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Kunsthalle Messmer: Public guided tour every Sunday at 2:30 p.m. <\/h2>\n

Hermann Hesse<\/h2>\n

Ready to go<\/h2>\n

Poet, painter and Nobel Prize winner<\/h2>\n

21.03.2026 – 11.10.2026<\/h2>\n
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Photo Martin Hesse \u00a9 Martin Hesse Erben: Illustration: Hermann Hesse, Bigogno, watercolor, 1925<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hermann Hesse, 1936 Photo Martin Hesse \u00a9 Martin Hesse Erben<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With the exhibition “Hermann Hesse – Ready for Departure”<\/b> (21.03.-11.10.26), the Kunsthalle Messmer is dedicating an extraordinary exhibition to the poet and Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse and showing him from a surprising side: as a painter<\/b>.<\/p>\n

The most widely read German-language author<\/b> of the 20th century, known for works such as Der Steppenwolf<\/i>, Siddhartha <\/i>and Glasperlenspiel<\/i>, used painting <\/b>as a creative counterpoint to writing and as a means of processing personal impressions.<\/p>\n

The exhibition brings together more than 130 works<\/b> – from luminous watercolors<\/b> and ink drawings<\/b> to illustrated <\/b>poems<\/b> and letters<\/b>, typoscripts <\/b>and precious first editions<\/b> – and shows how Hesse’s artistic and literary work enter into dialogue with each other. The colorful works reflect his love of nature<\/b>, his longing for harmony and central life themes such as new beginnings, renewal and <\/b>the search for identity<\/b>. <\/p>\n

From the beginning of his painting in Bern to his inspiring time in Montagnola and the influences of the alternative community on Monte Verit\u00e0: the exhibition lets you rediscover Hesse!<\/p>\n

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Image titles from top left to right:
Tessiner, Bergdorf, watercolor, 1920;
Casa Camuzzi, watercolor, 1930;
Bern, Garten mit Schelmenh\u00fcsli, watercolor, 1917;
Sorengo, watercolor, 1922
\u00a9 Kunststiftung Sparkasse Pforzheim Calw<\/p>\n

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HERMANN HESSE – Poet, painter, Nobel Prize winner
21.03.26 – 11.10.2026<\/p>\n

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