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The Saint Louis Art Museum has assembled one of North America’s
largest and most comprehensive collections of German Expressionist
paintings. Rediscover a defining movement of modern art through
this original study of works by 25 artists who span its famously
wide arc. This is the first publication on the Saint Louis Art
Museum’s internationally renowned collection of German
Expressionist art, which includes major works by the movement’s
leading artists and lesser-known figures rarely seen outside of
Germany. Engaging entries delve into the paintings’ histories,
from their production to their arrival in St. Louis. An
introduction traces the collection’s origins to the flood of
Expressionist art that entered the United States during World War
II. What emerges is a new account of a pivotal era in modern art.
Raw, unprettified and decried in conservative circles as “gutter
art”: Käthe Kollwitz employed her art uncompromisingly as a
political voice for the social and human misery of her time. Her
focus always lay on the dignity of humankind. The volume provides a
wide-ranging insight into the commitment and creative work of the
artist, whose achievements are more topical than ever. The book
covers the entire spectrum of Kollwitz’ creative work with the
world-famous cycles of graphic works A Weavers’ Revolt and
Peasants’ War, rare proofs and moving drawings and sculptures,
thereby showing all facets of her masterful skills. The political
dimension of Kollwitz’ art becomes tangible in a particularly
impressive manner through her posters. The unbroken validity of her
work is demonstrated in a juxtaposition with the interventions by
the artist Mona Hatoum (b. 1952), which revolve around topics such
as vulnerability, persecution and the experience of conflict.
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