Before the fall : German and Austrian art of the 1930s / edited by Olaf Peters ; preface by Ronald S. Lauder ; foreword by Renée Price ; with contributions by Stefanie Heckmann, Andreas Huyssen, Olaf Peters, Alfred Pfabigan, and Ernst Ploil.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Peters, Olaf, editor, writer of supplementary textual content.

Lauder, Ronald S., writer of preface.

Lindberg, Steven, translator.

Price, Renée, writer of foreword.

Heckmann, Stefanie, 1963- writer of supplementary textual content.

Huyssen, Andreas, writer of supplementary textual content.

Pfabigan, Alfred, 1947- writer of supplementary textual content.

Ploil, Ernst, 1946- writer of supplementary textual content.

Neue Galerie New York, issuing body, host institution.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Art, German--20th century--Exhibitions.

Art, German.

Art, Austrian--20th century--Exhibitions.

Art, Austrian.

Art and society--Germany--History--20th century--Exhibitions.

Art and society.

Art and society--Austria--History--20th century--Exhibitions.

Art, German--Exhibitions--20th century.

Art, Austrian--Exhibitions--20th century.

Art and society--History--Germany--Exhibitions--20th century.

Art and society--History--Austria--Exhibitions--20th century.

History.

Austria.

Germany.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

History.

Physical Description:

288 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 29 cm

Other Title:

German and Austrian art of the 1930s

Place of Publication:

Munich : Prestel, [2018]

Language Note:

Translated from the German into English by Steven Lindberg.

Summary:

This exhibition, comprised of nearly 150 paintings and works on paper, will trace the many routes traveled by German and Austrian artists and will demonstrate the artistic developments that foreshadowed, reflected, and accompanied the beginning of World War II. Central topics of the exhibition will be the reaction of the artists towards their historical circumstances, the development of style with regard to the appropriation of various artistic idioms, the personal fate of artists, and major political events that shaped the era. The show assembles key works by leading artists such as Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, Max Ernst, Oskar Kokoschka, and Alfred Kubin, and artists less familiar to audiences in the United States including Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, Albert Paris Gütersloh, Karl Hubbuch, Richard Oelze, Franz Sedlacek, Josef Scharl, and Rudolf Wacker, who will each be represented by small groups of significant works. Among the important loans to the exhibition will be Max Beckmann's "Bird Hell" from 1937-38, Oskar Kokoschka's "Portrait of Thomas G. Masaryk" from 1935-36, and Richard Oelze's "Uncanny Expectation" from 1935-36. The exhibition will also feature photographic portraits by Helmar Lerski and August Sander. 00Exhibition: Neue Galerie, New York, USA (08.03. - 28.05.2018).

This exhibition, comprised of nearly 150 paintings and works on paper, will trace the many routes traveled by German and Austrian artists and will demonstrate the artistic developments that foreshadowed, reflected, and accompanied the beginning of World War II. Central topics of the exhibition will be the reaction of the artists towards their historical circumstances, the development of style with regard to the appropriation of various artistic idioms, the personal fate of artists, and major political events that shaped the era. The show assembles key works by leading artists such as Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, Max Ernst, Oskar Kokoschka, and Alfred Kubin, and artists less familiar to audiences in the United States including Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, Albert Paris G�utersloh, Karl Hubbuch, Richard Oelze, Franz Sedlacek, Josef Scharl, and Rudolf Wacker, who will each be represented by small groups of significant works. Among the important loans to the exhibition will be Max Beckmann's "Bird Hell" from 1937-38, Oskar Kokoschka's "Portrait of Thomas G. Masaryk" from 1935-36, and Richard Oelze's "Uncanny Expectation" from 1935-36. The exhibition will also feature photographic portraits by Helmar Lerski and August Sander. 00Exhibition: Neue Galerie, New York, USA (08.03. - 28.05.2018).

Contents:

Towards catastrophe

Into the abyss : Austria and Germany between the wars / Olaf Peters

Visions of disaster : art in Germany, 1930-1939 / Stefanie Heckmann

Magical realisms

A literature of disenchantments : from Weimar into the Third Reich / Andreas Huyssen

Behind reality : Austrian and German art between the wars / Olaf Peters

Lost souls

Boredom, illusionism, and chaos : Austrian mentalities between World War I and the annexation / Alfred Pfabigan

Towards catastrophe : painting in Austria, 1932-1939 / Ernst Ploil.

Notes:

"This catalogue has been published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Before the Fall: German and Austrian Art of the 1930s' held at Neue Galerie New York, March 8-May 28, 2018"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-271) and index.

Local Notes:

Exhibited: "'Before the Fall: German and Austrian Art of the 1930s", Neue Galerie, New York, March 8-May 28, 2018.

Exhibited: "'Before the Fall: German and Austrian Art of the 1930s", Neue Galerie New York, March 8-May 28, 2018.

ISBN:

9783791357607

3791357603

OCLC:

1023370135