Walter Womacka's representative socialist art: the impressive glass picture in the former state council building of the GDR.

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Die Kunst am Bau in der DDR: Walter Womackas Glasbild „Darstellungen aus der Geschichte der deutschen Arbeiterbewegung“ In der Treppenhalle des ehemaligen Staatsratsgebäudes am Berliner Schlossplatz befindet sich ein beeindruckendes Kunstwerk: das meterhohe Glasbild „Darstellungen aus der Geschichte der deutschen Arbeiterbewegung“ von Walter Womacka. Das Bild besteht aus auffliegenden Friedensstauben auf gelbem und blauem Grund sowie aufständischen Soldaten und Matrosen mit Gewehren und Munitionsketten. Für Womacka, einen der Staatskünstler der DDR, war dieses Zusammenspiel kein Gegensatz. Das Glasbild erfüllt die Treppenhalle des Gebäudes mit farbigem Licht und setzt der eleganten Foyerverkleidung aus weißem Meißner Porzellan die Wucht repräsentativer sozialistischer Propaganda …
The art of building in the GDR: Walter Womacka's glass picture "Presentations from the History of the German Labor Movement" in the staircase of the former State Council building on the Berlin Schlossplatz is an impressive work of art: The meter -high glass picture "Deputy from the History of the German Labor Movement" by Walter Womacka. The picture consists of avoiding peace pigeons on a yellow and blue background as well as insurgent soldiers and sailors with rifles and ammunition chains. For Womacka, one of the state artists of the GDR, this interaction was not a contrast. The glass picture fulfills the stair hall of the building with colored light and sets the elegant foyer cladding made of white Meißner porcelain the force of representative socialist propaganda ... (Symbolbild/MB)

The art of building in the GDR: Walter Womacka's glass picture "representations from the history of the German workers' movement"

In the stairwell of the former State Council building on the Berlin Schlossplatz there is an impressive work of art: the meter -high glass picture "Representations from the History of the German Labor Movement" by Walter Womacka. The picture consists of avoiding peace pigeons on a yellow and blue background as well as insurgent soldiers and sailors with rifles and ammunition chains. For Womacka, one of the state artists of the GDR, this interaction was not a contrast.

The glass picture fulfills the staircase of the building with colored light and contrasts the elegant foyer cladding made of white Meißner porcelain the force of representative socialist propaganda. Although the building has been the seat of the European School of Management and Technology (ESMT) for years, you can enter the foyer and admire the art of building from GDR times. In addition, visitors can explore further art and equipment in the building as part of regular tours.

When visiting the foyer, the view of "Margot Honecker's roses" also stands out in the garden. A friendly supervisor ironically indicates that these roses could use more fertilizers.

The central motif of the glass picture shows a woman in a swinging red dress who holds flowers in her arms, as well as a young worker who has a barefoot child in her arms. This couple embodies the ideology of happy socialism. However, if you look at the work of art against the background of history, you can still see the sleek aesthetics of Womacka's heroic scenes in the stairwell. It is an exciting contemporary witness and a series of pictures of a sunken Germany.

In the past few years, interest in art has increased in the construction of the GDR. So if you are interested in art and history, you should not miss a visit to the foyer of the former State Council building on the Berlin Schlossplatz.

Further information on historical tours and dates can be found on the ESMT website at ESMT.Berlin/de/Veranstaltungen/historisches- Fuuche.