Artists' colonies and refuges

The unspoiled nature, the turbulent Baltic Sea, the special light - for centuries, artists have found wonderful sources of inspiration in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Caspar David Friedrich and Philipp Otto Runge created their world-famous masterpieces here. The artists' colonies in Ahrenshoop, Schwaan and on the island of Hiddensee show unique works by formative artists of the region as well as contemporary works. Art halls and galleries offer changing exhibitions of nationally and internationally renowned sculptors, photographers and painters.

Exhibition at the Museum Ahrenshoop // © MV-T/Roth
©© MV-T/Roth

Between Baltic Sea and Bodden: Artists' Colony Ahrenshoop

The artists' colony of Ahrenshoop is located on the Fischland-Darß-Zingst peninsula. The extensive landscape between the Baltic Sea and the Bodden, the alternating cliffs and dunes and especially the unique light conditions attracted the first landscape painters to the coast at the end of the 19th century. The painter Paul Müller-Kaempff, who opened the first painting school in the village in 1894, is considered the founder of the colony. He was followed by many other artists as well as their friends and families, whereby the former fishing village simultaneously developed into a Baltic seaside resort.

Even today Ahrenshoop is a meeting place for artists and art lovers. In numerous exhibition houses and studios, the art historical development of the artists' colony can be traced from its founding to the present. These include, for example, the Ahrenshoop Art Museum, which opened in 2013, the Kunstkaten and the Künstlerhaus Lukas.

Peace and seclusion on the artists' island of Hiddensee

Hiddensee has been considered an artists' colony since the beginning of the 20th century. Far from big-city civilization, artists spend the summer months on the island or settle there completely. The foundation stone of the community was laid by the painter Oskar Kruse-Lietzenburg, whose "Lietzenburg", built in 1904, became an artists' meeting place for painters, writers and actors. After his death, the sculptor Max Kruse and his wife, the doll maker Käthe Kruse, continued this tradition. The painters Henni Lehmann and Clara Arnheim founded the Hiddensoer Künstlerinnenbund in 1919. Their studio and exhibition rooms are located in the blue barn, where their works are exhibited again today. Among the many prominent guests of the island are also the actress Asta Nielsen, painter and sculptor Käthe Kollwitz and the writer Gerhart Hauptman.

If you want to get an impression of the cultural development of Hiddensee, it is worth visiting some other galleries and exhibitions besides the blue barn. Open for guests are, for example, the Gerhart Hauptmann House, the Museum of Local History, the Henni Lehmann House and the Asta Nielsen House.

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Nature studies in Schwaan

But it was not only on the coast that artists gathered to immortalize the unique nature of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in their works. At the end of the 19th century, a colony of artists also emerged in the small farming town of Schwaan, south of Rostock. Local painters came together here to study the natural landscape around the tranquil little town and capture it in their paintings. The founder of the colony is the Schwaan-born painter Franz Bunke, who studied and later taught at the Weimar School of Painting. Rudolf Bartels, Peter Paul Draewing and Alfred Heinsohn also belonged to the core of the artist community.

Today, their works are exhibited in the Kunstmuseum Schwaan in the building of the former watermill. The house where Franz Bunke was born can also be visited. If you would like to see the original locations of the works, the artist trails are the right place to go: Three cycling and hiking trails lead past them starting from the art museum.

Galleries and art studios

Places of art and inspiration in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

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  • Kay Gundlack Shoe Manufactory

    • Neuer Markt, 19370 Parchim

    In the old clothier and shoemaker town of Parchim, Kay Gundlack finds the peace and inspiration he needs to create his bespoke shoes. Stars and celebrities order shoes from him and sometimes he even flies around the world to take measurements. In the specialist workshop in Parchim on the Elde River, visitors can watch the master at work in his shoe factory.

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  • © Fleesensee Clubanlage GmbH
    ©© Fleesensee Clubanlage GmbH

    ROBINSON Fleesensee

    • Penkower Straße, 17213 Göhren-Lebbin

    365 days of vacation. Whether sports, relaxation or simply enjoying the pristine nature of the Mecklenburg Lake District: You can experience this and much more during your vacation at ROBINSON Fleesensee. Good things are so close. And when will you be ready to see it again?

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  • © MV-T/Gohlke
    ©© MV-T/Gohlke

    Mill Röbel

    • Am Mühlenberg, 17207 Röbel/Müritz

    Restored Dutch Mill with exhibitions and events

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  • © Monika Hildebrandt
    ©© Monika Hildebrandt

    Schwaan Art Museum

    • Open today
    • Mühlenstraße, 18258 Schwaan

    The art museum in the Kunstmühle dedicates its exhibition and collection activities to the painters of the Schwaan artists' colony. In addition to its own collection, changing exhibitions are shown. These tie in with the works of the Schwaan painters and place them in a new context.

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  • Studio Café Sembzin

    • Dorfanger, 17192 Klink OT Sembzin

    In the picturesque ambience of the Atelier Café in Sembzin you can enjoy coffee and tea specialties, as well as tasty cakes and tartes surrounded by art and design.

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  • © TZ Südliche Boddenküste
    ©© TZ Südliche Boddenküste

    Natural Soap Manufactory Kückenshagen

    • Zum Deich, 18317 Kückenshagen

    I produce the finest natural soaps in my small manufactory in idyllic Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

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  • Christina Rode

    • Wietzow, 17129 Daberkow

    Wietzow in the Tollense Valley is an artists' village on the Tollense River. Cobblestones, friendly flowered cottages, painted mailboxes. Puppeteers, musicians, painters, life artists and a great wood sculptor are at home here: Christina Rode.

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  • “Sundische Wiese“ - National park information of Zingst

    • Open today
    • Sundische Wiese, 18374 Zingst

    The exhibition “Lebensräume“ displays the history and present of the Ostzingst.

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  • CULTURE MILL PARCHIM

    • Fischerdamm, 19370 Parchim

    Theater-Museum - A place of diversity, culture and youth, all under one roof.

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  • Erdgeschichte: Vom Saurier bis zur letzten Eiszeit // © Gudrun Koch
    ©© Gudrun Koch

    Pomeranian State Museum

    • Rakower Str., 17489 Greifswald

    14,000 years of eventful history on the southern Baltic coast on both sides of the Oder are presented between the former Franciscan church and the city wall - in an award-winning ensemble of buildings that impressively combines Gothic, classicist and contemporary architecture. The valuable collection of paintings presents works by renowned painters such as Caspar David Friedrich, Frans Hals, Philipp Otto Runge, Max Liebermann, Max Pechstein and Vincent van Gogh.

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  • Hutsalon Rieger – Master Milliner – Genoveva Rieger

    • Großer Moor, 19055 Schwerin

    Before a hat is sold, the customer gets a precise analysis of what suits him or her: hair colour, face shape, complexion, style – a hat that suits you can be the "cherry on the cake".

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  • House of Literature "Uwe Johnson

    • Open today
    • Im Thurow, 23948 Klütz

    The "Uwe Johnson" House of Literature is located in a former granary built around 1890 near Klützer Marktplatz. Over two floors, the exhibition provides a multifaceted insight into the life and work of Uwe Johnson and thus presents the writer who has always remained closely associated with Mecklenburg.

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  • Pottery Löber & Schmidt-Löber

    • Große Bauernreihe, 18317 Saal

    Jasmin Löber and Tonio Schmidt-Löber produce artistic ceramics for everyday use in their 3rd generation pottery. Handwork and an elaborate firing process in the wood fire make all vessels unique. The workshop with sales barn, located in a rural courtyard idyll, invites you to linger and choose.

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  • © Inselstadt Malchow
    ©© Inselstadt Malchow

    Ladies Square at Malchow Monastery

    • Freely accessible at any time
    • 17213 Malchow

    The Ladies' Square at Malchow Monastery, together with the former refectory (now the Art Museum), forms the center of the site.

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  • RACURITIES

    • Freely accessible at any time
    • Bahnhofstraße, 18317 Saal

    RAKURITÄTEN, in this word we have Raku ceramics, rarities and curiosities fused together. Far from classic raku ceramics, we, Regina and Ingo Chinow create good-humored, mostly animal creatures, which we can long no longer accommodate all with us.

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  • City culture house Ribnitz-Damgarten

    • Am Bleicherberg, 18311 Ribnitz-Damgarten

    The cultural program of the Stadtkulturhaus includes guest performances of the Low German stage, dance, cabaret, concerts, readings, slide shows and children's events and is open to offers from all genres.

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  • © Hansestadt Anklam
    ©© Hansestadt Anklam

    St. Nicholas Church Anklam

    • Nikolaikirchstraße, 17389 Anklam

    The Nikolai Church in the center of the Hanseatic city of Anklam, very close to the river Peene, is one of the few preserved witnesses of brick Gothic architecture from Anklam's founding period 750 years ago. With the gallery of the "coat of arms windows of the Hanseatic League", a unique monument for Europe is created in the Nikolaikirche.

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  • Mecklenburg glass workshop

    • Strandstraße, 17192 Waren (Müritz)

    Thuringian glass art on the shore of Müritz

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  • Max Hünten House Zingst

    • Open today
    • Schulstraße, 18374 Zingst

    The Max Hünten House - modern and innovative - the place for meeting - the center of photography Zingst! Many facilities under one roof!

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  • Davinci3

    • Leonardo-da-Vinci-Weg, 17091 Mölln

    As a gallery, meeting place and new village center, DAVINCI 3 combines digital and rural living culture. A place that invites you to exchange ideas, to pause for a moment - and to create together.

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  • Boek Manor House

    • Temporarily closed
    • Boeker Straße, 17248 Boek

    The Boek manor house was built in the first half of the 19th century as a two-storey plaster building with 13 axes and a central risalit. The history of the estate is marked by numerous changes of ownership. The National Park Ticket buses stop in Boek directly in front of the manor house. Before it was taken over by the German air force in 1935, it was owned by the Le Fort family.

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    ©© artist

    Michaela Saß

    • Lindenstrasse, 18356 Pruchten

    Jewelry objects made of wood / tree beads Painting

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  • Museumsgebäude mit Café // © Politische Memoriale e.V.
    ©© Politische Memoriale e.V.

    Border house Schlagsdorf

    • Neubauernweg, 19217 Schlagsdorf

    Grenzhus Schlagsdorf tells the story of the inner-German border between the Baltic Sea and the Elbe from 1945 to 1990 from the perspective of the people in the border area. How did people live on both sides, how did they react to the constraints of the GDR border regime and the Cold War? The historical learning site is divided into a museum, an outdoor area with reconstructed barrier installations and a border trail "Grenzwege Schlagsdorf".

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  • Außenansicht Künstlerhaus Schloss Plüschow // © Schloss Plüschow
    ©© Schloss Plüschow

    Plüschow Castle - Mecklenburg House of Artists

    • Am Schlosspark, 23936 Upahl / OT Plüschow

    In 1763, the Hamburg merchant Philipp Heinrich Stenglin had the two-story brick Plüschow Castle built between Wismar and Lübeck. Today the castle is used for many cultural events and invites especially art lovers.

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  • Wusterhusen Rectory with a permanent exhibition by Karl Lappe // © Josephin Bock
    ©© Josephin Bock

    Constant Exhibition of the Poet Karl Gottlieb Lappe in Wusterhusen near Lubmin

    • Wolgaster Straße, 17509 Wusterhusen

    Karl Gottlieb Lappe - a nearly forgotten Poet (1773-1843). A constant exhibition in Wusterhusen, close to the beach Resort Lubmin, is located in the rectory of Wusterhusen's church. Here, the life and works of the poet Karl Lappe is documented and readings bring the poet's achievements closer. Wusterhusen is one of the stations of the "Route of North German Romanticism".

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  • Village studio Jante

    • Lindenallee, 19288 Warlow

    In the courtyard gallery are shown new and old oil paintings and pencil drawings, the everyday scenarios and still lifes.

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  • © Kurverwaltung Feldberger Seenlandschaft
    ©© Kurverwaltung Feldberger Seenlandschaft

    Gallery of the cultural association Feldberger Land

    • OT Feldberg, Strelitzer Straße, 17258 Feldberger Seenlandschaft

    The gallery of the art association regularly hosts exhibitions that present local and national artists from painting to graphics and printing to photography.The gallery is accessible during the opening hours of the tourist information.

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  • © Arndt Gläser
    ©© Arndt Gläser

    kunstvoll - The gallery for everyone

    • Sundische Str., 18356 Barth

    The somewhat different gallery, where art, handicrafts, ceramics, jewelry, wood, metal can be found, from artists - hobby, semi-, or full professional - in any case from the region, Barth and Vorpommern-Rügen. And there is something for every taste. A garden to linger and drink coffee, a fairy tale puzzle for children and many small subtleties are there for visitors to discover.

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  • MK Kaehne FIGHT exhibition view // © Lutz Grünke
    ©© Lutz Grünke

    Gallery Hartwich Rügen

    • Schulstraße, 18586 Ostseebad Sellin

    Contemporary art from Germany and Scandinavia in changing exhibitions all year round in a historic fire station building in the Baltic resort of Sellin on the axis between the harbor and the pier.

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  • Kunst an der Ostsee // © Galerie Kröger
    ©© Galerie Kröger

    Gallery Kröger

    • Closed today
    • Dünenstraße, 18225 Kühlungsborn

    The Kröger Gallery is one of the special art addresses in the picturesque Baltic resort of Kühlungsborn. Visitors can experience the inspiring world of art and encounter works by regional and international artists.

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