As part of the "Graphic Arts Weekend"
Behind the walls of the Schwerin State Museum lies a treasure waiting to be discovered: the Schwerin Collection of Copperplate Engravings houses some 80,000 works of art. Anyone who thinks only of copperplate engravings will be surprised, as the collection is far more diverse than its name suggests.
Lithographs and etchings show how artists have explored and developed printmaking over the centuries. You can get particularly close to the artists through their pen-and-ink drawings. Here, you can directly follow the creative process: the first pencil stroke, the powerful interplay of ink and pen, or the soft sweep of chalk. In watercolors, meanwhile, artists capture atmospheric landscapes in which light and atmosphere seem to glow.
Our tour, lasting just under an hour, spans from the early prints of Albrecht Dürer to 20th-century photography. It is a journey through art history on a small scale—up close and rich in detail.
