Philipp Otto Runge Stiftung
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The Philipp Otto Runge Stiftung honours the memory of the great German painter Philipp Otto Runge (1777–1810) and his brother Johann Daniel Runge (1767–1856). Johann Daniel Runge financed Philipp Otto’s studies in Copenhagen and Dresden and paid the artist’s and his family’s upkeep during the years he spent working in Hamburg and beyond. This brotherly support facilitated the creation of a significant body of artistic work that paved the way for German Romanticism.
Continuing this tradition, a foundation was established in 2003 by Philipp Otto Runge’s great-great-great-grandson of the same name, in close collaboration with the Hamburger Kunsthalle, for the purpose of
- supporting young visual artists through exhibitions, grants, catalogues, acquisitions of artworks or other related measures and
- preserving and promoting research into the whole work of Philipp Otto Runge and increasing awareness of this work.
The members of the board are:
- Prof. Dr. Alexander Klar (Chairman)
- Hans Heinrich Bethge
- Dr. Markus Bertsch
- Dr. Sebastian Giesen
- Ulrike Runge