. Affirma- Volksbank Osterholz. realistic to the abstract, attempts { S }choppe, Klaus tive identifiers of life projecting to explore beneath the surface. To Pictures at an exhibition – they can light and brightness. Norbert Schwarzer this end, she lets herself be inspired torment, frighten, bear down, can (painter and goldsmith) by people, the vast sky and the flat turn contemplation into anguish ... { S }chwarzer, Norbert Villa Mackensen, Fritz-Mackensen- Teufelsmoor landscape. Through Pictures at an exhibition – the viewer In the early seventies, Norbert Weg 11, tel. 04792/2835, norbert. her portraits, she creates precious is overwhelmed by the abundance Schwarzer produced his first [email protected] retrospections on loved ones. of light, by colours, enters a world colour pencil miniatures during which leads to positive thoughts: his training as a goldsmith. Since { S }eijger, Ilse-Marie Heide Schiffner (painter) pictures by the Worpswede pain- then, Norbert Schwarzer, born The painter, born in Worpswede in Auf der Bergen 19, Worpswede, tel. ter Klaus Schoppe have this power, in Sandhausen (Kreis Osterholz) 1945, is characterised by her art 04794/713, [email protected], this effect ... They have stature, their in 1954, has formulated picture produced with various painting www.heideschiffner.de stature: the small, delicately gently. narratives and paraphrases of methods and techniques using Memory of Venice. His Venice, whose older Worpswede art, both in representational, abstract, or { S }chill, Lore (1890 – 1968) subtle reflections seduce. And then small and large formats, using non-representational forms: ”I am (* 18th August 1890 in Düsseldorf, the big, space-grabbing. Recoll- pointed colour pencils as well particularly attracted to expressive † 28th January 1968 in Worpswede) ections of Provence. His Provence. as spatula in oil. Schwarzer has and experimental painting.“

132 133 The painter fantasy books, a children‘s book, { S }taudenmaier, Rainer Ilse-Marie as well as four picture books; more ”Education 1960 – 63 in Schwä- Seijger are in the pipeline. Predominant bisch Gmünd. In 1965 I came to techniques: watercolour, acrylic, the workshop of Hadfried Rinke airbrush-acrylic-watercolour- in Worpswede. Since 1977 I have mixed-technique, pastel. Since 1997 produced individual pieces in gold numerous contributions to and and silver, with selected gemstones individual exhibitions in Germany, and pearls, in my own studio in , , Austria and the Worpswede-Hüttenbusch. It starts Netherlands. Married, five children. with an idea, with a discovered Member of the Airbrush Professional object, with a precious stone Association e.V., member of the – sometimes it is playful. It is artists‘ collective Gallery ART99. Rainer Stau- ”Sylt Friends of Art“, member of the the interplay of the materials In 2014 she received the cultural denmaier in his workshop Bremen Artists‘ Association ”Art that I use, in combination with prize of the Volksbank Osterholz- for custom- Ilse-Marie Seijger (pictures, Atlas“, member of the Worpswede the shaping, that results in the Scharmbeck. She presents her works made etchings, drawings and prints) artist group ”Fünf [Five]“. harmony of the piece of jewellery nationally and internationally and is jewellery Mühlendamm 14a, Worpswede-Hütten- – which is important to me. Here, represented in private and public busch, tel. 04794/96026, seijger@ Frank-Martin Stahlberg precious stones set the accent that collections. ewetel.net, www.seijger.de Hüttenbuscher Str. 36, Worpswede- makes the clear stylistic idiom About the work: The artist paints Hüttenbusch, tel. 04794/964866, come alive.“ with acrylic and prefers the spatula { S }tahlberg, Frank-Martin mobile: 0172/1356425, stahlberg@ technique, which makes strong web.de, www.stahlberg-art.de Born 2nd January 1957 in Bad Staudenmaier, Rainer (studio work- compositions possible. The work Salzuflen. 1977, A-Levels at the shop for custom-made jewellery) The artist Grammar School for the Arts Fasanenweg 6, tel. 04794/342, The artist Frank-Martin Detmold (Christian-Dietrich- [email protected], Ingrid Steckel- Stahlberg www.rs-schmuck.de berg presents Grabbe-Gymnasium); art training her works in and studies with Hans Helmut the Gallery von Rath. Study of education and { S }teckelberg, Ingrid Art 99 psychology in Hamburg. From 1980 Ingrid Steckelberg, born 1941 to 1997 predominantly oil painting, in Breslau, works in Achim and drawings and ceramics. Since 1982 Worpswede. From 1993 to 2000 resident in Worpswede. 1985 until she received her artistic training today at RDE in Bremen as a sculptor in free painting. In addition and designer. From 1998 author and to painting, she is intensively illustrator; studies in illustration involved with photography. Since with Marco Paoletti (Florence) and 2000, she has been a member Dr. Andy Penaluna (Wales). In the of the Association of Artists in years 1998 to 2017 created seven Worpswede and is a member of the

134 135 Photo credits: Hotel Buchenhof: 27, 99; /Haus im Schluh: 33; Jürgen Kampa: 97 top right, 106, 127, 144; B. Kneiser: 147, Otto-Modersohn-Museum/Fischerhude: 112 below, 114 above; Galerie Schoppe: 5 above, 56 top right, 71; Matthias Jäger/Worpsweder Museumsverbund: 64; Focke Strangmann/Worpsweder Museumsverbund: 56 top left, 56 centre right, 59, 60, 61. Cover illustration: fotolia.

All other illustrations: Björn Bischoff

Cartography: © Gemeinde Worpswede / Worpsweder Museumsverbund [Municipality Worpswede / Worpsweder Museum Association]

Closing remarks by the author and photographer: I hope that I have given the reader in this alphabetically organised A-Z book an informative overview of the Worpswede artists’ village, its many sights, painters and artists, from past to present. You can find a complete overview at www.worpswede24.de and in the Worpswede24 app. Due to problems of space, not all artists of importance to Worpswede could be mentioned. I would be delighted if I could encourage you to explore and get to know “the village at the centre of Europe”, where I have lived for more than 30 years. I would be most grateful for ideas, suggestions for improvement, criticism and reference to any errors in this book. You can reach me by mail at [email protected].

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