Making Modernism: Paula Modersohn-Becker, Kathe Kollwitz, Gabriele Munter and Marianne Werefkin

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Dorothy Price Sarah Lea

Making Modernism

Paula Modersohn-Becker, Kathe Kollwitz, Gabriele Munter and Marianne Werefkin

Dorothy Price, Sarah Lea

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Royal Academy of Arts
01 February 2023

Art & Architecture; Painting & paintings; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections

Painterly transformations of feminine identity from a group of German Expressionists. Kathe Kollwitz, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Gabriele Munter and Marianne Werefkin are among the exceptional artists associated with the emergence of Expressionism in Germany in the early decades of the 20th century. Each challenged prevailing ideals of feminine identity at a time of great societal change. As women, they were expected to marry and raise a family; some chose to, some did not. As ambitious artists, they wanted to work. As they rose to these challenges, their art further undermined conventions. Their portraits of children symbolise joy, hope and innocence but also melancholy, tension, curiosity, the passing of time and unfulfilled desire. Their radical depictions of the nude wrest the female body away from the male gaze towards a newfound role, expressive of powerful maternity and female subjectivity. These dramatic modernist compositions, with their fluid brushwork and bright hues, push at the boundaries of form, colour and spiritual meaning. AUTHORS: Dorothy Price is Professor of Modern and Contemporary and Visual Culture at the Courtauld Institute of Art. The painter Chantal Joffe RA is well known for her arresting portraits of women. Shulamith Behr taught for many years at the Courtauld Institute of Art. Sarah Lea is Curator at the Royal Academy of Arts. SELLING POINTS: . Includes insightful new texts by leading experts . Accompanies a major exhibition at The Royal Academy of Arts, Jungels-Winkler Galleries, 13 November 2022 12 February 2023 120 colour illustrations

By: Dorothy Price, Sarah Lea
Imprint: Royal Academy of Arts
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 270mm, Width: 230mm,
Weight: 1.024kg
ISBN: 9781912520909
ISBN 10: 1912520907
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 01 February 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Dorothy Price is Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art and Critical Race Art History at the Courtauld Institute of Art. The painter Chantal Joffe RA is well known for her arresting portraits of women. Shulamith Behr taught for many years at the Courtauld Institute of Art. Sarah Lea is Curator at the Royal Academy of Arts. Rhiannon Hope is assistant curator at Royal Academy of Arts.