The idea of art colonies originated in the 19th century and is a phenomenon on the cultural map of Europe. Today, it is carried on by the European Association of Art Colonies “EuroArt”: www.euroartcities.eu, an organization established under the patronage of the European Parliament in 1994 in Brussels. The most famous German art colony is Worpswede in Lower Saxony, where at the end of the 19th century…