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The ''Blaue Scheune'' ('Blue Barn') in the village of Vitte on the German
The ''Blaue Scheune'' at Hiddensee.de
{{Coord, 54, 34, 11, N, 13, 6, 16, E, type:landmark_region:DE-MV Buildings and structures in Vorpommern-Rügen Art museums and galleries in Germany Hiddensee
The ''Blaue Scheune'' ('Blue Barn') in the village of Vitte on the German Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain.
The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from ...
island of Hiddensee
Hiddensee () is a car-free island in the Baltic Sea, located west of Germany's largest island, Rügen, on the German coast.
The island has about 1,000 inhabitants. It was a holiday destination for East German tourists during German Democratic ...
was originally a Low German hall house from the early 19th century. It housed not only the barn, but also the bakery and the living area for a master miller and baker.
The artist, Henni Lehmann
Henriette Lehmann, née Straßmann, known as Henni (10 October 1862, Berlin – 18 February 1937, Berlin) was a politically and socially active German painter and writer of Jewish ancestry.
Biography
Her father, Wolfgang Straßmann, was a do ...
, bought the old building around 1920 and chose the blue colour to which the house owes its name today. The ''Blaue Scheune'' became well known as a result of regular exhibitions by the Hiddensee Women Artists' Federation (''Hiddenseer Künstlerinnenbundes''). This circle was closely linked to Katharina Bamberg, Clara Arnheim
Clara Arnheim (24 April 1865 – 28 August 1942) was a German painter of Jewish ancestry; best known for her depictions of life among the fishermen on the Baltic coast. Her younger brother, Fritz Arnheim, was a noted historian.
Biography
She ...
and Elisabeth Andrae
Louise Elisabeth Andrae (3 August 1876, Leipzig – 1945, Dresden) was a German Post-Impressionist landscape painter and watercolorist.
Biography
She studied with two landscape painters; in Dresden and Hans von Volkmann in Karlsruhe. She set ...
as well as the best-known of Hiddensee's women artists, Elisabeth Büchsel
Elisabeth Büchsel (1867–1957) was a German painter known for her Impressionist portraits and landscapes.
Biography
Büchsel was born on 29 January 1867 in Stralsund, Germany. She studied in Berlin, Paris, and Munich. Her teachers included Luci ...
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In the 1950s the artist, Günter Fink (1913-2000), bought the historical residence. Since then it has become again a popular attraction for art lovers. The gallery is open to the public in the summer months twice a week (Wednesdays and Sundays).
The ''Blaue Scheune'' is the last surviving smokehouse (''Rauchhaus''), so called because it had no chimney and the smoke escaped through cracks and gaps in the roof.
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The ''Blaue Scheune'' at Hiddensee.de
{{Coord, 54, 34, 11, N, 13, 6, 16, E, type:landmark_region:DE-MV Buildings and structures in Vorpommern-Rügen Art museums and galleries in Germany Hiddensee