German Expressionism: Art and Society

by Stephanie Barron

Bound in publisher's original black cloth with the spine stamped in white. Publisher's release letter laid-in.

Genres: Art, Germany

400 pages, Hardcover

First published December 15, 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

[Rachel]

Perhaps on of the most comprehensive volumes on the degenerate art/ German Expressionist movement I've encountered to date. This book helped introduce me to some seriously underrated painters like Jawlensky, Meidner ( I recommend his "apocalyptic landscapes"), Macke, Kupper, Wollheim, and a slew of others. There are some amazing Kirchner woodcuts as well.

[Andy Olson]

Would be 5, but some of the essays are terrible.