Chodowiecki 300

Female artists in Berlin around 1800

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This compact exhibition showcases female students and the daughters of the artist – their lives, works and personal stories.

Location
Knoblauchhaus
Poststraße 23
10178 Berlin

Opening Hours
Tue – Sun | 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
(also on public holidays)
Mon closed

Additional Opening Hours
see Info & Service

Admission
7 euros (single ticket) | 15 euros (combi-ticket*) | free admission (under 18 years or with reduction)

*Valid on two consecutive days for the Ephraim-Palais, the Nikolaikirche and the Knoblauchhaus.

The graphic artist Daniel Chodowiecki (1726–1801) was one of the best-known artists of his time. To mark the 300th anniversary of his birth, this exhibition focuses not only on his masterpieces, but also on the women in his circle, who were long overlooked.

Suzette Henry: Bildnis Daniel Chodowiecki, um 1795 (Öl auf Leinwand) © Stadtmuseum Berlin | Reproduktion: Oliver Ziebe
© Stadtmuseum Berlin | Reproduktion: Oliver Ziebe
On display are works by his daughters and female pupils, who fought to carve out a place for themselves in the art world around 1800 – at a time when women had very few opportunities to pursue artistic careers. As their art teacher, Daniel Chodowiecki gave them the freedom to express their creativity. A regular academic art exhibition also offered them the chance to present their works to the public.

Through drawings and prints, the exhibition tells a story of talent, training and perseverance. It reveals how these Berlin-based female artists worked, what obstacles they had to overcome, and why they are being rediscovered today.

With works by:

Suzette Henry, Louis Claude, Henriette Le Coq, Manon Hainchelin, Antoinette und Henriette Félicité Tassaert, Daniel Chodowiecki und Anton Graff.

A cooperation with the Art Collection of the Berlin Academy of Arts

The cabinet exhibition forms part of the cross-collection and cross-national collaborative project ‘Chodowiecki 300’, marking the 300th anniversary of Daniel Chodowiecki’s birth.

Info & Service

Opening Hours

Tue – Sun | 10 am – 6 pm (also on public holidays)
Mon closed

Differing opening hours:
Sat | 29.08. | 10 a.m. – 2 a.m. (Long Night of Museums)
Thu | 24.12. | Closed (Christmas Eve)
Fri & Sat | 25. + 26.12. | 12 p.m. – 6 p.m. (First & Second Christmas Day)
Thu | 31.12. | Closed (New Year’s Eve)
Fri | 01.01. 2027 | 12 p.m. – 6 p.m. (New Year’s Day)

The visitor rules of the Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin apply.

For children

A free children’s activity booklet for the permanent exhibition “Everyday Life in Biedermeier Berlin” is available at the entrance in German, English, Polish, Turkish and Arabic. If you have any questions, our team will be happy to help.

Directions

Poststraße 23
10178 Berlin

Contact

Infoline
+49 30 240 02 – 162
Mon – Fri | 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
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Accessibility

not barrier-free

Tickets

Admission

Combi-Ticket
15 euros
Valid for our three museums in the Nikolaiviertel (Nikolaikirche, Ephraim-Palais, Knoblauchhaus) on two consecutive days (please note opening hours)

Single Ticket
7 euros
Day ticket for the Knoblauchhaus

Free admission
With proof of reduction

for children and adolescents under 18 years of age, students, trainees, FSJ/FÖJ/BFD volunteers, Berlin Ticket S holders, severely disabled persons (at least 50% GdB) and their Personal Assistant, refugees (with a valid work or residence permit/eAT and a Ukrainian passport or valid residence permit from Ukraine), recipients of transfer payments (Bürgergeld, ALG I), holders of the Berlin-Brandenburg Ehrenamtskarte, holders of the Super-Ferienpass / Berliner Familienpass, ICOM members, members of Deutscher Museumsbund, Verein der Freunde und Förderer des Stadtmuseums Berlin e. V. (except for the Museumsdorf Düppel), Förderverein Museumsdorf Düppel e. V., and Förderkreis Museum Knoblauchhaus e. V., media representatives with a valid press card.