Erwin Bowien – an artist in exile in Egmond – An exhibition from 28 April to 3 November 2024 in honour of the German plein air painter, pacifist and artist colonist Erwin Bowien (1899-1972)
Erwin Bowien, a German plein air painter and pacifist who had grown up in Switzerland, decided to leave Germany in the winter of 1933, shocked by the Nazi takeover. He went to the Netherlands, which he had visited on an Mehr