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Making Modernism: Paula Modersohn-Becker, Kathe Kollwitz, Gabriele Munter and Marianne Werefkin
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Making Modernism: Paula Modersohn-Becker, Kathe Kollwitz, Gabriele Munter and Marianne Werefkin

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Painterly transformations of feminine identity from a group of German Expressionists. Kathe Kollwitz, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Gabriele Munter and Marianne Werefkin are among the exceptional artists associated with the emergence of Expressionism in Germany in the early decades of the 20th century. Each challenged prevailing ideals of feminine identity at a time of great societal change. As women, they were expected to marry and raise a family; some chose to, some did not. As ambitious artists, they wanted to work. As they rose to these challenges, their art further undermined conventions. Their portraits of children symbolise joy, hope and innocence but also melancholy, tension, curiosity, the passing of time and unfulfilled desire. Their radical depictions of the nude wrest the female body away from the male gaze towards a newfound role, expressive of powerful maternity and female subjectivity. These dramatic modernist compositions, with their fluid brushwork and bright hues, push at the boundaries of form, colour and spiritual meaning. AUTHORS: Dorothy Price is Professor of Modern and Contemporary and Visual Culture at the Courtauld Institute of Art. The painter Chantal Joffe RA is well known for her arresting portraits of women. Shulamith Behr taught for many years at the Courtauld Institute of Art. Sarah Lea is Curator at the Royal Academy of Arts. SELLING POINTS: . Includes insightful new texts by leading experts . Accompanies a major exhibition at The Royal Academy of Arts, Jungels-Winkler Galleries, 13 November 2022
12 February 2023 120 colour illustrations

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Royal Academy of Arts
Country
United Kingdom
Date
14 November 2022
Pages
160
ISBN
9781912520909

Painterly transformations of feminine identity from a group of German Expressionists. Kathe Kollwitz, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Gabriele Munter and Marianne Werefkin are among the exceptional artists associated with the emergence of Expressionism in Germany in the early decades of the 20th century. Each challenged prevailing ideals of feminine identity at a time of great societal change. As women, they were expected to marry and raise a family; some chose to, some did not. As ambitious artists, they wanted to work. As they rose to these challenges, their art further undermined conventions. Their portraits of children symbolise joy, hope and innocence but also melancholy, tension, curiosity, the passing of time and unfulfilled desire. Their radical depictions of the nude wrest the female body away from the male gaze towards a newfound role, expressive of powerful maternity and female subjectivity. These dramatic modernist compositions, with their fluid brushwork and bright hues, push at the boundaries of form, colour and spiritual meaning. AUTHORS: Dorothy Price is Professor of Modern and Contemporary and Visual Culture at the Courtauld Institute of Art. The painter Chantal Joffe RA is well known for her arresting portraits of women. Shulamith Behr taught for many years at the Courtauld Institute of Art. Sarah Lea is Curator at the Royal Academy of Arts. SELLING POINTS: . Includes insightful new texts by leading experts . Accompanies a major exhibition at The Royal Academy of Arts, Jungels-Winkler Galleries, 13 November 2022
12 February 2023 120 colour illustrations

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Royal Academy of Arts
Country
United Kingdom
Date
14 November 2022
Pages
160
ISBN
9781912520909