More Women! Bremen Female Artists on Paper: Public Curator Tour

More Women! Bremen Female Artists on Paper
Public Curator Tour
Exhibition dates: July 22 – November 8, 2026
Experience the exhibition "More Women! Bremen Female Artists on Paper" on a public tour – our experienced team will guide you competently and inspiringly through the highlights of the special exhibition in 50 minutes.

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Paula Modersohn-Becker enjoys worldwide fame today. But who knows her female colleagues who were also active in the Bremen art scene in the first half of the 20th century: Clara Rilke-Westhoff, Marie Bock, Anna Plate, Margarethe von Reinken, Agnes Sander-Plump, Dora Bromberger, Elisabeth Noltenius, Gustava Tölken, or Olga Bontjes van Beek?

 

Compared to the predominantly male collection of the Kunsthalle Bremen, the Kupferstichkabinett (Print Room) holds many works by female Bremen artists: delicate pencil drawings, flowing watercolors, energetic charcoal sketches.

Systematically held back, the female artists defended themselves through networking. Until 1919, women were not allowed to study at state art academies, so their educational opportunities were severely limited. In 1899, the Bremen Women Painters' Association was founded, or from 1928 they joined the "Association of German and Austrian Female Artists and Art Friends" (GEDOK).