With the exhibition Max Ackermann - Retrospective, DIE GALERIE  focuses on the artist of the Stuttgart avant-garde movement. Visitors can expect an overview of the oeuvre of Max Ackermann (1887-1975), which provides information about his artistic development. 

Often remembered as the artist who turned purely to the abstract, Max Ackermann's work is characterized by both abstract and representational painting.  This dualism, which characterizes Max Ackermann's artistic path up to the middle of the century, becomes visible in the exhibition. The viewer can stroll extensively through art history, starting with Art Nouveau, which Ackermann became acquainted with during his studies with Henry van de Velde in Weimar, through Verism, an expression of his experiences during and after the First World War, moving on to abstraction and "Absolute Painting" influenced by Adolf Hölzel to completely free  compositions. Thanks to his highly individual approach to art and pictorial language in abstraction, which characterized his work from the  1940s until his death, Max Ackermann influenced the art scene and gained public recognition. Nevertheless, Max Ackermann, who was one of the pioneers of early abstraction, increasingly moved into the shadows. With its retrospective, DIE GALERIE wants to bring the German artist back into the light.