Paris 1955. Deutsche Abstrakte im Zentrum der Moderne

The exhibition at the Emil Schumacher Museum in Hagen recreates an exhibition from 70 years ago that marked the international breakthrough for many of the participating artists: Peintures et sculptures non-figuratives en Allemagne d’aujourd‘hui at the Cercle Volney, Paris.

The private initiative of the Parisian gallery owner René Drouin and his German supporter, Wilhelm Wessel, was an experiment in cultural diplomacy between France and Germany in 1955. The concept was deliberately directed against the canonized view of art promoted by the Deutsche Kunstrat (German Art Council) and leading museum directors, and placed the representatives of the middle and young generations of Art Informel on an equal footing with the established old masters of abstraction.

Emil Schumacher Museum
Museumsplatz 2
58095 Hagen

More information about the exhibition.

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More on the book Paris 1955 can be found here.