Georg Kolbe - The Artist and National Socialism : Breaks and Continuities in Life, Work and Reception / edited by Elisa Tamaschke, Julia Wallner, translated by Gérard A. Goodrow.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tamaschke, Elisa, editor.

Wallner, Julia, editor.

Goodrow, Gérard A., translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (375 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany : Gebr. Mann Verlag, [2023]

Summary:

Georg Kolbe (18771947), one of the most important sculptors of the first half of the 20th century in Germany, was an important representative of classical modernism.However, his activities during National Socialism have not yet been fully explored.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Precursors

Bernhard Maaz

Martial Sculpture of the Imperial Era: Georg Kolbe's Predecessors and Environment

Georg Kolbe and Art Policy 1933-45

Aya Soika

"Franco and ­Beethoven, how can I manage this?" Georg Kolbe and the ­Controversy over ­Modernism: The ­Sculptor within the Art ­Political ­Situation of the Years after 1933

Paula Schwerdtfeger

Conceived in Space. Georg Kolbe's Exhibition Participations 1933-42

Ambra Frank

Georg Kolbe in ­Frankfurt am Main-Ambivalence and Opportunism

Christian Fuhrmeister

At One Table: ­Breker, Klimsch, Kolbe, Göring, Hitler, and Mrs. Himmler. ­Coteries, Circles, Dependencies

Georg Kolbe and the Art Market in ­National Socialism

Jan Giebel

"I am by no means in the position of ­having to sell my few bronzes at dumping prices." Georg Kolbe's ­Marketing Strategies

Wolfgang Schöddert

General von Einem, Kniende, Stehende. Georg Kolbe with Ferdinand Möller and Three Works on Consignment from 1938

Gesa Jeuthe Vietzen

The Binding Waiver. Georg Kolbe as a Creditor of Galerie Alfred Flechtheim GmbH

Anja Tiedemann

"… they exist

that's all I know." The Works of Georg Kolbe and Vesting Order 3711

Analyses of Works and Georg Kolbe's ­Media Strategies

Olaf Peters

Participation ­without Participating-Georg Kolbe, Friedrich ­Nietzsche, and National Socialism

Arie Hartog

What Does the Hüterin Guard?

Christina Irrgang

Continuity through ­Mediality. Georg Kolbe in the Mirror of Self-Staging and Reproduction Photography

Magdalena Bushart

Georg Kolbe ­Celebrates His ­Birthday. Journalistic Strategies

Georg Kolbe after 1945

Maike Steinkamp

"Rightly forgotten"? Georg Kolbe after 1945

Dorothea Schöne.

"An extraordinary case of ambivalence"-The American Reception of Georg Kolbe during and after the National Socialist Dictatorship

Appendix

Short Biographies of the Authors

Image Credits

Leere Seite.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9783786175261

3786175268

OCLC:

1414456828