Until 2 March 2025 at the Frankfurt Jewish Museum

In the space dedicated to the museum’s permanent exhibition, you will find a room housing portraits drawn by the artist Else Meidner (1901-1987). These portraits, which also include self-portraits, form an important part of her work, with a hint of melancholy running through it – hence the title of the exhibition, chosen to reflect the emotion felt by the artist and by visitors to her work. In the first part of the 20th century, few women artists were accepted as such. Else Meidner, née Meyer, lived for a long time in the shadow of her painter husband, Ludwig Meidner.

Else Meidner. Melancholia – Jüdisches Museum Frankfurt (juedischesmuseum.de)