Experience Louise Stomps at the Edwin Scharff Museum: Contours of the Inner
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Louise Stomps: Inner States in Wood, Stone, and Graphics
With the vernissage Louise Stomps. Contours of the Inner, the Edwin Scharff Museum in Neu-Ulm opens a comprehensive solo exhibition about an independent sculptress and graphic artist of modernity. On November 13, 2026, visitors will encounter around 35 sculptures made of plaster, stone, and wood, as well as graphic series from the late 1920s to the 1980s.
From Human Archetype to Abstract Form
Louise Stomps, born in Berlin in 1900, only began studying sculpture at the age of 27. Her artistic development leads from figurative representation to increasingly free, organic forms. The human figure remains the central reference point: not merely as a reflection of external appearances, but as an expression of inner experiences, memories, and existential questions.
Material as a Carrier of Memory
The exhibition makes the sensual presence of Stomps' work immediately tangible. Plaster, stone, and wood each create their own spatial effect. Particularly, the grains of the wood became an essential component of her artistic language. In the viewing of her work, surface, weight, line, and volume combine into a quiet, concentrated aesthetic experience.
Love, Hope, Grief, and Loss
Stomps' sculptures and graphics revolve around existential themes such as love, hope, grief, and loss. Works like Untitled (Memorial) from 1952 or the woodcut Sitting Figure from 1947 illustrate how closely body, posture, and emotional expression are intertwined. Her art preserves a figurative memory, even when the forms appear increasingly abstracted.
An Independent Voice of Modern Sculpture
During the National Socialism era, Stomps' opportunities for exhibiting were limited. After 1945, she was able to publicly show her work again, among other places at the Kunstkabinett of Hanna Bekker vom Rath. In 1960, she moved to Upper Bavaria and devoted herself to her art in seclusion in a watermill. The exhibition historically contextualizes her work between classical modernism, expressive figuration, and organic abstraction.
Opening with Introduction and Music
At the vernissage, Katrin Albsteiger, the mayor of Neu-Ulm, Dr. Helga Gutbrod, director of the Edwin Scharff Museum, and Elisabeth Heymer M.A. will speak with an introduction to the exhibition. A recorder quartet from the Neu-Ulm music school will provide the musical accompaniment. This exhibition can be experienced in this concentrated form for the first time in southern Germany.
Conclusion: Art as Visible Movement of the Inner
The vernissage promises an intense art experience between sculpture, graphics, and art-historical discovery. Visitors will experience how Louise Stomps develops images of inner reality from line, form, and material. Anyone who wants to directly experience the quiet power of modern sculpture, the exhibition atmosphere of the Edwin Scharff Museum, and cultural education should attend this opening live in Neu-Ulm.
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