Inspiration Rachel Ruysch: Flower arranging with Nora Khereddine
Inspired by Rachel Ruysch's opulent still lifes, you will be given a guided tour of the exhibition before being invited to create a flower arrangement. A short introduction will give you a basic understanding of the harmonious structure of a floral composition, which you will then be able to put into practice. A colorful selection of different flowers, leaves and berries will be used to create individual flower still lifes in 3D.
No previous knowledge required
20 Euro material plus admission
The workshop will take place at Pavillon 333.
Bookings via programm@pinakothek.de
About the exhibition
Her magnificent, deceptively realistic floral still lifes with plants and fruits, butterflies and insects from the most diverse regions of the world already became sought-after and expensive collector's items during her lifetime. Demand was so great that the Amsterdam painter could afford to produce merely a few works a year. As the daughter of the renowned professor of anatomy and botany, Frederik Ruysch, the first female member of the Confrerie Pictura, court painter in Düsseldorf, lottery game winner and the mother of ten children, she was an exceptional figure in her time. The Alte Pinakothek will present the world's first major monographic exhibition of her work. Discover the wondrous world of Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750) between art and science, perfected fine painting and artistic freedom amidst illustrious patrons in Amsterdam, Düsseldorf and Florence.
Exhibition organized by Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Curators: Bernd Ebert (Alte Pinakothek Munich), Robert Schindler (Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio), Anna C. Knaap (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
Research Assistant Alte Pinakothek Munich: Selvi Göktepe
The exhibition is held under the patronage of Sophie Prinzessin von Bayern.
