KUNSTHALLEN

Take, see, scribble

Who scribbles is either inattentive or a hack? On the contrary! Doodling is thinking with a pencil. According to a psychological study, doodlers can remember almost 30 percent more information. After all, spontaneous drawing allows parts of our brain to pause. It makes room for precise observations and new memories. Doodling is one of the most immediate forms of viewing art, which is fun and allows new thoughts to arise. The ten illustrations by Sünne van der Meulen invite a creative dialogue with original works of art history.  

A doodle book for everyone to continue coloring. Illustrations based on well-known paintings from the Hamburg Kunsthalle:

CHRISTIAN SCHAD - Portrait of Egon Erwin Kisch | 1928
JOHANN GEORG HINZ  - Cabinet of Curiosities | 1666
PETER PAUL RUBENS - The Assumption of the Virgin | 1616/1618
KARL SCHMIDT-ROTTLUFF - Lofthus | 1911
JEAN-LÉON GÉRÔME - Phryne before the Areopagus | 1861