Of Modernism presents original research by ten contemporary
scholars of modern art. By turns provocative, insightful and
informative, these essays – written in honour of the eminent
British art historian Christopher Green – rethink some of the
crucial artworks, problems and practitioners of European high
modernism, from Les Demoiselles d’Avignon to Guernica,
avant-gardism to internationalism, Joan Miró to Ludwig Mies Van
der Rohe. Professor Christopher Green has made an outstanding
contribution to the historiography of European modernism. As a
teacher at the Courtauld Institute, his wide-ranging scholarship
and generosity of mind have inspired several generations of
students, many of whom have gone on to lead distinguished careers
in the worlds of art and academia. Of Modernism is a collection
written in his honour. Questions about modernism shape the ten
essays presented here, explicitly or otherwise, and they come in as
many different shapes. However, the subject-matter is predominantly
European (which still includes Britain at the time of writing!);
the method is historical, true to Chris’s conviction that ‘the
work of an artist is, in its largest sense, inseparable from
history thought of in its largest sense’; and finally, the canon
is open, situating Picasso – a theme in the collection –
alongside artists far more obscure, and in the context of a visual
culture which is strikingly eclectic and often ephemeral. The ten
contributors to this collection – Fae Brauer, Grace Brockington,
Penelope Curtis, Linda Goddard, Nancy Ireson, William Jeffett,
Silvia Loreti, C.F.B. Miller, Gavin Parkinson and Sarah Victoria
Turner – all studied with Chris as postgraduates at the
Courtauld, and several have also collaborated with him as curators.
They have all moved on to distinguished careers worldwide, ranging
from critics and historians to eminent professors and museum
professionals.
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