{"id":39222,"date":"2025-12-18T14:13:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T13:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.museum-re.de\/?post_type=nb_exhibition&p=39222"},"modified":"2026-06-26T12:01:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T10:01:04","slug":"judit-reigl-couleur-vivante","status":"publish","type":"nb_exhibition","link":"https:\/\/www.museum-re.de\/en\/art\/exhibitions\/judit-reigl-couleur-vivante\/","title":{"rendered":"Judit Reigl. Couleur vivante\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In 1957, Wiesbaden made art history: under the title Couleur vivante \u2013 Lebendige Farbe<\/i>, the first landmark exhibition of abstract French and German painting in Germany took place at the town\u2019s municipal museum. This major museum presentation of informal painting brought together 16 artistic positions, eight per country, from France and Germany respectively. The exhibition set a bold and avant-garde precedent in postwar Germany and established Wiesbaden as a significant venue for contemporary art.<\/p>\n

To mark the 70th anniversary in 2027, the Museum Reinhard Ernst is planning an exhibition that partially reconstructs the historic show and makes tangible the breadth and life-affirming novelty of abstract painting in the 1950s. At the heart of the mre\u2019s temporary exhibition are the works by Judit Reigl, the only female artist who was part of the group exhibition in 1957. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Hungarian-French artist Judit Reigl (1923\u20132020) successfully escaped from Hungary in 1950 \u2013 after eight failed attempts and a three-month journey to Paris, part of which she completed on foot. Following a creative phase shaped by Surrealism, she turned to Abstraction in the early 1950s.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2026\/2027, the mre looks both backward and forward: The example of Couleur vivante<\/i> demonstrates how personal commitment and cross-border collaboration can overcome deeply entrenched resentments. The remarkably swift reconciliation between Germany and France after World War II encourages us to draw strength from shared history for future challenges, and inspiration for a vibrant coexistence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Judit Reigl. Couleur vivante<\/i> takes place within the framework of a collaboration between Museum Reinhard Ernst, Museum Wiesbaden \u2013 Hessian State Museum for Art and Nature, and Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden. Each of\u00a0the three neighboring institutions approaches the historic exhibition from a different perspective, building on an event that became a landmark in the art and cultural history of Europe, Germany, and Hesse, and that achieved significant regional and international impact.<\/p>\n

The exhibition at the Museum Reinhard Ernst is generously supported by the Rudolf-August Oetker Foundation.<\/p>\n

Works on view by:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fran\u00e7ois Arnal, Camille Bryen, Jean Degottex, Claude Georges, Karl Otto G\u00f6tz, Otto Greis, Simon Hanta\u00ef, Gerhard Hoehme, Heinz Kreutz, Judit Reigl, Bernard Schultze, Jaroslav Serpan, K.R.H. Sonderborg, Fred Thieler, Claude Viseux und Wilhelm Wessel<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Judit Reigl, \u00c9criture en masse\/Centre de dominance<\/em>, 1959, oil of canvas, 178 x 237 cm, Reinhard Ernst Collection, courtesy Janos Gat Gallery \u00a9 Fonds de dotation Judit Reigll\/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
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Judit Reigl, \u00c9criture en masse – Mutation VI<\/em>, 1959-1960, oil of canvas, 149 x 200 cm, Reinhard Ernst Collection, courtesy Janos Gat Gallery \u00a9 Fonds de dotation Judit Reigll\/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
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Visitors can look forward to an exceptional exhibition concept and an extraordinary collaboration between Wiesbaden\u2019s key art institutions starting in autumn 2026. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":44359,"template":"","class_list":["post-39222","nb_exhibition","type-nb_exhibition","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-re.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nb_exhibition\/39222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-re.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nb_exhibition"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-re.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/nb_exhibition"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-re.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museum-re.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}