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Exhibition Review
Expressionists: Kandinsky, Münter and The Blue Rider
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 965-8
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Weikop, Christian (Weikop, Christian)
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artists:
Münter, Gabriele / Werefkin, Marianne / Bossi, Erma / Kandinsky, Wassily / Marc, Franz / Macke, August / Jawlensky, Alexej von
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Tate Modern, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Blaue Reiter / Expressionism
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subjects:
Expressionists: Kandinsky, Münter and The Blue Rider Tate Modern, London 25th April–20th October | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
23. Reitendes paar, by Wassily Kandinsky. 1906– 07. Oil on canvas, 55 by 50.5 cm. (Lenbachhaus, Munich; exh. Tate Modern, London).
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24. Cover of Der Blaue Reiter Almanac, by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc. 1912. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; exh. Tate Modern, London).
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25. Zuhören (Bildnis Jawlensky), by Gabriele Münter. 1909. Oil on card, 49.8 by 66.4 cm. (© DACS, London; Lenbachhaus, Munich; exh. Tate Modern, London).
Article
Edith Hoffmann’s early years in England, 1934–38
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1320–1329
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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).
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2. Elizabeth Senior. Photograph, c.1935. (Courtesy of Sally Senior Mellersh).
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3. Eliezer Yapou. Photograph, 1938. (Edith Hoffmann family collection, Jerusalem).
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4. Herbert Read, by Howard Coster. Photograph, 1934. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
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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).
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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
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Author:
Weikop, Christian (Weikop, Christian)
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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
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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
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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
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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).
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11. The sisters Karoline and Pauline Fey, by Richard Gerstl. 1905. Oil on canvas, 175 by 150 cm. (Belvedere, Vienna; exh. Kunsthaus Zug).
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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
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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).
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20. Ship in the drydock, by Emil Nolde. 1910. Oil on canvas, 57 by 70 cm. (Hamburger Kunsthalle).
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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
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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
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Soika, Aya (Soika, Aya)
Subjects
artists:
Barlach, Ernst
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Albertinum, Dresden, Germany
subjects:
German sculpture / Modernism / Expressionism
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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).
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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).
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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
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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).
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