Dora Hitz.

Dora Hitz: Aus Franken nach Rumänien in die Welt, which opens on 25 January, celebrates the centenary of the death of the Franconian painter Dora Hitz (1853–1924), a key – but until recently forgotten – artist who operated at the heart of Impressionist, Symbolist and Expressionist circles in Bucharest, Paris, Dresden and Berlin.

After studying at Munich’s Art School for Women, Hitz moved to Romania to work as court painter for the queen and writer Carmen Sylva. Her cycle of thirteen impressive wall paintings for Peleș Castle is brought to life in Coburg through a virtual museum created by Open Virtual Words in the School of Computer Science at St Andrews. Hitz’s stay in Romania acted as the springboard for her later professional career in France and Germany, presented here in a major survey of works from 28 private collections in Germany, the UK, Monaco, the Netherlands and the USA.

The exhibition has been researched and curated by Dr Natalie Gutgesell, Kunstverein Coburg, and Dr Shona Kallestrup, School of Art History. It is accompanied by a 432-page catalogue with 16 chapters and 70 catalogue entries.

The exhibition runs until 11 May. Further information can be found here.