Ludwig Meidner's work is more closely associated with the concept of "metropolitan expressionism" than any other. In Berlin, Meidner seismographically captured the mood of the period immediately before the First World War. His "apocalyptic landscapes" in particular clearly reflect the social, philosophical and emotional situation of the time.
It is less well known that Meidner spent several months in Dresden in 1913 and 1914. Meidner's work has never before been shown in Dresden in its entirety. The aim of the exhibition was to close this gap in Dresden's art history. With over one hundred works from the years 1912 to 1916 from almost thirty German museums and ivat collections, a dense picture of these probably most interesting years in Meidner's oeuvre was presented. The exhibition was accompanied by a catalogue published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne.