What fascinated Wolfgang Mattheuer while he was traveling, and how did what he saw become art? This lecture focuses on his drawings created directly on location—from his home region in the Vogtland to his travels abroad. It explores the significance of drawing as an independent medium of observation and as a starting point for later artistic creations. Through a selection of works, the exhibition illustrates how impressions from his travels influenced Mattheuer’s artistic imagery. It also explores the trips he took with his wife, Ursula Mattheuer-Neustädt, and the unique conditions of travel within the GDR and to Western countries.
Melanie Ohst, born in Neuruppin in 1990, studied art history and education in Kiel. Since 2016, she has been working as a research associate at the Kunsthalle Rostock. There, she has curated various exhibition projects, including *Perspektivwechsel – Art after 1945 from the Collections of the Kunsthalle St. Annen Lübeck and the Kunsthalle Rostock*, *Jørgen Buch – Black & White*, *Danish Art in the Collection of the Kunsthalle Rostock*, and *Lights of Usedom*.
Her research focuses on artists’ colonies, particularly in northern Germany; art after 1945 in East and West Germany; and 20th-century Danish art. She lives in Rostock and Wismar.
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