PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF ART – A photographic travel inside German creativity.

To paint the creative horizon with charm. Even now, people in Germany – the country of poets and philosophers – coming up with innovative ideas, pushing the boundaries of art. Art thrives at a multitude of museums and up-and-coming galleries, between writers, musicians and painters. The choice of your holidays (from stays in picture-box villages, to hiking breaks through its …

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THE MILLER’S BOLD DAUGHTER – Wilhelm Busch / Because children get in trouble, if the parents do not care.

When a person likes to labor also for correction of his neighbor. This country, with its historical sites, is a popular destination for nature lovers and culture enthusiasts. Surprises always happen when you least expect them. So, welcome in Wiedensahl, Birthplace, residence, and workplace of a famous German artist. Visiting the Museum Mile, https://www.deutsche-maerchenstrasse.com/en/?lang=en you to can immerse yourself into …

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LABYRINTH – Dero Goi / The way of industrial metal band

Let me be your secret sin. Is a very young city, with a musical band really “in theme” with its environment. You could say that Wolfsburg owes its existence to one car, the VW Beetle. Over the next few decades a whole city was built for the Volkswagen plant’s workers. Its Autostadt (Automobile City) https://www.autostadt.de/start, is an cutting-edge attraction, with …

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LUCIAN FREUD (1922/2011), GERMAN PAINTER – Rejecting nothing to which you are naturally drawn.

When a painter must give a free rein to any feeling or sensations. Here, where a famous figurative artist was born, waiting for you the masterpieces Berlin Museum (one of these items it’s the Pergamon Alter frieze, which was discovered in 1886). Something special? The Bode Museum, https://www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/bode-museum/home.html is the home for art works of the Byzantine, Gothic, Renaissance and …

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KURT SCHWITTERS (1887/1948), GERMAN PAINTER – I’m a painter, but I like nail my pictures together.

Realizing that machines are abstractions of the human spirit. In Hanover, Klein Kröpcke (Callinstraße 2), http://www.klein-kroepcke.de/kontakt.php is the best place to start, if you are about to set out on a night of partying, but of course you will no longer be able to meet the artist who loved to illustrate metaphors of human activity by painting machines. In 1901, …

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SUGGESTED READING – Irina Korschunow / A Night in Distant Motion.

Her circulation of 4.5 million copies. During the 14th to 16th century, it was a member of the Hanseatic League, despite being more than 150 km off the nearest seashore. Stendal is the biggest town in the Altmark region. Here you can breathe the atmosphere that inspired the books of a Russian-German writer, including remains of its medieval town fortification, …

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COLLECTING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, COLORS, SOUNDS AND GOOD READINGS –An “Author’s Journey” to Illinois, from Belleville to Chicago.

Five creative people, walking with you. Our “author’s journey” through the American creativity, starts from the county seat of St. Clair (in Illinois), the city of Belleville. This is a city founded in 1814. If you like to collect fruit and vegetables in the land where a famous singer-songwriter from this city was born, you can go to Eckert’s Belleville …

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GERTRUDE ABERCROMBIE (1909/1977), AMERICAN PAINTER – Painting incredible surrealist works in Chicago, until death.

Because it is always myself that I paint. Her parents were traveling opera singers, who happened to be in Austin (Texas), on the day of her birth. GERTRUDE ABERCROMBIE, born into a February day, was an painter based in Chicago, where she was involved in the jazz scene, becoming friends with musicians whose music inspired her own creative work. The family …

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DOROTHEA TANNING (1910/2012), AMERICAN PAINTER –You may be a woman and an artist; the one is a given and the other is you.

She was a loner, but Max was the only she needed. DOROTHEA TANNING was born and raised in Galesburg (Illinois), where attended public schools. After attending Knox College, she moved to Chicago and New Yok, where discovered Surrealism at the Museum of Modern Art’s. Then, the gallery owner Julien Levy introduced her to the circle of émigré Surrealists (including the …

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A QUIET AND ANCIENT REFUGE, WHERE TO REGENERATE – Where Classical Years were called the “Golden Age” of Pericles.

An “Author’s Journey” in Greece, including Turkish baths, mastika and good readings. The Best Things to See and do in Patras, the birthplace of a famous Greek writer? The New Archaeological Museum of Patras, is home to several collections that display the history of Patras and the wider region. You don’t feel like playing the tourist, head to the Turkish …

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THROUGH IMAGES – Athens & Greek Memorabilia / Thirteen verses and a small clay table.

When a tour start with a mati lesson, also known as the evil eye. During this author travel, you to can discover a hidden Greek community. It’s made up of artists and craftspeople https://www.lonelyplanet.com/greece/activities/made-in-athens-greek-memorabilia-small-group-shopping-experience/a/pa-act/v-6176P32/359417. Athens it’s one of the most alternative cities in Europe, so you won’t be short of interesting encounters and sights on this site. Even today, in …

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