The Flemish masters of the 17th century already relied on teamwork, cooperation and exchange: an exhibition at Dresden's Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister uses the latest, as yet unpublished research findings to show how famous artists and their painting workshops joined forces and worked together by hand in organized work processes. For the show "Teamwork in Antwerp!", the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen (SKD) was able to draw on its own holdings - with the exception of six loans from museums and private collections.
"The majority of the works have not been on display since the Second World War," said SKD Director General Bernd Ebert. Until October 5, 53 paintings and 28 drawings and prints are on display in the Semperbau. More than half of the 49 Dresden paintings have been in storage for decades. Some from the workshops of the Bruegel and Francken families have never been shown before, said curator Uta Neidhardt. She has been researching the entire Flemish painting collection for years and the show focuses on the famous Bruegel, van Balen and Francken families.
