About
The 19-year-old Pitt Kreuzberg applied to the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the summer of 1907 and was accepted. He has a wealthy family behind him; his great-grandfather was the discoverer of the world-famous Apollinaris spring in Ahrweiler. In Düsseldorf, Pitt found himself in a group of artists who rebelled against the traditional, especially against the true-to-life rendering in painting, as taught at the academy. In the artists 'houses and in Johanna Ey's bakery, an artists' meeting place, it will soon be about more than just depicting. Brightly shining areas of color stand edge to edge, forming strong contrasts: blue human corpses against a red forest, orange trees against a yellow sky. Wanting to fathom, grasp and represent the essence of the world becomes an idea that also supports Pitt.