Panorama Exhibition 

In conjunction with the November 1st panorama painting symposium, the Museum of Wisconsin Art opened a new exhibition which will be the most comprehensive ever held on Milwaukee's panorama painting industry. Occupying most of the museum’s lower galleries, this exhibition will show many paintings and artifacts that have never before been seen by the public - including some recently discovered items. Panels by Franz Biberstein from a private home in Milwaukee are on display for the first time outside their original home; rare photographs by painter Bernhard Schneider featuring several of the panorama painters; outstanding oils by such artists as F.W. Heine, Wilhelm Schroeter, John Fery, and George Peter; and maps of Milwaukee showing where this industry and various associated studios and buildings are on view.

With multiple text panels and numerous paintings, the exhibition is a visual delight as well as a comprehensive introduction to the world of Milwaukee’s panorama painters as we know and understand it today. It also delves into the complexities of the ongoing and groundbreaking F.W. Heine diary translation project. The exhibition will remain on display indefinitely due to the museum’s plans to build a new facility starting in 2009. Members always have free admission to the museum.