Forced Journeys
Artists in Exile in Britain c.1933-45
Published on 28. July 2009
Book
Hardback
112 pages
978-0-900157-13-4 (ISBN)
Description
Forced Journeys is a study of artists in exile in Britain between 1933 and 1945. It deals with those artists mostly of German and Austrian descent who fled Nazi persecution, and comprises paintings, prints, sculpture, ceramics and posters by artists such as Kurt Schwitters, Jankel Adler, Hans Feibusch, Hans Schleger and Else and Ludwig Meidner.
Reviews / Votes
Press coverage of the exhibition: 'Ben Uri's fine gathering of emigre works' (Jackie Wullschlager, Financial Times) 'Another of Ben Uri's remarkable survey shows' (Andrew Lambirth, The Spectator) 'The recreation of an historic show that never happened' (John-Paul Stonard, The Burlington Magazine)More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Ben Uri Gallery and Museum
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 246 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
1016 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-900157-13-4 (9780900157134)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Shulamith Behr is Senior Lecturer in German Twentieth Century Art at the Courtauld Institute, London; Jonathan Black is a Research Fellow at Kingston University, London; Rachel Dickson is an independent art consultant and curator; Sander L. Gilman is Distinguished Professor of the Liberal Arts and Sciences at Emory University, Atlanta, USA; Fran Lloyd is Professor of Art History at Kingston University, London; Sarah MacDougall is an art historian and the author of a new biography of Mark Gertler; Ulrike Smalley is a curator at the Imperial War Museum; and Jutta Vincent is Senior Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Art and Visual Culture at Birmingham University.
Content
Contents: Ben Uri Gallery; Chairman's Introduction; Essays: Forced Journeys: An Introduction, Dr Shulamith Behr and Professor Sander L Gilman; Artists in Exile c.1933-1945, Rachel Dickson and Sarah MacDougall; Lecture on the Lawn II: Four Internment Artists, Ulrike Smalley; Ernst Eisenmayer: A Modern Babel, Professor Fran Lloyd; Fathoming the British Temperament: Hans Scheleger and the Art of British Poster Design c.1935-45, Dr Jonathan Black; The Other of the Other: Refugee Artists and Black Subjects, Dr Jutta Vincent; Emigre Artists and The Ben Uri, Rachel Dickson; Notes; Catalogue of Works; Artists' Biographies; Bibliography; Acknowledgements and Credits.