page_title: Darmstadt Artists' Colony
section_title: Founding
hierarchical_section_title: Darmstadt Artists' Colony / Founding
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Darmstadt/Mathildenhöhe (hohe Auflösung auf Anfrage)
context_page_description: The Darmstadt Artists’ Colony refers both to a group of Jugendstil artists as well as to the buildings in Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt in which these artists lived and worked. The artists were largely financed by patrons and worked together with other members of the group who ideally had concordant artistic tastes.
context_section_description: The artists’ colony was founded in 1899 by Ernest Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse. His motto was: "Mein Hessenland blühe und in ihm die Kunst" (“My Hesse should flourish, and the art in Hesse too”), and he expected the combination of art and trade to provide economic impulses for his land. The artists’ goal was to be the development of modern and forward-looking forms of construction and living. To this end, Ernst Ludwig brought together several artists of the Art Nouveau in Darmstadt: Peter Behrens, Paul Bürck, Rudolf Bosselt, Hans Christiansen, Ludwig Habich, Patriz Huber and Joseph Maria Olbrich.
caption: Panorama of the Ernst Ludwig House
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