Exiles and Emigres

by Stephanie Barron

Commemorates the exhibition

Genres: Art History, Nonfiction, Germany, Art

432 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

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Stephanie Barron is chief curator of modern and contemporary art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. During her thirty-two years at LACMA, she has been responsible for several international loan exhibitions, including “The Avant-Garde in Russia: 1910-1930,” “German Expressionist Sculpture,” “David Hockney: A Retrospective,” “German Expressionism 1915-1925: The Second Generation,” “Exiles and Émigrés: The Flight of European Artists from Hitler,” and "Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures". She co-organized LACMA’s millennium project, “Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000.” Barron has received the Order of Merit First Class and the Commander’s Cross from the German government, the John J. McCloy Fellowship, and an NEA Fellowship for museum professionals. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Reviews

[Mir · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wasn't as impressed by either the essays or images here as in the paired volume Degenerate Art. To be fair, it is a less cohesive topic with less obvious sources. The editor mentions that she in fact wanted to do this exhibit first, but was stymied in gathering the appropriate material and ended up doing the Degenerate Art one instead, then later coming back to this project.

Not an essential art history, but still some interesting stuff if you care for this period.


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