Europe in Art

Europe and the dismantling of its borders are playing an increasingly important role in politics, the economy and society. The same applies to art. On the one hand, art is particularly capable of connecting people regardless of nationality and language. On the other hand, international understanding enables an invaluable broadening of horizons. In 1912, the painter Franz Marc wrote: "Art today goes ways that our fathers never dreamed of. (...) One feels an artistic tension all over Europe, everywhere new artists beckon to me: a glance, a handshake is enough to understand each other." Last but not least, artists find the motifs for their works in the landscapes and culture of European countries.

Great masters such as Oskar Kokoschka or Marc Chagall used their impressions of famous buildings from the metropolises of Europe such as Rome or Athens for their pictures. And even the eponymous "Europa" herself, a Phoenician king's daughter according to Greek mythology, is taken up as a motif for pictures and paintings. Often there is Zeus as a bull, who, according to legend, first seduced and then seduced Europa.

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