




Special Exhibition “Up and away! Out of the Allgäu and around the world”
Johann Georg Grimm (1846-1887)
The Museum in Mindelheim is dedicating a unique exhibition to the art and the eventful life of Johann Georg Grimm, who began as a carpenter in Bühl am Alpsee, then studied painting at the Munich Academy in a period of great hardship, finally ending up in Brazil after a roundabout career. Emperor Pedro recognised Grimm’s outstanding talent and appointed him Professor at the Academy, where a circle of talented young artists gathered around him and he advanced to become one of Brazil’s greatest artists. In the manner of his great models of the Barbizon School, he passed on to his students his enthusiasm for working en plein air, a style of painting suffused with light. This light radiates from his works and illuminates even grey pencil sketches.
Grimm is regarded as the most important painter from the Allgäu region, and this exhibition is a fitting tribute to his significance following a long period of oblivion.
Opening on 23 June at 7 p.m.
Open Tues. to Sun. 10 a.m.-12.00 and 2 p.m.-5 p.m. or by arrangement