• MENU
logo logo white logo sticky

Burlington Contemporary is the Burlington Magazine’s free online platform for reviews and research on international contemporary art.

By using this website you agree to our Cookie policy
  • MENU
logo logo white logo sticky

Search

content
A TO Z
clear all
67 articles
Article
Edith Hoffmann’s early years in England, 1934–38
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1320–1329
Subscribe to read
related names
Author:
Yapou-Kromholz, Yonna (Yapou-Kromholz, Yonna)
Subjects
dates:
1930-1939
museums and institutions:
New Burlington Galleries (art gallery), London, Great Britain
places:
London
sources:
Archives
subjects:
Hoffmann, Edith (E. H.) / Art historians / The Burlington Magazine / German art / Expressionism / Austrian art / Read, Herbert (H. R.) / Exhibitions / art history publishing
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Edith Hoffmann, photograph by Franz Pfemfert, Photo Dorit, Paris. c.1937–38. (Edith Hoffmann family collection, Jerusalem).
Attributed works:
2. Elizabeth Senior. Photograph, c.1935. (Courtesy of Sally Senior Mellersh).
Attributed works:
3. Eliezer Yapou. Photograph, 1938. (Edith Hoffmann family collection, Jerusalem).
Attributed works:
4. Herbert Read, by Howard Coster. Photograph, 1934. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
5. The Exhibition of 20th Century German Art, New Burlington Galleries, London, by Ewan Phillips. 1938. Gelatin silver print, 16.4 by 23.2 cm. (© The Estate of Ewan Phillips; Tate Archive; M03751).
Attributed works:
6. The Exhibition of 20th Century German Art, New Burlington Galleries, London, by Ewan Phillips. 1938. Gelatin silver print, 16.4 by 23.2 cm. (© The Estate of Ewan Phillips; Tate Archive; M03754).
Attributed works:
7 and 8. Details of Figs.5 and 6, showing Edith in the New Burlington Galleries.
Attributed works:
9. Edith Hoffmann and Eliezer Yapou in Paris. Photograph, 1935. (Edith Hoffmann family collection, Jerusalem).
Obituary
Shulamith Behr (1946–2023)
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 927-928
Subscribe to read
related names
Author:
Weikop, Christian (Weikop, Christian)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Courtauld Institute of Art, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Behr, Shulamith / Expressionism / Women artists
subjects:
Art historians
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Shulamith Behr, photographed in 1969 for her graduation from the University of the Witwatersrand. (Photograph Kurt Schlesinger).
Book Review
Women Artists in Expressionism: From Empire to Emancipation
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 671-672
Subscribe to read
related names
Reviewer:
Weikop, Christian (Weikop, Christian)
Subjects
subjects:
Women artists / Art critics / Patrons / Collectors / German art / Expressionism / Blaue Reiter / Brücke
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Women Artists in Expressionism: From Empire to Emancipation By Shulamith Behr. 304 pp. incl. 170 col. + 42 b. & w. ills. (Princeton University Press, 2022), £50. ISBN 978–0–691–04462–0. | :
Exhibition Review
Making Modernism: Paula Modersohn-Becker, Käthe Kollwitz, Gabriele Münter and Marianne Werefkin
02/2023 | 1439 | 165
Pages: 170-173
Subscribe to read
related names
Reviewer:
Weikop, Christian (Weikop, Christian)
Subjects
artists:
Modersohn-Becker, Paula / Kollwitz, Käthe / Münter, Gabriele / Werefkin, Marianne
artists:
Reylaender, Ottilie / Bossi, Erma / Heemskerck, Jacoba (1876-1923)
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain
subjects:
German art / Women artists / Expressionism / Modernism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Making Modernism: Paula Modersohn-Becker, Käthe Kollwitz, Gabriele Münter and Marianne Werefkin Royal Academy of Arts, London 12th November 2022– 12th February 2023 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Woman with dead child, by Käthe Kollwitz. 1903. Etching on paper, 42.4 by 48.6 cm. (Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Attributed works:
2. Beta naked, by Ottilie Reylaender. c.1900. Oil on canvas, 97 by 60 cm. (Worpsweder Kunsthalle; courtesy Kulturstiftung Landkreis Osterholz; photograph Jörg Sarbach; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Attributed works:
3. Twins, by Marianne Werefkin. 1909. Tempera on paper, 27.5 by 36.5 cm. (Fondazione Marianne Werefkin; Museo Comunale d’Arte Moderna, Ascona; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Attributed works:
4. Self-portrait as a standing nude with hat, by Paula Modersohn- Becker. 1906. Oil tempera on canvas, 40 by 19.5 cm. (Paula- Modersohn- Becker-Stiftung, Bremen; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Exhibition Review
Richard Gerstl: Inspiration – Legacy
11/2022 | 1436 | 164
Pages: 1136-1139
Subscribe to read
related names
Reviewer:
zelger, franz (zelger, franz; Zelger, Franz)
Subjects
artists:
Gerstl, Richard
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Kunsthaus Zug, Zug, Switzerland
subjects:
Austrian painting / Viennese / Modernism / Expressionism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Richard Gerstl: Inspiration – Legacy Kunsthaus Zug 14th August–4th December | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Group portrait with Schönberg, by Richard Gerstl. 1908. Oil on canvas, 169 by 110 cm. (Kunsthaus Zug).
Attributed works:
11. The sisters Karoline and Pauline Fey, by Richard Gerstl. 1905. Oil on canvas, 175 by 150 cm. (Belvedere, Vienna; exh. Kunsthaus Zug).
Attributed works:
9. Nude selfportrait, by Richard Gerstl. 1908. Oil on canvas, 139.3 by 100 cm. (Leopold Museum, Vienna; exh. Kunsthaus Zug).
Exhibition Review
‘Meistens grundiere ich mit Kreide’: Emil Nolde’s Maltechnik Emil Nolde: Meine Art zu Malen
10/2022 | 1435 | 164
Pages: 1022-1026
Subscribe to read
related names
Reviewer:
Rainbird, Sean (Rainbird, Sean)
Subjects
artists:
Nolde, Emil
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany / Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
subjects:
German art / Expressionism / Nazism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Emil Nolde: Meine Art zu Malen Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich 31st March 2022–28th February 2023 | :
subjects:
‘Meistens grundiere ich mit Kreide’: Emil Nolde’s Maltechnik Hamburger Kunsthalle 16th October 2021–18th April 2022 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
19. Tug on the Elbe, by Emil Nolde. 1910. Oil on canvas, 74 by 89 cm. (Hamburger Kunsthalle).
Attributed works:
20. Ship in the drydock, by Emil Nolde. 1910. Oil on canvas, 57 by 70 cm. (Hamburger Kunsthalle).
Attributed works:
21. Sailboat in the wind, by Emil Nolde. 1910. Oil on canvas, 74 by 89 cm. (Hamburger Kunsthalle).
Book Review
German Expressionism: Der Blaue Reiter and its Legacies
03/2021 | 1416 | 163
Pages: 300-301
Subscribe to read
related names
Reviewer:
Grasselli, Anne (Grasselli, Anne )
Subjects
artists:
Kandinsky, Wassily / Marc, Franz / Klee, Paul / Werefkin, Marianne
styles:
Expressionism
subjects:
German art / Avant-garde / Blaue Reiter
Reviewed Items
subjects:
German Expressionism: Der Blaue Reiter and its Legacies Edited by Dorothy Price. 208 pp. incl. 27 col. + 13 b. & w. ills. (Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2020), £80. ISBN 978–1–5261–2162–2. | :
Exhibition Review
Ernst Barlach on the 150th anniversary of his birth
01/2021 | 1414 | 163
Pages: 70-72
Subscribe to read
related names
Reviewer:
Soika, Aya (Soika, Aya)
Subjects
artists:
Barlach, Ernst
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Albertinum, Dresden, Germany
subjects:
German sculpture / Modernism / Expressionism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Ernst Barlach on the 150th Anniversary of his Birth Albertinum, Dresden 8th August 2020– 10th January 2021 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
17. Head from the Güstrow Memorial, also known as The floating one, by Ernst Barlach. 1927. Bronze, 34 by 33.5 by 25 cm. (Ernst Barlach Stiftung Güstrow; exh. Albertinum, Dresden; © SKD; photograph Oliver Killig).
Attributed works:
18. Russian beggar woman with a bowl, by Ernst Barlach. 1906. Stoneware (Mutz Ceramics), 29.1 by 30 by 23.6 cm. (Albertinum, Dresden; © SKD; photograph Oliver Killig).
Attributed works:
19. Installation view of Ernst Barlach: On the 150th Anniversary of his Birth at the Albertinum, Dresden, 2020. (© SKD; photograph Oliver Killig).
Attributed works:
20. The avenger, by Ernst Barlach. 1922. Limewood, 57.2 by 79 by 27.9 cm. (Ernst Barlach Haus – Stiftung Hermann F. Reemstma, Hamburg; exh. Albertinum, Dresden; © SKD; photograph Oliver Killig).
Exhibition Review
Escape into Art? The Brücke Painters in the Nazi Period Brücke-Museum and Kunsthaus Dahlem, Berlin; Emil Nolde – A German Legend: The Artist during the Nazi Period. Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
09/2019 | 1398 | 161
Pages: 769-771
Read now
related names
Reviewer:
Weikop, Christian (Weikop, Christian)
Subjects
artists:
Nolde, Emil / Heckel, Erich / Pechstein, Max / Schmidt-Rottluff, Karl / Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig
museums and institutions:
Brücke-Museum, Berlin, Germany / Dahlem Museums, Berlin, Germany / Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany
styles:
Expressionism
subjects:
Brücke / Nazism / German art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
21. Max Pechstein’s easel in front of the ruin of his studio building at Kurfürstenstrasse 126, around 1945. (Archiv Pechstein, Hamburg/ Tökendorf; photographer unknown; exh. Brücke-Museum, Berlin).
Attributed works:
22. Uprooted trees, by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. 1934. Oil on canvas, 98 by 112 cm. (Brücke-Museum, Berlin; © VG Bild- Kunst, Bonn, 2019).
Attributed works:
23. Paradise lost, by Emil Nolde. 1921. Oil on canvas, 106.5 by 157 cm. (Nolde Stiftung Seebüll, Schleswig- Holstein; photograph Elke Walford and Dirk Dunkelberg; exh. Hamburger Banhof, Berlin).
Exhibition Review
Charles White: A Retrospective. Museum of Modern Art, New York
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 968-970
Subscribe to read
related names
Reviewer:
Hylton, Richard (Hylton, Richard)
Subjects
artists:
White, Charles, 1918-1978 / Marshall, Kerry James
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Drawings / Prints / Photographs / Book covers / Lithographs
museums and institutions:
Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States / Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, United States / Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, United States
places:
United States / New York / Chicago / Los Angeles
subjects:
American painting (United States of America) / Politics / Social history / Social realism / Expressionism / Allegory / Hands (body componenents) / Magazines (periodicals) / Murals / Archives / African Americans / Slavery / Slave trade
Illustrations
Attributed works:
22. Paul Robeson (Study for Contribution of the negro to democracy in America), by Charles White. 1942–43. Carbon pencil over charcoal, with additions and corrections in white gouache, border in Wolff crayon, on cream drawing board, 63.2 by 48.4 cm. (Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton NJ; © The Charles White Archives; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Attributed works:
23. Awaken from the unknowing, by Charles White. 1961. Compressed brown and grey vine charcoal with scratching out, blending and erasing on cold-pressed illustration board, 78.7 by 142.2 cm. (Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin; © The Charles White Archives; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Attributed works:
24. Wanted poster series #17, by Charles White. 1971. Oil wash and pencil on poster board, 152.4 by 76.2 cm. (Flint Institute of Arts, Flint MI; © The Charles White Archives; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York).
next
load more