An exhibition for the 100th birthday
The Angermuseum Erfurt is celebrating the 100th birthday of the important Leipzig painter Bernhard Heisig with an extensive exhibition that includes numerous key works and rarely shown paintings from private collections. The Stiftung Kunstforum Berliner Volksbank is supporting the exhibition with the 15 Heisig works that are part of the Kunstsammlung der Berliner Volksbank.
Heisig modernized history painting in a distinctive way. In his figurative paintings, his own war traumas, the collective pictorial memory and the confrontation with German history and the present are superimposed to create an emotionally charged panopticon.
Heisig’s moving, expressive style of painting, in line with the tradition of Lovis Corinth, Oskar Kokoschka and Max Beckmann, makes viewing the pictures a visual experience. A total of 70 paintings, including still lifes, portraits and landscapes, give a vivid impression of the creative power of the painter, who is counted among the founders of the Leipziger Schule.
“Bernhard Heisig. Malerei als Ereignis” can be seen at the Angermuseum Erfurt from October 12, 2025 to March 1, 2026.