Art on Fehmarn in the 70s and 80s

From July 29th til September 1st, 2001 the exhibition 'Art on Fehmarn in the 70s and 80s' will be organized by IFK in the rooms of the gallery 'Sonnenhof' in Vadersdorf/Fehmarn.
Fehmarn, a German island in the Baltic, has attracted many artists since Ernst Kirchner went there several times in the early 20th century.
In the 70ies and 80ies four artists have been working there, who had regular meetings and also organized common projects. Fritz Vahle from Darmstadt used to stay during the summer months in his house at Westermarkelsdorf on Fehmarn. Klaus Boennighausen from Cologne spent most of his holidays in the house of his wife's brother at Albertsdorf on this island. Bernd Rose was teaching art at the High School in Burg on Fehmarn and working as an artist in his home at Vitzdorf. Also his wife, Heide Rose-Segebrecht, engaged herself in artistic work at this place, which is rather close to Staberdorf where once Kirchner used to stay.

Lagerfeuer by Klaus Boennighausen, click the picture to jump to his page at IFK

A meeting point of all of them was the house of Heinz and Ellen Kimmerle at Albertsdorf. Their daughter, Friederike Kimmerle who started her work as an artist at that time, has been influenced by this group of artists.

Lichtnetz by Fritz Vahle, click the picture for enlarged view         Untiteled by Fritz Vahle, click the picture for enlarged view

Fritz Vahle has died ten years ago, and the exhibition is im memory of this date. His son, Fredrik Vahle and Christiane Klein who is running the Gallery Atelierhaus Vahle at Darmstadt will help to organize the exhibition.

Doppelgesicht by Klaus Boennighausen, click the picture for an enlarged view         Fehmarnimpression by Klaus Boennighausen, click the picture for an enlarged view

Klaus Boennighausen has died in 1998, and his wife, Hannelore Boennighausen, will support the exhibition, too.

Selbstbildnis by Bernd Rose, click the picture for an enlarged view         

Bernd Rose is presently teaching at a High School at Luebeck. He and his wife are working at that place as artists, and they are also willing to cooperate with the organisers.
So far response has been very good, apparentely there is a rather large group of islanders and, of course, many summer vacationers interested in the history of art on Fehmarn.

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