Storm and Spirit: The Eckhardt-Gramatté Collection of German Expressionist Art

Published on the occasion of a major donation of more than 200 works of art once belonging to Austrian-born Dr. Ferdinand Eckhardt (1902-1995), this profusely illustrated publication features essays by international scholars who explore the richness of the collection in the context of German and Austrian Expressionism as a whole. Featured works include paintings by Walter Gramatté; woodcuts by Erich Heckel, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, and Emil Nolde; lithographs by Oskar Kokoschka and George Grosz; and etchings by Käthe Kollwitz and Egon Schiele. The Eckhardt-Gramatté Collection was founded by Ferdinand Eckhardt in honour of his wife, composer and musician Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1899-1974), and her first husband, the second generation German Expressionist artist Walter Gramatté (1897-1929). From 1953 to 1974 Ferdinand Eckhardt was the director of the Winnipeg Art Gallery.