German Expressionist Prints.German Expressionist ex·pres·sion·ism n. A movement in the arts during the early part of the 20th century that emphasized subjective expression of the artist's inner experiences. ex·pres Prints Stephanie D'Alessandro, et al. Hudson Hills Press PO Box 205, Manchester, VT 05254 0944110940 $75.00 hudsonhills.com The collaborative work of noted art scholars Stephanie D'Alessandro (Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Artist Institute of Chicago), Reinhold Heller (Professor of Art History, University of Chicago); James de Young (Senior Conservator conservator n. a guardian and protector appointed by a judge to protect and manage the financial affairs and/or the person's daily life due to physical or mental limitations or old age. , Milwaukee Art Museum The Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM) is located on Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The museum's history began in 1888 when the Milwaukee Art Association was created by a group of German panorama artists and local businessmen; its first home was the Layton Art Gallery. ); and art historians Kristin Makholm, Sarah B. Kirk, and Gretchen L. Wagner, German Expressionist Prints showcases German art from the 1890s to the 1930s as housed in the acclaimed Marcia and Granvil Specks Collection noted in the annals of art history for the quality and breadth of its German Expressionist holdings. Artists represented include Kathe Hollwitz, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (December 1, 1884 - August 10, 1976) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker, and a member of Die Brücke. Biography Karl Schmidt was born in Rottluff , George Grosz grosz n. pl. gro·szy See Table at currency. [Polish, from Czech gro , Lionel Feininger among a wide range of artists whose work spans the the years between the Second Empire and the rise of the Nazis. Included are examples of etchings, drypoints, lithographs, and woodcuts. Enhanced with informed and informative biographies of the various artists, a study of the papers used in their prints, analysis of the marks used by paper manufacturers and collectors, essays on diverse issues of visual culture and representation all deftly combined to make German Expressionist Prints an invaluable and mandatory addition to substantive personal, academic Art History reference collection. |
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