Experience Between Capri and Rome: Hugo Paul Harrer at the Branitz Museum
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Between Capri and Rome: Hugo Paul Harrer's Italy at the Branitz Museum
The special exhibition Between Capri and Rome. Hugo Paul Harrer at the Fürst Pückler Museum Park & Castle Branitz is dedicated to the painter Hugo Paul Harrer and his artistic view of Italy. On October 28, 2026, the cabinet exhibition opens from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM and leads into a world of travel experience, memory, and picturesque observation of nature.
A Painter Between Rome and the Amalfi Coast
Hugo Paul Harrer lived in Rome and traveled with his wife Franziska Wickerath to the Amalfi Coast for painting trips. His works preserve impressions of southern light, Italian landscapes, and historical places. The exhibition makes this connection between travel, drawing, and painting tangible as an art historical testimony of the 19th century.
Franziska Wickerath and the History of a Collection
Franziska Wickerath, who married Harrer in 1868, played an important role in the transmission of his work even after his early death. She sent his paintings to exhibitions and later lived with the lawyer Paul Werner in Cottbus. Many works by Harrer entered the Carl Blechen Collection of the city of Cottbus through her legacy. Thus, the presentation tells not only the history of the artist but also the history of collecting, preserving, and passing on.
Drawings, Portrait, and a Restored Vesuvius
The cabinet exhibition comprehensively shows the collection for the first time with numerous drawings, a portrait of Franziska, and the freshly restored painting Vesuvius. In the examination of the works, line work, landscape experience, and atmospheric painting combine. The works revive the Italy of the Harrers and open a concentrated aesthetic experience between nature study, memory culture, and European art history.
Exhibition Atmosphere in Castle Branitz
In the historical ambience of the Fürst Pückler Museum, the presentation takes on a special spatial resonance. The calm cabinet exhibition invites visitors to attentively perceive details, materials, forms, and the effect of southern light. The art experience connects cultural education with an intensive examination of the works and is aimed at everyone who wants to discover painting, drawing, and the love of Italy in the 19th century.
Conclusion: Italy as Memory and Artistic Experience
Between Capri and Rome. Hugo Paul Harrer offers an impressive approach to a significant collection of Cottbus art history. Visitors can expect an exhibition about travel images, family history, collection culture, and the sensual power of Italian landscapes. Those who want to experience art history in its original form and engage in a concentrated aesthetic experience should definitely visit the special exhibition at Castle Branitz.
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