When does the exhibition take place?

The exhibition can be visited on Sunday, November 8, 2026, from 11:15 to 13:15.

Where does From Children's Drawing to Picture Space take place?

The exhibition is on display at the Christian Morgenstern House, Friedländer Weg 9, 37085 Göttingen.

How much does admission cost?

Admission to the exhibition is free.

Who created the exhibited images?

The images are by Stefanie Schäfer and emerge from the artistic engagement with children's drawings.

Are there further visiting opportunities?

According to the event information, the exhibition is open until December 12, 2026, on Sundays at 11:15 or by appointment.

Are there guided tours or educational offers?

Information about special tours or workshops is not specified in the available event details.

Children's Drawing to Picture Space

Name: From Children's Drawing to Picture Space
Start: 2026-11-08T11:15:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-08T13:15:00+01:00
Location: Christian Morgenstern-Haus

From Children's Drawing to Picture Space: When Childlike Lines Become Art

The exhibition From Children's Drawing to Picture Space presents images by Stefanie Schäfer at the Christian Morgenstern House in Göttingen. The focus is on the creative power of children's drawings: From spontaneous lines, shapes, and color impulses, the artist develops independent painterly picture spaces.

Children's Drawings as Windows to Development

Stefanie Schäfer has been accompanying children in Waldorf kindergartens for decades. From this educational experience, a special perspective on children's images arose, which she understands as windows into a child's developmental path and as testimonies of a primal visual language. The exhibition thus combines cultural education, aesthetic experience, and contemporary painting.

From Original Impulse to Independent Image

In Schäfer's works, the child's initial impulse remains visible, while lines, shapes, and color worlds enter into a new compositional context. The painting makes visible the source from which, in the artist's view, all art draws: immediate perception, free design, and an unprejudiced access to the world.

An Exhibition Between Pedagogy and Art History

The examination of the works opens a dialogue between children's drawings and modern art. The reduced formal language, vibrant colors, and free spatial effects recall expressive abstraction and artists of modernity such as Paul Klee, Alexej von Jawlensky, Wassily Kandinsky, or Marc Chagall. It is not about imitation, but about the shared search for an elemental visual language.

Art Experience at the Christian Morgenstern House

The exhibition atmosphere invites visitors to question familiar concepts of art. Visitors experience how a seemingly simple children's drawing can evolve into a complex picture space with its own tension, rhythm, and color effect. The exhibition is suitable for art enthusiasts, families, and anyone looking to rediscover the origins of artistic design.

Conclusion: Seeing Children's Drawings with New Eyes

From Children's Drawing to Picture Space promises a focused and inspiring art experience between painting, developmental observation, and aesthetic education. The exhibition shows how much perception, imagination, and artistic potential lie in early drawings. A visit to the Christian Morgenstern House enriches the examination of the works and opens a more immediate view of the foundations of all visual art.