Gallery in the Elysee
In our Elysée gallery, contemporary figurative painting from northern Germany has been exhibited and promoted in a changing programme of exhibitions since 1985. After as many as 140 exhibitions, patron and collector Christa Block has created a greatly respected forum for the promotion of art in Hamburg and beyond. The gallery presents a convincing range of stylistic and thematic positions and thus pays tribute to the important traditions of realism in northern Germany in the 20th and 21st centuries.
CURRENT EXHIBITION
PLANTEN UN BLOMEN (EN: Plants & Flowers)
Die KünstlerInnen
ANKE BALASUS, ANKE GRUSS, ANKE RUPPRECHT-POßINKE, ANNA GRAHLMANN, BERND HARMS, BIRGIT SUPPA, BRITTA KRÖGER, BRUNI WORM, CARINA CHOWANEK, CHRISTINE RATKA, CLAUDIA BORMANN, CORINNA SELIGER, EKATERINA EZHKOVA, EVA HAMBACH, FRAUKE WELDIN, GABRIELE BRUNS, HARRIETT V. SCHWERIN, HELGA V. PFEIL, ILONA SCHMIDT, INGRID LA PLANTE, ISABELLA MARQUART, JEONG-EUN LEE, JONATHAN ESPERESTER, KAI WÜRBS, KATHARINA BÖTTCHER, KERSTIN REITZ, MAIKE PETERSEN, MARIA BAYER, MARIA MÜLLER, MARLEN SCHULZ, MEIKE LIPP, MONIKA DIETRICH-BARTKIEWICZ, PAULA LYTOVCHENKO, PAULINE PETE, PETER WITT, PETRA KOST, REBECCA PUCHE, SEBASTIAN RETHER, SILKE SCHRÖDER, STEFANIE WOCH, STEPHAN WEIßFLOG, SUSANNE CROMWELL, SVENJA MAAß, THOMAS FREUND, VIVIEN THIESSEN, ZIHAO WEI
Nature has always been a source of inspiration for art. Planten un Blomen, the historic park near the Hotel Grand Elysée Hamburg, offers a very special stage for art: colorful plants from all over the world, small lakes, a Japanese teahouse, playgrounds, an ice rink, concerts and readings. It's no wonder that numerous North German artists were keen to capture the atmosphere on canvas in what is perhaps the most beautiful park in the Hanseatic city. They responded to the Galerie im Elysée's call to apply to take part in the "Planten un Blomen" group exhibition.
The exhibition ends on June 5, 2024, followed by the group exhibition "Ballkunst".
Elysee Prize
The “Elysée Prize for Painting” to promote young talent from the region is endowed with €10,000 and has already been awarded 12 times to students at north German universities. An independent jury consisting of artists, art historians and cultural journalists decides on the winner of the award. On the occasion of the award ceremony, submitted works are shown during an exhibition at the Galerie im Elysée.
After the Elysée Prize exhibition, works are purchased and included in the Block Collection. They are shown permanently in the corridors on the fifth floor of the Grand Elysée Hamburg and can be viewed there. A summary of earlier Elysée winners can also be found here.