27 November 2021 to 3 April 2022

Johann Baptist Kirner. Narrated life

Augustinermuseum

What future does the fortune teller predict for her clients? Who wins the prizes at the agricultural show? Will the prayers of the peasant family be answered? And will the Grand Duke be successful on his hunting trip? The paintings of Johann Baptist Kirner (1806–1866) have so much life in them that one literally seems to hear the laughter of children at play, the weeping of the shepherd and the clink of glasses.

They tell of everyday life in the Black Forest and in Italy. His caricatures show artist colleagues in Munich, Karlsruhe and Rome. This is the first comprehensive work exhibition of the once celebrated Baden court painter from Furtwangen whose undeservedly fell into oblivion.

Johann Baptist Kirner, Die Kartenschlägerin, 1846, Augustinermuseum – Städtische Museen Freiburg, Foto: Axel Killian

Johann Baptist Kirner, Italienische Hirtenfamilie, 1835, Privatbesitz, Foto: Axel Killian

Johann Baptist Kirner, Ein badischer Freischarenoffizier mit seinen beiden Ordonnanzen, Augustinermuseum – Städtische Museen Freiburg, Foto: Axel Killian

Johann Baptist Kirner, Spielende Kinder, 1838, Schenkung Freundeskreis Augustinermuseum – Städtische Museen Freiburg, Foto: Axel Killian

Johann Baptist Kirner, Der zerbrochene Krug, um 1834, Augustinermuseum – Städtische Museen Freiburg, Foto: Axel Killian

Johann Baptist Kirner, Verletzter Hirtenbub, 1844, Augustinermuseum – Städtische Museen Freiburg, Foto: Axel Killian

Johann Baptist Kirner, Beim Barbier, 1832/37, Augustinermuseum – Städtische Museen Freiburg, Foto: Axel Killian

Opening times

Tuesday to Sunday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Admission fees

8 euros / concessions 6 euros

Free entry for those under 27 and with Museums-PASS-Musées.

Tickets

Get your ticket directly at the museum or book online in advance.

Contact

Augustinermuseum
Augustinerplatz
79098 Freiburg im Breisgau
Tel.: +49 761 201-2531
augustinermuseum@stadt.freiburg.de
contact persons

Piktogramm: barrierefrei erreichbar, rollstuhlgerecht über Aufzug, rollstuhlgerechtes WC