{"product_id":"women-artists-in-expressionism-from-empire-to-emancipation-hardcover","title":"Women Artists in Expressionism: From Empire to Emancipation - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShulamith Behr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautifully illustrated examination of the women artists whose inspired search for artistic integrity and equality influenced Expressionist avant-garde culture\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWomen Artists in Expressionism\u003c\/i\u003e explores how women negotiated the competitive world of modern art during the late Wilhelmine and early Weimar periods in Germany. Their stories challenge predominantly male-oriented narratives of Expressionism and shed light on the divergent artistic responses of women to the dramatic events of the early twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShulamith Behr shows how the posthumous critical reception of Paula Modersohn-Becker cast her as a prime agent of the feminization of the movement, and how Käthe Kollwitz used printmaking as a vehicle for technical innovation and sociopolitical commentary. She looks at the dynamic relationship between Marianne Werefkin and Gabriele Münter, whose different paths in life led them to the Blaue Reiter, a group of Expressionist artists that included Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee. Behr examines Nell Walden's role as an influential art dealer, collector, and artist, who promoted women Expressionists during the First World War, and discusses how Dutch artist Jacoba van Heemskerck's spiritual abstraction earned her the status of an honorary German Expressionist. She demonstrates how figures such as Rosa Schapire and Johanna Ey contributed to the development of the movement as spectators, critics, and collectors of male avant-gardism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRichly illustrated, \u003ci\u003eWomen Artists in Expressionism\u003c\/i\u003e is a women-centered history that reveals the importance of emancipative ideals to the shaping of modernity and the avant-garde.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShulamith Behr\u003c\/b\u003e is honorary research fellow at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eExpressionism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConrad Felixmüller, 1897-1977: Works on Paper\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWomen Expressionists\u003c\/i\u003e and the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eArts in Exile in Britain 1933-1945: Politics and Cultural Identity\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 10.8 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765988294944,"sku":"9780691044620","price":79.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fbd9459d74031a34801d0bbd1b0c1a5a.webp?v=1780283758","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/women-artists-in-expressionism-from-empire-to-emancipation-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}