Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938) was one of the most important and colorful artistic personalities of the twentieth century, an icon of German Expressionism. To mark the hundredth anniversary of “Kirchner in Davos,” Thorsten Sadowsky presents here a compact artist monograph with rare archival material from throughout Kirchner’s career. Touching on Kirchner’s myriad struggles, works, and milestones—from the radicalism of the artists’ association “Die Brücke” (The Bridge), which Kirchner cofounded, and the restless expressiveness of his Berlin and Davos years, to his struggles with mental instability and anxiety, and the reviews of his own works he published under the pseudonym Louis de Marsalle—Sadowsky lucidly retraces the artist’s turbulent trajectory. This erudite monograph shows how Kirchner, though vacillating between self-doubt and egocentricity, created an incomparably multi-faceted oeuvre with a remarkable instinct for the trends and imbalances of his time.

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (Great Masters in Art)

Arts & Photography

Sadowsky, Thorsten

History & Criticism

Hirmer Publishers

English description: The painter Max Liebermann was deeply impressed by the Dutch North Sea coast, with its light beaches, intense light, and colorful hustle and bustle of summer visitors. It was here that he created his famous paintings of people promenading, beach chairs, and bathing children. This volume presents the full variety of Max Liebermann's artistic oeuvre featuring the seaside. German text.  German description: Die hollandische Nordseekueste mit ihren hellen Sandstranden, dem intensiven Licht und dem bunten Treiben ihrer Sommergaste hat den Maler Max Liebermann tief beeindruckt. Hier entstanden seine beruehmten Bilder mit paziergangern, Strandkorben und badenden Kindern. Der Band prasentiert die ganze Vielfalt von Liebermanns kuenstlerischem Schaffen am Meer. Von 1872 an reiste Liebermann jeden Sommer zu Studienaufenthalten nach Holland. Wahrend er sich zunachst mit dem Auge des naturalistischen Kuenstlers dem einfachen Leben auf dem Land zuwandte, veranderte er unter dem Eindruck des franzosischen Impressionismus gegen Ende der 1890er Jahre seine Malerei und sein Verhaltnis zur hollandischen Landschaft. Aus der Marschlandschaft, die ihn bisher in seinen Bildern beschaftigt hatte, trat er heraus ans Meer und liea den Blick ueber den Strand und die weite Wasserflache schweifen. Mit lockerem Strich und kraftigen Farben hielt er trandlandschaften fest, bald in grauer Ruhe, bald sonnig blau, bald wenn schwere Wogen brachen. Am Meer eroffnete sich Liebermann eine neue Motivwelt. Hier begann er, Impressionen des Lichtes in frischen Farben festzuhalten. Er gab die Eindruecke so unmittelbar wieder, dass schon die Zeitgenossen von seiner Malerei begeistert waren und meinten, die Seeluft formlich riechen zu konnen. Der Band versammelt Liebermanns Strandbilder und farbkraftigen Duenenlandschaften. Eindrucksvoll erschlieat sich dem Betrachter die Atmosphare der hollandischen Nordseekueste und die Faszination des Meeres. Meeres-Bilder von Zeitgenossen veranschaulichen die kunst-historische Stellung Liebermanns in der Auseinandersetzung mit dem Meer und zeigen seine impressionistische Meisterschaft.

Max Liebermann am Meer (German Edition)

Nouwen, Margreet

Hirmer Verlag GmbH

Reflecting the latest scholarship on German expressionist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, this book focuses on the role of the imaginary in his oeuvre. Throughout Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's career, one unifying theme emerges--the search for what he saw as unadulterated and primal. This volume explores the far-reaching influence of non-western art on Kirchner's oeuvre and the importance of his life in Davos, Switzerland, where he found a temporary peace despite the impending threat of censorship by the Nazis. Throughout the chapters of this book are reproductions of Kirchner's paintings as well as his sculptures, woodcuts, sketches, drawings, textiles, carvings, and furniture. Archival material in the form of letters and diary entries offer an unprecedented look into the artist's creative process. This study of one of the most talented and influential German Expressionist painters draws compelling conclusions about the influence of the imaginary on his work.

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Imaginary Travels

Henze, Wolfgang

GRISEBACH, Lucius

Röske, Thomas

Prestel

Christian Skrein, born in Vienna in 1945, now lives in the Salzkammergut. He began his career as a photographer in 1963, and he dates the start of his collection to 1968. Today, this collection is renowned worldwide for its pioneering role in the reception of amateur photography. Over the years, Christian Skrein has developed a practice as a collector, where subjects such as compositional formations, shadow play, forensics, and portraits as well as curiosities are represented by high-quality artistic as well as documentary works. His focus goes all the way back to the 1920s and 1930s and, certainly partly due to his own photographic practice, to contemporary reportage photography. In the 1960s, he was the youngest photographer working for Vogue magazine, and became known for his portraits of the Viennese bohemia of the time, the result of direct personal contact, which include names such as Christian Ludwig Attersee, André Heller, Hermann Nitsch, Walter Pichler, Arnulf Rainer, and Oswald Wiener. The exhibition and publication though focus on the photo-historical as well as formal criteria in a narrative chronology, which result in a short history of photography in iconic images.

Tell Me What You See: Cat. Museum der Moderne Salzburg / Kunsthalle Krems

Skrein PhD, Kerstin

Gauß, Karl-Markus

Photography & Video

Snoeck Publishing Company

Fiona Tan is one of the most distinctive contemporary artists working in film and video. Her work moves between documentation and fiction, biography and fantasy. In using historical and ethnographic film material, Tan shows portraits of individuals and groups from different cultural backgrounds and social strata. Mirror Maker includes important works dating from the last eight years.

Fiona Tan: Mirror Maker (German Edition)

Hochleitner, Martin

Kehrer Verlag

Danish artist Marco Evaristti is a risk-taker who likes to place himself and the viewer in extremely dangerous real-life situations as part of his artwork. His art calls into question political methods and claims, taking up themes such as territorial power, pollution, possessiveness, and judgments over life and death.

Red Factions (English and German Edition)

Hofbauer, Anna Karina

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