The Twentieth Century German Art Exhibition: Answering Degenerate Art in 1930s London

ISBN-13: 9781032094601 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 262 str.

Lucy Wasensteiner

Opis

This book represents the first study dedicated to Twentieth Century German Art, the 1938 London exhibition which was the largest international response to the cultural policies of National Socialist Germany and the infamous Munich exhibition Degenerate Art.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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