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Margarete and Oskar Moll as well as Mathilde and Hans Purrmann were important catalysts of the European avant-garde. In Berlin, they were part of the movement shortly after 1900, when German Impressionism was becoming increasingly expressive, and together they founded the highly frequented Académie Matisse in Paris in 1908.

Friendship is one of the great themes of humanity. Especially in the first half of the 20th century, which was characterized by historical and social upheaval, friendship became an existential value in society.
The special exhibition “Friends of Modernism” at the Museum Purrmann-Haus in Speyer not only shows numerous great works by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884-1976), Emy Roeder (1890-1971) and Hans Purrmann (1880-1966), but also tells stories of different lives, contemporary events and true friendship.

“Purrmann SEEWEIT” is the name of the exhibition cooperation along the northern shore of Lake Constance. With the Galerie Bodenseekreis Meersburg, the Kunstmuseum Langenargen and the Galerie in der Lände Kressbronn, three important art galleries in the region are joining forces for the first time. They pay tribute to the painter Hans Purrmann and his wife, the artist Mathilde Vollmoeller-Purrmann. From July, a whole “Purrmann cosmos” can be experienced on Lake Constance. The opening of the exhibition in Meersburg on July 14 will be the “starting signal”.