Interest in Levy show: "We were virtually overrun"

Museums - Interest in Levy show: "We were virtually overrun"

According to the Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, the large exhibition of works by the painter Rudolf Levy, who was murdered in the Holocaust, has exceeded all expectations in terms of visitor interest. "We are more than satisfied - we were virtually overrun at the opening," Director Steffen Egle told the German Press Agency. Visitors also came from further afield. "The strategy of drawing attention to the exhibition through targeted advertising and press work within a 100-kilometer radius is working. People get on the train and come."

The exhibition "Rudolf Levy - Magician of Color" has been on display since the end of October and will remain until 11 February 2024. For the first time in Germany, Levy's (1875-1944) colorful, light and dramatic life is being honored in a comprehensive retrospective.

"We had as many visitors in the first six weeks as we usually have on average in the entire duration of exhibitions," said Egle. The entire museum team is particularly pleased that the number of visitors has increased significantly, especially during the week. "If this trend continues and we see the increased demand over Christmas and New Year's Eve, we will end the year with a record." Many individual visitors come from the surrounding area as well as from further afield. "And groups are coming in numbers that we've never seen before."

The works of the German-Jewish painter and the great interest are creating "a very special basic energy" in the museum, said the director. "This has a lot to do with the constant stream of visitors. Above all, however, we receive feedback in many different ways: via the visitors' book, by e-mail and in conversation."

This need to communicate is a great endorsement of the work. "We have struck a nerve with the exhibition narrative and the focus on Levy's life story."

Levy was born in Stettin in 1875 and moved to Paris in 1903. Together with Hans Purrmann from the Palatinate, he was one of Henri Matisse's great German students. After the First World War, Levy settled in Berlin and was successful there, but emigrated to France, Italy and the USA in 1933 due to the persecution of Jews. He returned to Europe in 1937. He was arrested in Florence in 1943 and murdered in the Auschwitz extermination camp on February 6, 1944.

Around 70 works are currently on display in Kaiserslautern, including almost 60 paintings by Levy, who is often referred to as the "forgotten master of modernism". They come from the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and the Museum of the Lost Generation in Salzburg, for example.

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1. The exhibition of Rudolf Levy's artwork at the Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, has attracted visitors from beyond the local area, thanks to targeted advertising and press efforts within a 100-kilometer radius.
2. The comprehensive retrospective on Levy, a German-Jewish painter who was murdered in the Holocaust, is the first of its kind to be held in Germany, showcasing his vibrant, light, and dramatic works at the Kaiserslautern museum.
3. The Rhineland-Palatinate Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern has seen an overwhelming response to their exhibition "Rudolf Levy - Magician of Color," with visitors from the surrounding area and beyond, as well as an increase in weekday attendances, making it one of their most successful exhibitions to date.

Source: www.stern.de