Italy, Destination of Desire: The Painter Ernst Welker on Travels and in the Salon of the Duchess of Courland
Datum + Uhrzeit: 17.07.2022 - 13.11.2022, ganztags / all day
Ort: Museum Burg Posterstein's gallery
The exhibition presents the painter Ernst Welker (1784-1857), who as the drawing teacher of the granddaughters of the Duchess of Courland also stayed in her castle Löbichau near Posterstein. There he portrayed the salon guests as mythical creatures and painted scenes from Löbichau salon life. A part of the museum’s Welker collection you find in Europeana digital collection. Welker’s travels took him through Germany, Austria and Italy.
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Hashtag #Künstlerreisen
For the time of the exhibition we are collecting photos, images, information and blog posts on social networks about artists who, like Welker, are (or were) traveling through Europe. Share the with us using the hashtag #Künstlerreisen. Our hope is that this will lead to broad, professional networking among research colleagues.