PHOTO: © Foto: Rainer Maria Rilke an seinem Schreibtisch in Westerwende © Paula-Modersohn-Becker-Stiftung, Bremen

Rilke und die Kunst

In the organizer's words:

A short story for his 150th birthday

Rainer Maria Rilke was more closely associated with art than almost any other writer of his time.

With the exhibition "Rilke and Art" in the "Short Stories" series, the Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum is paying tribute to this important German poet, who would have celebrated his 150th birthday in December 2025 and whose life and work were interwoven with that of Paula Modersohn-Becker in many ways.

The presentation sheds light on Rilke's dazzling network in the art scene, traces various stages of his involvement with the visual arts and impressively demonstrates Rilke's understanding of early modernism.

Based on his texts, the exhibition brings together paintings, sculptures and works on paper from museum and private collections - including works by Paula Modersohn-Becker, Clara Rilke-Westhoff, Auguste Rodin, Paul Cézanne and Pablo Picasso - as well as previously unpublished originals of his writings.
It also traces Rilke's close friendship with Paula Modersohn-Becker, to whom he created a literary monument in 1908 with his "Requiem for a Friend".

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Price information:

Adults: EUR 10 / reduced price EUR 6 Children up to and including 17 years: free Refugees: free Groups of 10 or more: EUR 6 per person Group tour: from EUR 75 plus admission School classes: free | registration required Tickets are available at the museum. Free admission for children and young people is made possible with the kind support of Sparkasse Bremen.

Location

Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum Böttcherstraße 6 28195 Bremen

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