Rubens. The Power of Transformation
(WorldNews Germany)

Almost no other artist exercised such a decisive influence on European Baroque painting as Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) did. The Städel Museum in Frankfurt dedicates a comprehensive special exhibition to the world-renowned artist, which will be on show from 8 February to 21 May 2018: Rubens. The Power of Transformation comprises about one hundred items-including thirty-one paintings and twenty-three drawings by the master-and explores a hitherto little-regarded aspect in his creative process. The presentation reveals how profound the dialogue was into which Rubens entered with his predecessors` and contemporaries` achievements and fathoms the scope of their impact on the five decades of his...