Museum Home Past Exhibitions From Caspar David Friedrich to Gerhard Richter: German Paintings from Dresden

October 5, 2006–April 29, 2007 at the Getty Center

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Symposium

Gerhard Richter: A Symposium
This daylong symposium addresses influential and controversial aspects of Gerhard Richter's work. Free; registration required. Call (310) 440-7300 to register.

Session I: Richter and Tradition

Moderator: Jon L. Seydl, J. Paul Getty Museum
Respondent: Dietmar Elger, Gerhard Richter Archiv, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

"Elective Affinities of Light Bulbs and Monochromes: Gerhard Richter's collaborations with Palermo, 1970–71"
Christine Mehring, Yale University

"Art History as Art"
Stefan Gronert, Kunstmuseum Bonn

Session II: Richter and Postwar Germany

Moderator: Katja Zelljadt, Getty Research Institute
Respondent: Eckhart Gillen, Independent Scholar and Curator

"When Things Fell Apart: Richter, Sedlmayr, and Art in the GDR"
Jeanne Anne Nugent, New York University

"Gerhard Richter's Cold War Vision"
John Curley, Yale University

Friday, February 23, 2007, 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Museum Lecture Hall, Getty Center


Seminar

Friedrich versus Overbeck, or, What Is Romantic about German Romanticism?
Cordula Grewe, assistant professor of art history, Columbia University, explores the range of German Romantic paintings and considers their similarities and differences.

Wednesday, March 7, 2007, 3:00 p.m.
Research Institute Lecture Hall, Getty Center


Courses

Works-in-Dialogue: German Paintings from Dresden
Jon Seydl, associate curator, Department of Paintings, the J. Paul Getty Museum, discusses the exhibition. A guided gallery tour follows. Course fee $20. Open to 100 participants. Call (310) 440-7300 for tickets.

Wednesday, December 13, 2006, 1:00–3:00 p.m.
Museum Lecture Hall and galleries, Getty Center

L'Art Exchange: German Opera and Art
A collaboration between the Getty Museum and the L.A. Opera, this daylong course celebrates the exhibition and L.A. Opera's premiere of Tannhäuser. Course fee (includes lunch) $60; $30 students/seniors. Open to 140 participants. Call (310) 440-7300 for tickets.

Saturday, March 3, 2007, 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Museum Lecture Hall and galleries, Getty Center

German Romanticism: Paint and Poetics
Join Museum education specialist Peter Tokofsky and gallery teacher Jaime Ursic in an exploration of German Romantic arts from fairy tales to paintings. Course fee $30; $20 students/seniors. Open to 50 participants. Call (310) 440-7300 for tickets.

Saturdays, April 21 and 28, 2007, 9:00–11:30 a.m.
Museum Studios and galleries, Getty Center


Family Festival

Explore German culture in this daylong Family Festival. Dance to the polka-inspired tunes of Conjunto Los Pochos, rediscover the magic of Grimm's fairy tales with master storytellers, or enjoy a hands-on workshop. Free. No reservation required.

Sunday, October 15, 2006, 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Museum Courtyard, Getty Center

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Curator's Gallery Talks

Mary Morton, associate curator, Department of Paintings, the J. Paul Getty Museum, leads a one-hour gallery talk on the exhibition. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall. Free. No reservation required.

Thursday, November 9, 2006, 1:30 p.m.
Thursday, December 7, 2006, 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007, 2:30 p.m.

Museum galleries, Getty Center


Wald (892-11) / Richter
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Lectures

Exaltation and Indifference: A Perspective on Nature in German Painting from Richter Backward
Richter confounded the art world in the 1970s with his evocation of Romanticism in landscape. Robert Storr, Rosalee Solow Professor of Modern Art at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University, asks if Richter is engaged in an act of critical sabotage, is making a sincere return to tradition, or whether his concern with nature is of another order entirely.

Friday, October 6, 2006, 7:00 p.m.
Museum Lecture Hall, Getty Center

Religion, Nature, and Art in 19th-Century Germany
Historian David Blackbourn observes that the 19th century, long regarded as an age of secularization, is better described as a century of religious persistence and religious revival. Faith and the dictates of confessional identity as a Protestant or Catholic left their mark on German politics, philanthropy, historical debate, attitudes toward nature, and art. Blackbourn, who is Coolidge Professor of History at Harvard University, discusses the work of Caspar David Friedrich and the Nazarene school of religious painters against this backdrop.

Wednesday, October 11, 2006, 4:00 p.m.
Museum Lecture Hall, Getty Center

Friedrich and His Late-Twentieth-Century Progeny
Robert Rosenblum, Henry Ittleson Jr. Professor of Modern European Art at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University, explores Friedrich's artistic legacy.

This lecture has been canceled.
The Getty Museum mourns the loss of Robert Rosenblum, who died on December 6.
Please check back after January 1, 2007 for information about a new lecture on February 22.

Thursday, February 22, 2007, 7:00 p.m.
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center


Performance

Gordon Getty Concert
Artis Quartet
Vienna's award-winning Artis Quartet performs Mendelssohn, Schubert, and Brahms. Tickets $20; $15 students/seniors. Call (310) 440-7300 for tickets.

Sunday, February 25, 2007, 3:00 p.m.
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center

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Gordon Getty Concert
Andreas Haefliger, Fueling the Romantic Imagination
Pianist Andreas Haefliger's program features works by Beethoven and Schubert. Tickets $20; $15 students/seniors. Call (310) 440-7300 for tickets.

Thursday, March 8, 2007, 3:00 p.m.
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center

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Film Series

Cinema of Grace: German Romanticism on Film
This six part film series explores the inner landscapes of the soul in the works of five filmmakers who were influenced by the aesthetics of Caspar David Friedrich. Presented in partnership with the UCLA Film & Television Archive.

Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center

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Friday, December 8, 2006, 7:30 p.m.
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974, Werner Herzog, 110 min)

Saturday, December 9, 2006, 4:00 p.m.
Destiny (1921, Fritz Lang, 114 min)

Saturday, December 9, 2006, 7:30 p.m.
Nosferatu (1922, F.W. Murnau, 81 min)

Friday, December 15, 2006, 7:30 p.m.
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928, Carl Theodor Dreyer, 114 min)

Saturday, December 16, 2006, 4:00 p.m.
Diary of a Country Priest (1951, Robert Bresson, 95 min)

Saturday, December 16, 2006, 7:30 p.m.
Heart of Glass (1976, Werner Herzog, 94 min)