On the occasion of our current exhibition “20 Jahre dHCS-Stipendium”, the art historian and curator Guido de Werd gives a lecture about the history and significance of the artist's house of Ewald Mataré in Meerbusch-Büderich. Since 2022, the Mataré House accommodates the studios of the dHCS fellowship, which is awarded since 2003 jointly by the company de Haen-Carstanjen & Söhne and the Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen to five or six graduates of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and provides studio spaces for two years.

The Mataré House is the former studio residence of sculptor Ewald Mataré (*1887, Aachen–1965, Meerbusch-Büderich) who rented a former vinegar distillery in Meerbusch-Büderich as a studio after he was fired from the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf by the National Socialists. In 1950, Mataré converted his studio into a residential house where he lived and worked for 15 years. Afterwards, both his widow Hanna and his daughter Sonja lived there.

In his lecture, Guido de Werd outlines the history and significance of the Mataré House as an artists’ residence from the mid-20th century to the present day.

Between 1972 and 2012, Guido de Werd was director of the Kleve museums and is the founding director of the Museum Kurhaus Kleve/ Ewald Mataré Collection. He has also curated numerous exhibitions on the art of the late Middle Ages, Dutch Romanticism and 20th century art.