Co­lours in the light: the fa­sci­na­ting world of Theo von Brock­husen

The Pots­dam Mu­se­um — Fo­rum for Art and Histo­ry is de­di­ca­ting a com­pre­hen­si­ve ex­hi­bi­ti­on to the ex­tra­or­di­na­ry Ger­man im­pres­sio­nist Theo von Brock­husen. From 22 No­vem­ber 2025 to 22 March 2026, vi­si­tors can dis­co­ver his co­lourful land­scapes, which we­re main­ly crea­ted on La­ke Schwie­low ne­ar Pots­dam and re­pre­sent a uni­que mood of light and harm­o­ny wi­th na­tu­re. In ad­di­ti­on to Brock­hus­en’s fa­sci­na­ting pain­tings, works by his fel­low ar­tists and com­pa­n­ions, who tog­e­ther shaped mo­der­nism in Ber­lin and Bran­den­burg, will al­so be on dis­play.

The ex­hi­bi­ti­on of­fers a pain­ter­ly jour­ney th­rough Eu­ro­pe and Brock­hus­en’s light-fil­led pic­to­ri­al world. It in­vi­tes vi­si­tors to un­der­stand the ar­tis­tic in­ten­ti­ons of the time and ans­wers the ques­ti­on of why ar­tists such as Brock­husen, Kä­the Koll­witz and Max Lie­ber­mann joi­n­ed tog­e­ther in free as­so­cia­ti­ons to break new ground in art. Cu­ra­ted by Dr. Hen­drik­je Warmt, the show is pre­sen­ted on two flo­ors and of­fers an in­spi­ring dia­lo­gue bet­ween light, co­lour and na­tu­re wi­th at­mo­sphe­ric works such as “An der Ha­vel” or “Blü­hen­de Bäu­me”.