In his studio, he created fascinating, metaphorical pictorial worlds, faithful in detail, free in composition and intense in effect. On the Caspar David Friedrich Trail and the Elbe Sandstone Mountains Painters' Trail, visitors can follow in his footsteps through the region and discover the mystical places that inspired him. Now, for the first time in Saxon Switzerland, there is an exhibition on the famous Romantic artist, who would have celebrated his 250th birthday in 2024.
The immersive show "CDFriedrich inspires" in the rooms of the former tourist information centre on the market square is both a multimedia memorial and a virtual gallery. With room-filling video projections, it invites visitors to encounter the painter and his work, to see the landscape through his eyes and to understand the creative process - from the sketch to the painting.
"Close your physical eye so that you can first see your picture with your mind's eye. Then bring to light what you have seen in the dark, so that it may reflect on others from the outside in," is how Caspar David Friedrich formulated his high standards for art. Seeing a landscape: For the painter, this always meant looking both outside and inside at the same time. His gaze did not stop at the empirical, but penetrated deeper, seeking the essential, the spiritual, the divine.
The show was conceived by the Dresden graduate designer Jürgen Bretschneider, with the video content produced by the Berlin graphic design agency SCHNELLE BUNTE BILDER. With two rooms and an area of around 200 square metres, the exhibition is a compact introduction to the real landscape experience that awaits visitors when hiking in the Saxon Switzerland National Park region.
Dates
Saturday, the 01.02.2025
10:00 - 17:00
Sunday, the 02.02.2025
10:00 - 17:00
Monday, the 03.02.2025
10:00 - 17:00
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Directions & Parking facilities
S-Bahn S1 to Bad Schandau National Park railway station, then take the F5 ferry to the Elbkai in Bad Schandau
Note: Due to the closure of the Elbe bridge in Bad Schandau, you can now travel on the F5 ferry free of charge.
Timetable information: www.vvo-online.de
Accessibility by car:
From Pirna, first cross the Elbe to the right bank of the Elbe and then drive via Lohmen, Rathewalde, Waltersdorf and Rathmannsdorf to Bad Schandau. There are public car parks directly at the Elbe bridge or at the Elbe quay.
Contact person
Bad Schandauer Kur- und Tourismus GmbH
Author
Tourismus Marketing Gesellschaft Sachsen mbH
Organization
Tourismus Marketing Gesellschaft Sachsen mbH
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