In six chapters — The Bru"cke Group of Artists, Northern German Expressionism, The Blaue Reiter, Rhenish Expressionism, The City and Expressionism in Vienna — this publication deals with a specifically German artistic revolution, a phenomenon that has quite accurately been described as "the most significant German contribution to 20th century European art."
Beside a number of famous names, including Beckmann, Heckel, Kandinsky, Kirchner, Kokoschka, Macke, Marc, Mueller, Nolde, Schiele, and Schmidt-Rottluff, the author also introduces several lesser-known artists, such as Campendonk, Felixmu"ller, Meidner, Morgner, Mu"nter, and von Werefkin.
About the author:
Dietmar Elger studied art history, history and literature at the University of Hamburg. In 1984-85, he was secretary of Gerhard Richter's studio, in 1986–2006 curator for painting and sculpture at the Sprengel Museum, Hanover. He has organised numerous exhibitions on modern and contemporary art, and headed the Gerhard Richter Archive at the Dresden State Art Collections since 2006. His TASCHEN titles include Expressionism and Dadaism.
