
Making Modernism
Paula Modersohn-Becker, Kaethe Kollwitz, Gabriele Muenter and Marianne Werefkin
Chantal Joffe RA(Author)
Royal Academy of Arts (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 25. October 2022
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-1-912520-90-9 (ISBN)
Description
Ka?the Kollwitz, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Gabriele Mu?nter 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.
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
120 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 273 mm
Width: 233 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
1024 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-912520-90-9 (9781912520909)
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Persons
Dorothy Price is Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art and Critical Race Art History 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.
Rhiannon Hope is Assistant Curator at the Royal Academy of Arts.
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.
Rhiannon Hope is Assistant Curator at the Royal Academy of Arts.