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expressionism
German expressionisms
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- ISBN 9783777445694
- Weight: 1480g
- Dimensions: 250 x 280mm
- Publication Date: 15 Jul 2025
- Publisher: Hirmer Verlag
- Publication City/Country: DE
- Product Form: Hardback
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The Expressionist and “Brücke” artist Max Pechstein was a pioneering representative of modernism in Germany. His intensely colourful depictions of people and nature are regarded as foundational to Expressionism and were a defining inspiration for an entire epoch. This publication magnificently illustrates the diversity and depth of his oeuvre.
Many of his paintings are regarded as icons of Expressionism, yet the stylistic breadth of Max Pechstein’s art extends well beyond his works from the “Brücke” period. He found inspiration in his visits to what he called “painter’s paradises” on the Baltic Sea and the South Pacific, where his focus on the unity of man and nature was crystallized. Pechstein’s art and his yearning for harmony in an unstable world reflect our current and increasingly appreciative view of nature and the environment, and thus serve as a bridge to the present time.
Many of his paintings are regarded as icons of Expressionism, yet the stylistic breadth of Max Pechstein’s art extends well beyond his works from the “Brücke” period. He found inspiration in his visits to what he called “painter’s paradises” on the Baltic Sea and the South Pacific, where his focus on the unity of man and nature was crystallized. Pechstein’s art and his yearning for harmony in an unstable world reflect our current and increasingly appreciative view of nature and the environment, and thus serve as a bridge to the present time.
Aya Soika is professor of art history at Bard College Berlin.
Eveline Suter is curator at the Kunstmuseum Luzern.
Annika Weise is curator of the Kunstsammlungen Zwickau – Max Pechstein Museum.
Eveline Suter is curator at the Kunstmuseum Luzern.
Annika Weise is curator of the Kunstsammlungen Zwickau – Max Pechstein Museum.
