The Twentieth Century German Art Exhibition - Lucy Wasensteiner

The Twentieth Century German Art Exhibition

Answering Degenerate Art in 1930s London
Buch | Softcover
262 Seiten
2021
Taylor & Francis Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-032-09460-1 (ISBN)
49,85 inkl. MwSt
This book represents the first study dedicated to Twentieth Century German Art, the 1938 London exhibition that was the largest international response to the cultural policies of National Socialist Germany and the infamous Munich exhibition Degenerate Art. Provenance research into the catalogued exhibits has enabled a full reconstruction of the show for the first time: its contents and form, its contributors and their motivations, and its impact both in Britain and internationally.







Presenting the research via six case-study exhibits, the book sheds new light on the exhibition and reveals it as one of the largest emigre projects of the period, which drew contributions from scores of German emigre collectors, dealers, art critics, and from the 'degenerate' artists themselves. The book explores the show's potency as an anti-Nazi statement, which prompted a direct reaction from Hitler himself.

Lucy Wasensteiner is Lecturer in Art History at the University of Bonn, and Associate Lecturer at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London.

Contents



Introduction



Chapter One: The Organisation of Twentieth Century German Art





Chapter Two: Campendonk's 'Jumping Beast': Neutrality and Resistance in Swiss Museums



Chapter Three: Schmitt-Rottluff's 'Fishermen's Houses': Art and Status in Exile



Chapter Four: Liebermann's 'The Potato Gatherer': German Modernism, German Dealers and the London Art Market



Chapter Five: Schwitters' 'The Golden Ear': 'Degenerate' Artists as Lenders to London



Chapter Six: Macke's 'Men on a Bridge': Loans from the Reich



Chapter Seven: Baumeister's 'Kneeling Group': The British and Twentieth Century German Art



Chapter Eight: The Reception of Twentieth Century German Art in Britain and Germany



Conclusion



Appendix One: Index of Twentieth Century German Art Exhibits



Appendix Two: Index of Twentieth Century German Art Lenders



Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Routledge Research in Art Museums and Exhibitions
Zusatzinfo 62 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 174 x 246 mm
Gewicht 485 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
ISBN-10 1-032-09460-5 / 1032094605
ISBN-13 978-1-032-09460-1 / 9781032094601
Zustand Neuware
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