Before the Fall: German and Austrian Art of the 1930s Exhibition Catalogue
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Before the Fall: German and Austrian Art of the 1930s Exhibition Catalogue
Edited by Olaf Peters
With contributions by Stefanie Heckmann, Andreas Huyssen, Alfred Pfabigan, and Ernst Ploil
This generously illustrated and comprehensive book examines German and Austrian artists in the 1930s as they reacted to a time of crisis and dissent.
The 1930s in Germany and Austria were marked by economic crisis, political disintegration, and social chaos. This beautifully illustrated catalog surveys the development of the arts in these two countries between the two World Wars. Presenting nearly 150 paintings and works on paper, this book reveals artistic developments that foreshadowed, reflected, and accompanied the beginning of World War II. Works by Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, Max Ernst, Oskar Kokoschka, and Alfred Kubin are presented alongside pieces by lesser-known artists such as Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, Albert Paris Gütersloh, Karl Hubbuch, Richard Oelze, Josef Scharl, Franz Sedlacek, and Rudolf Wacker. This book features essays about the appropriation of artistic idioms, the reactions of artists toward their historical circumstances, and major political events that shaped the era.
This catalogue carries key works of known artists like Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, Max Ernst, Oskar Kokoschka and Alfred Kubin and less known artist like Friedl Brandeis, Albert Pari Gütersloh.
Hardcover
288 pages
Neue Galerie New York
Prestel, 2018
9.6 x 1.3 x 11.5 inches
ISBN 9783791357607
Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Art History, Essays