{"id":18029,"date":"2026-04-24T10:39:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T08:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koelnisches-stadtmuseum.de\/?page_id=18029"},"modified":"2026-06-01T07:09:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T05:09:34","slug":"olga-oppenheimer-marking-the-140th-birthday-of-a-neglected-artist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.koelnisches-stadtmuseum.de\/en\/special-exhibition\/olga-oppenheimer-marking-the-140th-birthday-of-a-neglected-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"OLGA OPPENHEIMER: Marking the 140th birthday of a neglected artist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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OLGA OPPENHEIMER: Marking the 140th birthday of a neglected artist<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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She was a pioneer of modern art in the Rhineland\u2014and yet she was forgotten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To mark the 140th anniversary of her birth, the Cologne City Museum is honoring the Cologne-based artist Olga Oppenheimer and her extraordinary yet tragic life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olga Oppenheimer (1886\u20131941) grew up in Cologne in a Jewish household that encouraged her artistic curiosity and development from an early age. As a co-founder of the Gereonsklub, she became a driving force behind Expressionism in the Rhineland and created a platform in Cologne for artists such as Marc, van Gogh, and Kandinsky. Her own paintings, woodcuts, and drawings were exhibited at major international exhibitions between 1910 and 1913.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

World War I, personal losses, and a severe mental illness led to the abrupt end of her artistic career. In 1918, Olga Oppenheimer was admitted to a psychiatric hospital; in 1941, she was murdered as part of the Nazi \u201ceuthanasia\u201d crimes. Only fragments of her work have survived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only now are her work and her creative output coming back into sharper focus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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All events related to the new OPEN SPACE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

All events are free of charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sat., May 23 & Aug. 15, 2:00 p.m.<\/strong>
Curator-led tour: \u201cOlga Oppenheimer \u2013 A Life in Fragments\u201d (with Dr. Markus Jansen)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thu., July 9, 3:30 p.m.<\/strong>
Guided tour of the permanent exhibition and OPEN SPACE: \u201cPioneers from Olga Oppenheimer to Agrippina\u201d (Cologne Museum Service)
(Admission to permanent exhibition: \u20ac5, reduced \u20ac3)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thu, July 9, starting at 6 p.m.<\/strong>
An Evening for Olga Oppenheimer: Special program marking the 140th anniversary of her birth, featuring discussions and new perspectives<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thu., July 23 & Sept. 3, 6:00 p.m.<\/strong>
Urban walking tour: \u201cIn the Footsteps of Olga Oppenheimer and Other Female Artists & Patrons around 1900\u201d (with Irene Franken, Cologne Women\u2019s History Association)
Meeting point: Gereonshaus, Gereonstra\u00dfe 18<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thu., Aug. 27, 6 p.m.<\/strong>
Lecture & discussion: \u201cNo Longer Nameless. The Victims of Nazi Medical Crimes in the Rhineland and the Case of Olga Oppenheimer\u201d (with Dr. Keywan Klaus M\u00fcnster \/ Dr. Helmut R\u00f6nz, LVR Institute for Regional Studies and History)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fri., Sept. 4, 6 p.m.<\/strong>
Reading & Discussion: \u201cThe Women Artists\u2019 Club\u201d \u2013 Olga Oppenheimer and Emmy Worringer (with author Hanka Meves)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thu, Sept. 10, 6 p.m.<\/strong>
Lecture & Discussion: \u201cAvant-garde Artist and Trailblazer \u2013 Olga Oppenheimer and Modernism in the Rhineland\u201d (with Dr. Barbara Scheuermann, Kunstmuseum Bonn)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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