Künstlerhaus Lukas, Artist residence in Ahrenshoop, Germany

Künstlerhaus Lukas is a studio building along Dorfstraße in Ahrenshoop that provides creative workspaces and living quarters for artists. The building accommodates various artistic disciplines and can be visited from outside, particularly during open studio events held monthly.

Paul Müller-Kaempff, co-founder of the Ahrenshoop artists' colony, built the house in 1894 as a boarding and studio house for his female painting pupils and named it after St. Lucas, patron saint of painters. From 1895 to 1914 it mainly took in women artists barred from the art academies. In 1919 he sold it to Bernhard Saatmann, who ran a barber's shop there alongside the boarding house; in 1944/45 it sheltered war refugees, and from 1959 the GDR Ministry of Culture ran it through the Kulturbund.

The house has long served as a gathering place where creators from various disciplines worked and developed their art. Visitors can observe during open studio events how current residents create in their workshops and share their ongoing projects.

Open studio events occur on the last Sunday of each month, allowing visitors to enter the workshops and talk with resident artists about their work. It is wise to check ahead to confirm that the planned event is taking place.

Bernhard Saatmann, who bought the house in 1919, ran a barber's shop inside it while continuing the guesthouse for visual artists and writers; the salon closed only with his death in 1966. From 1944/45 the building sheltered war refugees before the pension reopened in 1946.