Over the years. Rose Marie Schnorrenberg on her 100th birthday

In 1954, Rose Marie Schnorrenberg was the youngest of the so-called Höri artists who had settled on the idyllic peninsula on Lake Constance since the 1930s. Her death in 2021 marked the passing of a contemporary witness, a charismatic painter, a passionate educator, and a woman committed to Christian social values who remained full of creative energy into her old age. Rose Marie Schnorrenberg was born 100 years ago on February 22, 1926, in Düsseldorf. After graduating from high school, she studied at the State Art School in Hamburg and received a scholarship to the Düsseldorf Art Academy. As a master student of Ferdinand Macketanz, she first came to Höri in 1952. Inspired by the former director of the Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts, Dr. Walter Kaesbach, a kind of artists' colony had already formed here before, during, and shortly after the war, whose members pursued their own stylistic paths. Rose Marie Schnorrenberg joined this community permanently in 1954 at the age of 28. Friendships developed among the members, who undertook joint painting excursions, inspired each other, and yet remained unmistakably "unique." In 1959, the painter Rudolf Stuckert opened a gallery in Konstanz, where he also made it possible for his fellow painters to exhibit their work. In 1962, he and Rose Marie Schnorrenberg co-founded the artist group "Der kleine Kreis" (The Small Circle) in Konstanz. The two married in 1967 and ran the gallery together until 1972. In 1974, the couple moved from Wangen am Untersee to a listed house in Bettnang on the Vordere Höri. They lived in the property, which they lovingly restored, together with their daughter Judith, born in 1972, and Rose Marie Schnorrenberg's daughter Corina, born in 1955. From 1972 to 1992, Rose Marie Schnorrenberg taught art at the Protestant boarding school Schloss Gaienhofen. This was a job that was very close to her heart. Even after her husband's death in 2002, Rose Marie Schnorrenberg remained artistically active. The exhibition shows pictures from the painter's private collection and provides a representative insight into her oeuvre "Over the Years." On display are primarily landscape paintings, which initially reveal the influence of Rhenish Expressionism with their bright complementary colors, but later become more objective, two-dimensional, and linear, developing an increasing lightness and becoming more abstract, yet always remaining unmistakable. Accompanying program for the special exhibition - Sun, Mar 15, 2026, 11 a.m., vernissage at the Bürgerhaus - Sun, Mar 15, 2026, 3 p.m., guided tour - Tue, Apr 14, 2026, 11 a.m., guided tour - Sun, May 17, 2026, 3 p.m., guided tour (International Museum Day) - Tue, June 9, 2026, 11 a.m., guided tour - Sun, July 12, 2026, 3 p.m., guided tour