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Expressionists : Kandinsky, Münter and the Blue Rider / edited by Natalia Sidlina; with contributions by Genevieve Barton [et al.].

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: London : Tate Publishing, 2024.Description: 239 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9781849768832
  • 9781849768955
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Contents:
Introduction: For example, the Blue Rider / Natalia Sidlina
TIMES AND PLACES The possibilities of place / Dorothy Price
Unsettling images: Gabriele Münter's photographs of America / Emily Christensen
Journey back by North-East / Natalia Sidlina
Destination: Schwabing, Munich / Anne Grasselli
Capturing complexity: Gabriele Münter's photographs of Tunisia / Emily Christensen
Paris: the splendours and miseries / Anne Grasselli
Murnau: place of encounter and discussions / Anne Grasselli
Odesa and the Second Izdebsky Salon / Oksana Oliinyk
RELATIONSHIPS The imperious brush: interrogating Expressionist relations / Bibiana K. Obler
The French connection / Kimberly A. Smith
Else Lasker-Schüler and Franz Marc's mail art / Kimberly A. Smith
Reiterinnen: women riders / Kimberly A. Smith
Marianne Werefkin: 'Noble wild lad' / Charlotte de Mille
Fritz Burger: the art historical connection / Kimberly A. Smith
STUDIO PRACTICE 'In defiance of their times': the Blue Rider project / Matthias Mühling
Two paths, a single goal: he great abstraction and the great realism / Melanie Vietmeier
'More seriously than all the public galleries': the liberating properties of children's art / Melanie Vietmeier
The Blue Rider and reverse glass painting / Melanie Vietmeier
The secret life of things: a portfolio of 'children's pictures' / Melanie Vietmeier
'May 1913 bring you joy!': Gabriele Münter's prints and Der Sturm / Melanie Vietmeier
'Dissonances in art': music and the Blue Rider / Charlotte de Mille
NETWORKING Without borders: the dynamics of the Blue Rider's artists' networks / Isabel Wünsche
Werefkin and her salon / Niccola Shearman
Münter and Kandinsky: joint travels - different experiences / Miriam Leimer
Bernhard Koehler and the Sadlers / Sebastian Borkhardt
Maria Franck-Marc: reflections on the First Exhibition of the Blue Rider / Miriam Leimer
The Blaue Reiter Almanac: a collective endeavour / Niccola Shearman
Herwarth Walden and Der Sturm / Sebastian Borkhardt
Chronology / Genevieve Barton
Biographies / Genevieve Barton
Summary: Expressionists is a story of friendships told through art – the groundbreaking work of a circle of friends and close collaborators known as The Blue Rider. In the early twentieth century they came together to form, in their own words, ‘a union of various countries to serve one purpose’ – to transform modern art. Rallying around Wassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Münter these highly individual artists experimented with colour, sound and light, creating astonishingly bold and vibrant art – from Alexander Sacharoff’s freestyle performance to Gabriele Münter’s experimental photography, from Franz Marc’s innovative use of colour to the dramatic paintings of Marianne Werefkin. The exhibition catalogue features in-depth investigations of major themes and a wide variety of spotlight essays to shine a light on a remarkable artistic group: their travels and techniques, their interests and sources of inspiration, and the relationships that bound them together. The front cover showcases Franz Marc’s Tiger, 1912, and the back cover is printed with Gabriele Münter’s 1909 vivid portrait of her friend and fellow artist, Marianne Werefkin.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Tate Modern, London, 25 April - 20 October 2024.

Inlcudes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: For example, the Blue Rider / Natalia Sidlina

TIMES AND PLACES The possibilities of place / Dorothy Price

Unsettling images: Gabriele Münter's photographs of America / Emily Christensen

Journey back by North-East / Natalia Sidlina

Destination: Schwabing, Munich / Anne Grasselli

Capturing complexity: Gabriele Münter's photographs of Tunisia / Emily Christensen

Paris: the splendours and miseries / Anne Grasselli

Murnau: place of encounter and discussions / Anne Grasselli

Odesa and the Second Izdebsky Salon / Oksana Oliinyk

RELATIONSHIPS The imperious brush: interrogating Expressionist relations / Bibiana K. Obler

The French connection / Kimberly A. Smith

Else Lasker-Schüler and Franz Marc's mail art / Kimberly A. Smith

Reiterinnen: women riders / Kimberly A. Smith

Marianne Werefkin: 'Noble wild lad' / Charlotte de Mille

Fritz Burger: the art historical connection / Kimberly A. Smith

STUDIO PRACTICE 'In defiance of their times': the Blue Rider project / Matthias Mühling

Two paths, a single goal: he great abstraction and the great realism / Melanie Vietmeier

'More seriously than all the public galleries': the liberating properties of children's art / Melanie Vietmeier

The Blue Rider and reverse glass painting / Melanie Vietmeier

The secret life of things: a portfolio of 'children's pictures' / Melanie Vietmeier

'May 1913 bring you joy!': Gabriele Münter's prints and Der Sturm / Melanie Vietmeier

'Dissonances in art': music and the Blue Rider / Charlotte de Mille

NETWORKING Without borders: the dynamics of the Blue Rider's artists' networks / Isabel Wünsche

Werefkin and her salon / Niccola Shearman

Münter and Kandinsky: joint travels - different experiences / Miriam Leimer

Bernhard Koehler and the Sadlers / Sebastian Borkhardt

Maria Franck-Marc: reflections on the First Exhibition of the Blue Rider / Miriam Leimer

The Blaue Reiter Almanac: a collective endeavour / Niccola Shearman

Herwarth Walden and Der Sturm / Sebastian Borkhardt

Chronology / Genevieve Barton

Biographies / Genevieve Barton

Expressionists is a story of friendships told through art – the groundbreaking work of a circle of friends and close collaborators known as The Blue Rider. In the early twentieth century they came together to form, in their own words, ‘a union of various countries to serve one purpose’ – to transform modern art. Rallying around Wassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Münter these highly individual artists experimented with colour, sound and light, creating astonishingly bold and vibrant art – from Alexander Sacharoff’s freestyle performance to Gabriele Münter’s experimental photography, from Franz Marc’s innovative use of colour to the dramatic paintings of Marianne Werefkin. The exhibition catalogue features in-depth investigations of major themes and a wide variety of spotlight essays to shine a light on a remarkable artistic group: their travels and techniques, their interests and sources of inspiration, and the relationships that bound them together. The front cover showcases Franz Marc’s Tiger, 1912, and the back cover is printed with Gabriele Münter’s 1909 vivid portrait of her friend and fellow artist, Marianne Werefkin.