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  Tate | Glossary | Worpswede Group   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Worpswede is a village set in beautiful countryside in Lower Saxony, Germany, near the city of Bremen.
Worpswede painting was initially in the plein air tradition, but later embraced more modern tendencies particularly Expressionism.
The most important early Worpswede artist is considered to be the pioneer Expressionist, Paula Modersohn-Becker, who moved there in 1898 and remained until her death in 1907.
www.tate.org.uk /collections/glossary/definition.jsp?entryId=318   (219 words)

  
 Reminiscences of Worpswede
Years ago, Worpswede was a village in the middle of marshland and bogs, a village where painters as for example Fritz Mackensen, Hans am Ende, Fritz Overbeck and Heinrich Vogeler went in order to live and paint in seclusion and harmony with nature.
Today, Worpswede is an artists' colony, which, in spite of its international popularity and numerous visitors, still retains much of its original charm.
Worpswede and Fischerhude are well worth a visit, and many artists still live there today.
www.atelier-knorr-kleine.de /worpswede_eng.htm   (357 words)

  
 Point of No Return -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Point of No Return is a " (A theatrical representation of a story performed to music by ballet dancers) ballet for tape (stereo)" composed by (additional info and facts about Juan Maria Solare) Juan Maria Solare.
Designed in Worpswede (24-28/JAN/2002), details 14/MAR/2002, made in Cologne at the composer's studio, 29/SEP-5/OCT 2002.
First performance: 13/APR/2003 at the Akademie für Tonkunst, Darmstadt (Germany), in the frame of the concert "Begegnung mit Lateinamerika - Elektroakustische Musik" ("Encounter with Latin America - electroacoustic music"), during the 57th Days of the Institut für neue Musik und Musikerziehung (Institut for New Music and Music Education).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/po/point_of_no_return.htm   (181 words)

  
 University of Northumbria Gallery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Rilke appropriately summarised the essence of the Worpswede Group's unique position in Germany at that time: "Worpswede was still the same remote village with its slow postal service and countryside; yet an odd contrast, a climax beyond that which is rural here in Meudon.
In that light she was unique among the Worpswede artists, unique in that she epitomised the independent New Woman and, having assimilated all that she saw in 'Paris, she moved away from depicting the superficial, external appearance of nature, towards the essential, internal essence of life.
Paula Modersohn-Becker died in Worpswede on the 20 November 1907 at the age of 31, eighteen days after giving birth to her daughter Mathilde.
online.northumbria.ac.uk /gallery/archive/exhibition_detail.asp?ExhibitionID=350   (480 words)

  
 artistsvillages   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
"Worpswede, Worpswede, Worpswede....it is a wonderland!", wrote Paula Becker enraptured in her diary in 1897.
To the present day artists and visitors interested in culture are captivated by the charm of Worpswede and the sky over its sandy hill - the "Weyerberg".
And still the synthesis of art, culture, architecture and landscape in Worpswede creates an unique atmosphere.
www.artistsvillages.com:8080 /servlets/ARTVILL?NEXT_ACTION=VILLAGE&LAN=E&VILL=WOR   (110 words)

  
 The Village I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Settlement lanes in Worpswede can be traced back to the Bronze Age.
Due to the hill Weyerberg Worpswede lay favourably for settlement: the farms could be build over the high water-level of the river Hamme.
The topmost lord of the manor for Worpswede was in the village of Ottersberg.
www.beribo.de /village1.html   (233 words)

  
 Paula Modersohn-Becker and the Worpswede Artists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
She was born into the family of middle class parents who were somewhat hesitant toward her aspirations to become a professional artist.
Regardless, in 1897 she went to study with Fritz Makensen at the Worpswede artists’ community.
She studied there at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and was influenced by the work of Gauguin, Matisse and especially Cezanne.
www.cityofdunedin.com /city?page=feat_modersohn   (325 words)

  
 SOS Children's Villages Canada : Worpswede
In 1965 the SOS Children's Village Worpswede, located near the city of Bremen in Lower Saxony, was officially opened.
Today the SOS Children's Village Worpswede comprises twelve family houses, a workshop, staff quarters, a community building and a kindergarten.
The SOS Children's Village Worpswede also offers an educational community to children and youth who need temporary external accommodation due to grave conflicts within their natural family.
www.soschildrensvillages.ca /html/worpswede.html   (507 words)

  
 1112paula
She shows a lot more interest for the simplicity and the rough presence of the people of Worpswede.
Several times she leaves Worpswede and comes to Paris, improving in her art.
In 1904, she finds the language she was looking for; the language of modern art she still makes felt during her last stay in Paris in 1906.
www.plumart.com /va1299/html/body_1112paula.html   (561 words)

  
 * Bremen - new. discover. Bremer Touristik Zentrale (www.bremen-tourism.de)
The artists' village of Worpswede makes its scenic appearance some 28 kilometres away from Bremen in the lowlands of the River Hamme, right in an area known as Devil's Moor (Teufelsmoor).
The village was also home to the sculptor Bernhard Hoetger and the poet Rainer Maria Rilke and, for many years, residence of the author Manfred Hausmann.
Today, artists and craftspeople still live and work in Worpswede, displaying their works across various local exhibitions, studios and galleries, of which many are open to the public.
www.bremen-tourism.de /btz/english/k1-rubrik_unter.cfm?index=13   (216 words)

  
 Die Umgebung des Niedersachsenhof
The farm and its land, as well as the surrounding area, have a mystic inspiring quality, especially early in the morning or by full moon, and this has proved captivating for many generations – not least to the Worpswede group of artists at the beginning of the twentieth century.
This unchanging and yet fascinating moor landscape even today offers an insight into the cultivation of this area, which is closely linked to Worpswede art.
There are wonderful paths to explore on foot, by bike or on horseback.
www.niedersachsenhof21.de /Englisch/Seiten/Umgebung.html   (154 words)

  
 Holiday Destination Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony) - Land zwischen Elbe und Weser
The Hanseatic harbour in the centre of the attractive old town with the old "Eibewer" boat "Willi", or the town harbour, near the river, with the museum ship "Greundiek" and the sportsmen's boats moored there demonstrate that Stade's traditional connections with the water and shipping live on.
It's the mixture of village idyll, the Teufelsmoor ('devil's moor') landscape and an almost city-like range of artistic and cultural activities - which is why Worpswede is often called the artist's village.
In the summer you can enjoy a romantic picnic on the moors or the meadows, in the winter you'll be tempted by a skating trip over flooded and frozen meadowland stretching right to the horizon.
www.niedersachsen-tourism.de /en/regionen-staedte/regionen/elbe-weser/index.php   (577 words)

  
 The first artists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
the Kaffee Worpswede, Große Kunstschau, Niedersachsenstein, Kreative Haus, and he was also a prolific sculptor.
He preferred faulty burned bricks and encouraged the craftsmen to a combination of movement and life in the main body.
A memorial stone, dedicated to Hoetger, can be found in the grove between Kaffee Worpswede and Barkenhoff.
www.beribo.de /artists1.html   (105 words)

  
 Stephan Schlemper - Kontaktadresse
There are also some hotels and hostels in Worpswede.
Take exit Worpswede / Industriehafen and follow the traffic signs towards Worpswede.
Once you are in Worpswede follow the signs for Grasberg.
www.schlemper.com /stephan/en/koleit.htm   (313 words)

  
 Bremen and Worpswede | Destination Germany | Deutsche Welle | 05.11.2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
All of them were fascinated by the untamed beauty of the surrounding "Devil’s Moor", which they immortalised in their paintings.
The creative atmosphere and the magic of the landscape still attract artists from all over the world to Worpswede today.
But of course you don’t need to be a painter or sculptor to visit this lovely village.
www.dw-world.de /popups/popup_printcontent/0,,1023067,00.html   (223 words)

  
 KIT Newsletter June 1995 Volume VII #6
Worpswede is an artist's town and an official 'fresh air spa' where lots of people go on Sundays or holiday to enjoy the many galleries, the fresh country air, the cafŽs, etc.
North of Bremen, birch-lined roads converge on a solitary rise in the midst of the meadowlands, the Weyerberg, Worpswede's landmark.
Worpswede has developed into an international art center in miniature, apart from being a favorite recreation spot.
www.perefound.org /kit6_95.html   (18838 words)

  
 Worpswede, Murnau, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It seems I had to go to Germany in order to find out exactly what I was looking for in terms of painting...
Worpswede, a picturesque village of 15,000 inhabitants some 30km north of Bremen.
Discover a bit about the lives of Paula Modersohn - Becker (1876 - 1907), Otto Modersohn (1865 - 1943), and Heinrich Vogeler (1872 - 1942), leader of the Worpswede School of artists.
www.eso.org /~ehatzimi/worps.html   (77 words)

  
 Siegfried Zademack
1989 Participation at the exhibition '100 years Worpswede' at the gallery Bollhagen.
1990 Participation at exhibitons in Worpswede and Stade.
Exhibition at the gallery Kreuziger in Worpswede, Germany
www.zademack.com /data/Evita.htm   (591 words)

  
 Literature.org - The Online Literature Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
'Theodor Worpswede's latest picture is a still-life, containing an entertaining group of a doll, two sunflowers in a glass jar, and a poached egg on toast.
The contrast between the three substances is highly diverting and instructive, and this is perhaps one of the most interesting of Worpswede's works.
The doll itself is a masterpiece, and has begotten another masterpiece in Theodor Worpswede's Still-life.
www.literature.org /authors/lawrence-david-herbert/the-captains-doll/chapter-10.html   (192 words)

  
 Jennings Genealogical Database   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Married: 3 MAR 1718 in Worpswede, Bremervorde, Hanover, Prussia
22 JUN 1727 in Worpswede, Bremervorde, Hanover, Prussia
18 JUN 1729 in Worpswede, Bremervorde, Hanover, Prussia
ccwf.cc.utexas.edu /cgi-bin/cgiwrap/jennin/igmget.cgi/n=Jennings?I9186   (147 words)

  
 Rilke. Worpswede.
In addition to Reichert’s artistic designs, historical props such as furniture, books, sculptures, rugs, photographs and manuscripts add to the impression of a journey back in time to Rilke and Worpswede.
A fl peat boat lies in an implied moor, as if stranded and, a green, labyrinth-like seating arrangement represents the hedges in the garden at Barkenhoff, Heinrich Vogeler’s Jugendstil dream in Worpswede.
In the Vogeler-room, rose petals drift down from the ceiling and discreet musical sounds are reminiscent of the sounds that Rilke may have heard in Worpswede: the wailing of the wind, the soft ticking of the clock on the wall or the rustling sounds of the birch woods.
www.rilke.worpswede.de /a/a01_khbr02_buehne.php?st=a1&language=en   (338 words)

  
 KIT Newsletter Aug-Sept 1996 Volume VIII #8-9
Worpswede included bicycle rides through the flatlands and boat rides down the Hamme river (see reports in this issue).
On to Worpswede, with just a small detour as Ben the drive and Joy the navigator failed to notice our motorway exist as they were in deep conversation concerning the essence of relationships with Bruderhof parents.
We arrived at the youth hostel in Worpswede at about noon and were the very first ones there.
www.perefound.org /KIT89_96.html   (19228 words)

  
 Akzent Hotel Rohdenburg. Lilienthal / Worpswede / Bremen, Germany - Discounted rates at www.bookings.it
Lilienthal / Worpswede / Bremen, Germany - Discounted rates at www.bookings.it
Trupermoorer Landstraße 28, D-28865 Lilienthal / Worpswede / Bremen (Show map)
Akzent Hotel Rohdenburg has 23 rooms and is in close distance to the city of Bremen (10km) and is not far away from the art village Worpswede (6km).
www.bookings.it /hotel/de/akzentrohdenburg.html   (487 words)

  
 Untitled   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Paula Modersohn-Becker began her career as a painter in the small German art colony of Worpswede.
In an attempt to break with the prevailing visual idiom there, she made four trips to Paris, the last in 1906.
She died following childbirth after returning to her husband in Worpswede.
www-personal.umich.edu /~dlundin/poems/hinsey/hinseypaula.html   (144 words)

  
 Jennings Genealogical Database   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Born: 10 APR 1737 in Worpswede, Bremervorde, Hanover, Prussia
Died: 27 FEB 1805 in Worpswede, Bremervorde, Hanover, Prussia
Married: 15 NOV 1770 in Worpswede, Bremervorde, Hanover, Prussia
ccwf.cc.utexas.edu /cgi-bin/cgiwrap/jennin/igmget.cgi/n=Jennings?I9162   (84 words)

  
 Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
in spring the five Worpswede artists exhibit in the Kunsthalle Bremen in autumn large success in the ' Internationale Glaspalasausstellung' in Munich
Paula Becker comes to Worpswede as an art student
Carl Hauptmann and Rainer Maria Rilke in Worpswede
www.modersohn-museum.de /biography.html   (96 words)

  
 Der Eichenhof Hotel - Worpswede - Der Eichenhof Hotel Reviews - TripAdvisor
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Ostendorfer Strasse 13, Worpswede, Lower Saxony 27726, Germany
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www.tripadvisor.com /Hotel_Review-g319762-d314038-Reviews-Der_Eichenhof-Worpswede_Lower_Saxony.html   (257 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Paula Modersohn-Becker (European Art, 1600 To The Present, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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After studying in London and Berlin, she was greatly influenced by her experience at Worpswede, an artists' colony where she lived from 1898 to 1900.
There she met Otto Modersohn, whom she married, and the poet Rainer Maria Rilke.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/Modersoh.html   (213 words)

  
 artnet.com: Resource Library: Worpswede colony   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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Colony of German artists founded in 1897 in the village of Worpswede near Bremen.
In 1889 the painters Fritz Mackensen, Otto Modersohn (1865–1943) and Hans am Ende (1864–1918) moved to the village where they painted in the plein-air tradition of the Barbizon school.
www.artnet.com /library/09/0922/T092267.ASP   (151 words)

  
 Worpswede Tourism - Worpswede Vacation Reviews - Worpswede Vacations - TripAdvisor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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