Annual Report 2010 - Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

Traditional dancer at the
“CrOW Fair: Pow wow
of the Crow indians of
Montana”, Museum für
Völkerkunde Dresden
Piet Mondrian, Design for a room for
ida Bienert, 1926, Kupferstich-Kabinett
matic. This masterpiece was presented in
an exhibition following its restoration.
The exhibition provided an insight into the
meticulous work of the restorers as well as
the painting technique of the artist.
It also investigated questions as to who
the lady in the painting might be and why
she is wearing a white dress. Two more
paintings by the same artist were also on
show, along with works by several other
artists, to set “The Lady in White” within
the context of Venetian portrait painting
as a whole.
• Cranach-Präsentation in der Gemäldegalerie
Alte Meister (Cranach Exhibition
in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister)
Semper Building at the Zwinger
20th March – 15th August, 2010
Lucas Cranach – father, son and workshop
– are sufficiently well known, but this exhibition
made it clear that Dresden has
the largest collection of their works in the
world. The paintings on display dealt with
dynastic subjects as well as mythological
and biblical themes, ranging from the
large Hercules panels and “Paradise” to
Adam and Eve and the small portraits of
the reformers Luther and Melanchthon,
along with portraits of members of the
House of Wettin and unidentified individuals
from the Reformation period, plus
various scenes from the life of Christ and
the story of John the Baptist.
Lucas Cranach the Elder, adam and Eve,
Gemäldegalerie alte Meister
• Schaufenster in die Sammlung: Javanische
Batik (A Window on the Collection –
Javanese Batik)
Exhibition by the Museum für
Völkerkunde
Dresden, Staatliche Ethnographische
Sammlungen Sachsen
Japanisches Palais, Palaisplatz 11
24th March – 17th November, 2010
Batik is one of the most important forms
of expression in Javanese culture. The textiles
bear motifs with numerous symbolic
meanings which are a visible expression
of Javanese beliefs, ethics and social order.
In a cabinet exhibition the Dresden
Völkerkundemuseum presented nine
selected hand­made batik works from its
collection. These batiks were made
between 1860 and 1945. Two particularly
beautiful items were purchased from an
Indonesian private collection last year.
• CROW FAIR: Powwow bei den Crowindianern
Montanas Fotoausstellung von
Gunter Jentzsch (CROW FAIR: Pow wow
of the Crow Indians of Montana Photo
exhibition by Gunter Jentzsch)
Exhibition by the Museum für
Völkerkunde Dresden, Staatliche
Ethnographische Sammlungen Sachsen
Japanisches Palais, Palaisplatz 11
24th March, 2010 – 9th January, 2011
The Crow Fair – initiated in 1904 originally
to encourage agriculture among the Crow
Hand-made batik hip cloth, 1942/1946,
Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden
Indians – is now one of the most important
pow wows in North America. Every
year in August the Crow Indians celebrate
this major festival. In a camp consisting of
hundreds of tepees, camping tents and
motor caravans, the festival, which extends
over several days, involves dance
competitions, parades with riders and
decorated wagons, as well as many other
events. This small photographic exhibition
conveyed impressions of four pow
wows on the Crow Indian Reservation
which took place between 1996 and 2009.
• Aus der Sammlung des Dresdner
Kupferstich-Kabinetts 15 × 1 \\ 45 +
(From the collection of the Dresden
Kupferstich-Kabinett 15 × 1 \\ 45 +)
15 major works // drawings after 1945
Kupferstich­Kabinett, Residenzschloss
31st March – 12th July, 2010
In connection with the 450th anniversary
of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden,
the Kupferstich­Kabinett held a double
exhibition featuring major works from
the collection and post­1945 drawings. Fifteen
rarely exhibited exceptionally valuable
major works were presented individually
for just one week at a time, including
sheets by Jan van Eyck, Rembrandt, Caspar
David Friedrich and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.
Parallel to these masterpieces, selected
works from the museum’s rich collection
of post­1945 drawings by German and
international artists were also displayed.
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