This week the Fondation Autisme Luxembourg are hosting an exhibit of scenery paintings done by local painters from the late 19th to early 20th century.
The exhibit will be held at Kap der op Gallery (70, route d'Arlon L-8310 Capellen) and the opening is to be held on Tuesday 9 February at 19:00.
Amongst the pieces are examples by well-known artists such as Lily Unden and Joseph Kutter, the latter being widely considered to be one of Luxembourg’s most important painters. Lily Unden, who lived from 1908 to 1989, was a distinguished painter and poet who survived two World Wars.
The collection was privately donated and both photographs and paintings will be up for purchase. All proceeds go to the foundation in order to fund summer camps for children and adolescents with autism.
The Fondation Autisme Luxembourg was established in 1996 by concerned parents. Today the foundation employs almost a hundred people with their buildings located in Capellen, Munshausen and Niederfeulen. They define their goal as ‘promoting and defending the rights of people with autism in Luxembourg, regardless of the severity of their disability’.
The exhibit is then open from 10 to 18 February 2016.
Visitors will also be able to view Magic Lantern’s, Séverine Pfeiffer and Joel Nepper, photographs of people with autism made on glass in the fashion of the 19th Century.
More information can be found at http://www.fal.lu/actualites/autisme/21619/
