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Wilhelm Leibl (1844–1900) is regarded as one of the most
significant portraitists and an important representative of Realism
in Europe. With large-format illustrations of 40 paintings and 60
drawings this volume accompanies the first comprehensive museum
exhibition with a focus on portraits and representations of figures
to be shown in Switzerland and Austria. Wilhelm Leibl explained his
individual and modern figure painting with his retreat to the
countryside. For Leibl the decisive factor was not that a model was
attractive, but that he or she was shown in a good light. The
publication highlights in insightful contributions Leibl’s
position between tradition and modernity, his contribution to
European Realism and his affinity for the colour black. It also
discusses his relationship to Degas, his links with Hungary and his
importance for the art of the twentieth and twenty-first century.
The mythic figure of Prometheus has inspired many poets, painters
and musicians since the age of romanticism. For Goethe and Henry
Fuseli, the titan who stole the fire from the gods of ancient Greek
became the embodiment of mankind struggling for autonomy and
self-determination. Yet the fire has come not only to our benefit.
Along with it came also menace upon mankind. This is the subject of
a major work by Venezuelan artist Javier Tellez. In his film
installation 1/2 Rotations (Prometheus and Zwitter) of 2011, two
sculptures slowly rotate before a camera: Arno Breker's (1900-91)
Prometheus and Zwitter (hermaphrodite) by the German art-brut
sculptor Karl Genzel (1871-1925). Both works were on display in the
Nazi propaganda art shows of 1937 in Munich, Breker's in the Great
German Art Exhibition and Genzel's in the coinciding defaming show
Degenerate Art. This new book juxtaposes paintings and drawings
reflecting the Prometheus myth by Henry Fuseli with Javier Tellez
capital work of contemporary art. It is published to coincide with
an exhibit at Kunsthaus Zurich in summer 2014.
Anlasslich es 200. Geburtstags von Honoe Daumier wartet das
Kunsthaus Zuerich mit einer Kabinett-Ausstellung auf, die einem der
produktivsten Zeichner des 19. Jahrhunderts gewidmet ist. Das
Katalogbuch prasentiert die rund dreissig Werke, hauptsachlich
Zeichnungen und Aquarelle, in grossformatigen Bildern. Die Werke
kommen als Leihgaben aus dem Louvre und von bedeutenden Schweizer
Privatsammlungen.
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