{"id":8830,"date":"2024-11-13T16:38:25","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T15:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/kb-kosmos\/conrad-felixmueller\/"},"modified":"2025-02-03T21:32:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T20:32:51","slug":"conrad-felixmueller","status":"publish","type":"digitorial","link":"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/en\/kb-kosmos\/conrad-felixmueller\/","title":"Conrad Felixm\u00fcller","content":"","excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":{"alt":"In the middle ground, a paved path runs across the snow towards a door in the garden fence. A child stands in front of it and looks at us. Behind the fence is a two-storey, yellow-green building with lots of windows. On the front gable it says Kinderbewahranstalt. Behind the house, a dark, tall chimney stretches upwards. 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A child stands in front of it and looks at us. Behind the fence is a two-storey, yellow-green building with lots of windows. On the front gable it says Kinderbewahranstalt. Behind the house, a dark, tall chimney stretches upwards. The sky is full of dark clouds.' width='1005' height='1000'  loading='lazy' ><figcaption class='col-12 col-xs-8 col-sm-8 px-sm-3 px-xl-4 mx-auto'>Conrad Felixm\u00fcller, Children's Home, 1924 Kunsthalle Bielefeld, \u00a9 VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024, Photo: Philipp Ottend\u00f6rfer<\/figcaption><\/figure>                        <\/div>\n                                       \n                              <!-- End Switch Layout  -->\n\n            <\/div>\n         <\/div>\n                                                                                       \n         \n         <div class=\" mb-475 mb-sm-5 mb-lg-55\">\n            <div class=\"row justify-content-center the-content  font-l sans-serif\">\n\n               <!-- Headings -->\n                                 <div class=\"col-12\">\n                     <p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8830-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Felixmueller_Kinderbewahranstalt_Eulentraum_KB-Kosmos_301124-230225.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Felixmueller_Kinderbewahranstalt_Eulentraum_KB-Kosmos_301124-230225.mp3\">https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Felixmueller_Kinderbewahranstalt_Eulentraum_KB-Kosmos_301124-230225.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>A small child in a blue coat and green boots trudges alone along a snow-covered street. It has a grumpy look on its face. On the dilapidated yellow house behind him is the inscription &#8220;Kinderbewahranstalt&#8221; and in the background is a red and blue factory building. Despite the bright colors, the picture creates a dark, cold atmosphere. It is further enhanced by the black and gray sky in contrast with the light blanket of snow. With this work, Conrad Felixm\u00fcller refers to the social grievances of the post-war period and criticizes the harsh living conditions of the working class.<\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n\n                              <!-- End Switch Layout  -->\n\n            <\/div>\n         <\/div>\n                                                                                       \n         \n         <div class=\" mb-475 mb-sm-5 mb-lg-55\">\n            <div class=\"row justify-content-center the-content \">\n\n               <!-- Headings -->\n                                                                                          \n                     <div class=\"content-accordion | col-12 py-3\">\n                        <div id=\"content-accordion-2\">\n                                                         <div class=\"akkordeon-item | bg-gray-200 rounded-4 mb-1\" >   <!-- head -->\n      <h3 class='akkordeon-header font-xl py-125 m-0' id='content-accordion-2-head0'>\n      <button class='akkordeon-header__link d-flex w-100 line-height-12-force  shadow-none font-l-force text-start justify-content-between hover-text-shadow-light btn btn-overlay round collapsed' role='button' data-bs-toggle='collapse' data-bs-target='#content-accordion-2-col0' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='content-accordion-2-col0'>\n         <span class='akkordeon-header__text pe-3 pe-lg-4'>And who looks after the children?<\/span>\n         <span class='akkordeon-header__icon round flex-shrink-0'><\/span>\n      <\/button>\n   <\/h3>\n\n   <!-- body -->\n<div id='content-accordion-2-col0' class='accordion-collapse collapse ' aria-labelledby='content-accordion-2-head0' data-bs-parent='#content-accordion-2'><div class='akkordeon-body'>                              <div class=\"akkordeon__text font-l last-child-mb-0 the-content -btns-black px-325 pt-2 pb-35\">\n                                 <p>We see the children&#8217;s home in Klotzsche, a suburb of Dresden and the home of Conrad Felixm\u00fcller and his family. Nurseries emerged &#8211; as the forerunners of kindergartens &#8211; in the course of industrialization. They were intended to provide care for the children whose parents had to work long hours in the factories under harsh conditions. At the same time, they were places of education where children were taught basic skills for living together in society.<\/p>\n<p>The cold, gloomy atmosphere of the picture illustrates the tension between the care and simultaneous emotional coldness that prevailed in these institutions. Poverty and neglect shaped the reality of the children&#8217;s lives. The industrial progress created by humans (technosphere), which made these institutions necessary in the first place, had a direct impact on the social bond with offspring (sociosphere). Care work has largely been outsourced from the home.<\/p>\n                              <\/div>\n                              <\/div><\/div><\/div>                                                         <div class=\"akkordeon-item | bg-gray-200 rounded-4 mb-1\" >   <!-- head -->\n      <h3 class='akkordeon-header font-xl py-125 m-0' id='content-accordion-2-head1'>\n      <button class='akkordeon-header__link d-flex w-100 line-height-12-force  shadow-none font-l-force text-start justify-content-between hover-text-shadow-light btn btn-overlay round collapsed' role='button' data-bs-toggle='collapse' data-bs-target='#content-accordion-2-col1' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='content-accordion-2-col1'>\n         <span class='akkordeon-header__text pe-3 pe-lg-4'>Can art change society?<\/span>\n         <span class='akkordeon-header__icon round flex-shrink-0'><\/span>\n      <\/button>\n   <\/h3>\n\n   <!-- body -->\n<div id='content-accordion-2-col1' class='accordion-collapse collapse ' aria-labelledby='content-accordion-2-head1' data-bs-parent='#content-accordion-2'><div class='akkordeon-body'>                              <div class=\"akkordeon__text font-l last-child-mb-0 the-content -btns-black px-325 pt-2 pb-35\">\n                                 <p>Conrad Felixm\u00fcller felt a connection to the Expressionist art movement, which he came into contact with in Berlin in 1915. He shares their political stance of condemning the war as a crime and opposing nationalist ideas. He sees a social task in his artistic work: the creation of a &#8216;new human being&#8217;. Felixm\u00fcller wants to use art to bring about profound change within society. He saw himself as a &#8216;socially critical expressionist&#8217;, who depicted the realities of working-class life in his works in order to draw attention to the social grievances that arose in the course of industrialization.<\/p>\n<p>Industry and technology are constantly evolving. How do they influence the way we live together today? What about the compatibility of work and family? How has our relationship with nature developed since industrialization?<\/p>\n                              <\/div>\n                              <\/div><\/div><\/div>                                                   <\/div>\n                     <\/div>\n                  \n                  <!-- Sonsiges Block (HTML Option) -->\n                              <!-- End Switch Layout  -->\n\n            <\/div>\n         <\/div>\n                                                                                       \n         \n         <div class=\" mb-475 mb-sm-5 mb-lg-55\">\n            <div class=\"row justify-content-center the-content \">\n\n               <!-- Headings -->\n                                                                                          \n                     <div class=\"content-accordion | col-12 py-3\">\n                        <div id=\"content-accordion-3\">\n                                                         <div class=\"akkordeon-item | bg-gray-200 rounded-4 mb-1\" >   <!-- head -->\n      <h3 class='akkordeon-header font-xl py-125 m-0' id='content-accordion-3-head0'>\n      <button class='akkordeon-header__link d-flex w-100 line-height-12-force  shadow-none font-l-force text-start justify-content-between hover-text-shadow-light btn btn-overlay round collapsed' role='button' data-bs-toggle='collapse' data-bs-target='#content-accordion-3-col0' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='content-accordion-3-col0'>\n         <span class='akkordeon-header__text pe-3 pe-lg-4'>Data about the artwork<\/span>\n         <span class='akkordeon-header__icon round flex-shrink-0'><\/span>\n      <\/button>\n   <\/h3>\n\n   <!-- body -->\n<div id='content-accordion-3-col0' class='accordion-collapse collapse ' aria-labelledby='content-accordion-3-head0' data-bs-parent='#content-accordion-3'><div class='akkordeon-body'>                              <div class=\"akkordeon__text font-l last-child-mb-0 the-content -btns-black px-325 pt-2 pb-35\">\n                                 <p><strong>Artist:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Conrad Felixm\u00fcller (21.05.1897 born in Dresden, 24.03.1977 died in Berlin-Zehlendorf)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Title:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Kinderbewahranstalt<\/p>\n<p><strong>Year:<br \/>\n<\/strong>1924<\/p>\n<p><strong>Material\/technique:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Oil on canvas<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dimensions:<br \/>\n<\/strong>96 x 96 cm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Entry into the collection:<br \/>\n<\/strong>1968, donated by the Bielefelder Kunstverein for the opening of the Kunsthalle Bielefeld<\/p>\n                              <\/div>\n                              <\/div><\/div><\/div>                                                   <\/div>\n                     <\/div>\n                  \n                  <!-- Sonsiges Block (HTML Option) -->\n                              <!-- End Switch Layout  -->\n\n            <\/div>\n         <\/div>\n                                                                                       \n         \n         <div class=\" mb-475 mb-sm-5 mb-lg-55\">\n            <div class=\"row justify-content-center the-content  font-m g-sm-4 g-md-5 sans-serif\">\n\n               <!-- Headings -->\n                                 <div class=\"col-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6\">\n                     <p>Author: Melanie Stecknitz<\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n\n                              <!-- End Switch Layout  -->\n\n            <\/div>\n         <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n","gallerie":null,"subtitle":"Kinderbewahranstalt"},"id_default":8333,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/digitorial\/8830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/digitorial"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/digitorial"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/digitorial\/8830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"digitorialkategorien","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/digitorialkategorien?post=8830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}