Darwin

The year 2009 marks a double anniversary with regard to the naturalist Charles Darwin (1809 – 1882). The world commemorates his 200th birthday and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his epoch-making work On the Origin of Species. This book revolutionized the science of biology, led to heated debates among scientists all over the world, and to confusion among the public at large. This book focuses on the influence of Darwinism in the visual arts. Using 150 paintings, drawings and lithographs, as well as rare documentary material as illustration, the catalogue shows artists like Frederic Church, Martin Johnson Heade, Franti_ek Kupka, Odilon Redon, George Frederic Watts, Arnold Böcklin, Gabriel von Max, Alfred Kubin and Max Ernst and bridges a chronological spectrum from 1859 to the mid-twentieth century.