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Abstract paintings were being produced even before Kandinsky. Completely independently from each other, Georgiana Houghton (1814 - 1884) in England, Hilma af Klint (1862 - 1944) in Sweden and Emma Kunz (1892 - 1963) in Switzerland each developed an individual abstract pictorial language. What they had in common was a desire to make visible the laws of nature, the intellect and the supernatural. Their works are being presented side by side for the first time in an exhibition. The three women artists all found their artistic language within the context of the spiritual movements of their times: Houghton in spiritism, af Klint in theosophy and Kunz in naturopathy. Their artworks bear witness to a "mediumistic" praxis: Houghton and af Klint were inspired by higher beings to paint, while Kunz developed her drawings with the help of a pendulum.

This lavishly illustrated volume, which comes in four different colours and with an open Japanese binding, looks from both sides of the Atlantic at 80 years of photography from Chicago. At the New Bauhaus and what later became the Institute of Design, teachers like Laszlo Moholy - Nagy, Gyoergy Kepes and spater Arthur Siegel, Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind taught an uninhibited approach to the medium which influenced generations of photographers. To mark the start of the great Bauhaus anniversary in 2019, the Bauhaus Archiv / Museum fur Gestaltung Berlin is presenting its collecti on of "New Bauhaus Photography" which is unique in Europe. It introduces the protagonists and institutions who since the foundation of the New Bauhaus in Chicago in 1937 have inspired, created and collected photography and then presented it to the public. The wide range of illustrations extends from abstract photograms and material experiments to conceptual and process - oriented works series. Contemporary works from Chicago complete the picture and reflect the importance of the Bauhaus thought process for th e present day.

Farbintensiv, emotional, impulsiv und modern - diese Eigenschaften prägen unser Bild von der Malerei des deutschen Expressionismus. Kaum zu glauben, dass diese Werke zu ihrer Entstehungszeit Skandale auslösten. Und doch, KĂĽnstler wie Schriftsteller einte die Vision eines Neuanfangs verbunden mit einer grundsätzlichen Gesellschaftskritik. Viele Aspekte, wie die sozialen Probleme der GroĂstadt, der fadenscheinige Glanz der VergnĂĽgungswelt oder die Abkehr von der technisierten Welt, sind noch heute ĂĽberraschend aktuell. Tauchen Sie ein in kraftvolle Bilder und Texte der Weltliteratur und begeben Sie sich auf eine entdeckungsreiche Reise durch die von Aufbruch und Untergang geprägte Welt des frĂĽhen 20. Jahrhunderts.Mit Werken vonMax Beckmann, Heinrich Campendonck, Lyonel Feininger, George Grosz, Erich Heckel, Alexej von Jawlensky, Wassily Kandinsky, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Paul Klee, Oskar Kokoschka, August Macke, Franz Marc, Ludwig Meidner, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Otto Mueller, Gabriele MĂĽnter, Emil Nolde, Max Pechstein, Marianne von Werefkin u.a.Mit Texten vonWalter Benjamin, Gottfried Benn, Alfred Döblin, Theodor Fontane, Oskar Maria Graf, Franz Kafka, Else Lasker-SchĂĽler, Heinrich Mann, Klaus Mann, Thomas Mann, Robert Musil, Vladimir Nabokov, Rainer Maria Rilke, Joseph Roth, Arthur Schnitzler, Anton Tschechow, Herwarth Walden, Stefan Zweig u.a.

The publication presents Joan Miro's (1893- 1983) mural art in the context of his life's work. Miro's ideas for large-scale mural art can be traced back to his works of the 1920s and the inspiration he drew from the bare walls of his family home in Montroig (Catalonia) and those of his studio in Paris. Miro gave priority to simple and essential forms, and declared the wall to be the very essence of his imagery. With its imperfections, it became the starting point for pictures in which Miro recorded its material beauty with meticulous attention to detail and great poetry. This book, and the exhibition it accompanies, takes its cue from the Kunsthaus Zurich's mural Oiseaux qui s'envolent, which will be the subject of a long overdue evaluation. It includes texts by renowned Miro scholars on his serial working practice, his ceramic production and mural works, together with unpublished material on the origins of his famous triptychs series.

One of the most important artists of the early twentieth century, Egon Schiele is vastly influential not just in his native Austria, where he was a major figure of Austrian expressionism, but around the world. Yet Schiele spent almost his entire life in Vienna and Lower Austria, and the cultural currents of the region can be seen in the ways he thought about and made art. With "Egon Schiele: The Beginning, " Christian Bauer focused on Schiele s early life and work, starting with his childhood in Tulln and following his career through his resignation from the Vienna Art Academy in 1909. Now, with "Egon Schiele: Almost a Lifetime, "Bauer sheds new light on how Schiele developed the essential elements of his creative practice in Tulln and Vienna, but also Krems, Klosterneuburg, Neulengbach, and Muhling, where the artist was put to work in a POW camp and painted a number of imprisoned Russian officers. Drawing on recent research and a cache of unpublished photographs, the book explores a number of previously neglected influences on Schiele s work, including his interest in x-ray technology and the art nouveau style of the artist and aristocrat Franz von Stuck. Schiele s work continues to inspire artists, critics, and collectors today. Packed with beautiful, large-scale reproductions, "Egon Schiele: Almost a Lifetime "shows the artist in the context of his homeland, including in the later stages of his career."