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The Routledge Companion to Expressionism in a Transnational Context is a challenging exploration of the transnational formation, dissemination, and transformation of expressionism outside of the German-speaking world, in regions such as Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltics and Scandinavia, Western and Southern Europe, North and Latin America, and South Africa, in the first half of the twentieth century.

Comprising a series of essays by an international group of scholars in the fields of art history and literary and cultural studies, the volume addresses the intellectual discussions and artistic developments arising in the context of the expressionist movement in the various art centers and cultural regions. The authors also examine the implications of expressionism in artistic practice and its influence on modern and contemporary cultural production.

Essential for an in-depth understanding and discussion of expressionism, this volume opens up new perspectives

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Table of Contents

Expressionist Networks, Cultural Debates, and Artistic Practices: A Conceptual Introduction

Isabel Wünsche

Part I: Central and Eastern Europe and the Baltic States

  2. Prague – Brno: Expressionism in Context

  3. Marie Rakušanová

  4. Košice Modernism and Anton Jaszusch’s Expressionism

  5. Zsófia Kiss-Szemán

  6. Expressionism in Hungary: From the Neukunstgruppe to Der Sturm

  7. András Zwickl

  8. Poznan Expressionism and Its Connections with the German and International Avant-garde

  9. Lidia Głuchowska

  10. Expressionist Networks in the Russian Empire, Soviet Russia, and the Soviet Union

  11. Isabel Wünsche

  12. Expressionism in Lithuania: From German Artistic Import to National Art

  13. Giedrė Jankevičiūtė and Laima Laučkaitė

  14. Expressionist Originality in Latvia: Between Confirmation and Destruction

  15. Ginta Gerharde-Upeniece

  16. The Ambivalent Affair of Estonian Expressionism

  17. Tiina Abel

    Part II: Scandinavia

  18. Expressionism in Denmark: Art and Discourse

  19. Torben Jelsbak

  20. Expressionisms in Sweden: Anti-realism, Primitivism, and Politics in Painting and Print

  21. Margareta Wallin Wictorin

  22. Nationalism, Transnationalism, and the Discourses on Expressionism in Finland:

  23. From the November Group to Ina Behrsen-Colliander

    Timo Huusko and Tutta Palin

  24. Expressionism in Sámi Art: John Savio’s Woodcuts of the 1920s and 1930s

  25. Tuija Hautala-Hirvioja

  26. Early Expressionism in Icelandic Art: Jón Stefánsson, Jóhannes Kjarval, and Finnur Jónsson

  27. Margrét Elísabet Ólafsdóttir

    Part III: Western Europe

  28. Early Engagements: Peripheral British Responses to German Expressionism

  29. Christian Weikop

  30. Expressionism in the Netherlands

  31. Gert Imanse and Gregor Langfeld

  32. Flemish Expressionism in Belgium

  33. Cathérine Verleysen

  34. Jewish Expressionists in France, 1900-1940

  35. Richard D. Sonn

  36. German Expressionism in Italy: Herwarth Walden’s Der Sturm, the Berlin

  37. Novembergruppe, and the Modernist Circles of Florence, Turin, and Rome

    Irene Chytraeus-Auerbach

  38. Expressionism and the Spanish Avant-garde between Restoration and Renovation

  39. Wiebke Gronemeyer

  40. Portuguese Expressionism, or German Expressionism in Portugal?

  41. Nina Blum de Almeida

    Part IV: Southeastern Europe

  42. Expressionism in Slovenia: The Aspects of a Term

  43. Marko Jenko

  44. From Anxiety to Rebellion: Expressionism in Croatian Art

  45. Petar Prelog

  46. On New Art and its Manifestations: Rethinking Expressionism in Visual Arts in Belgrade

  47. Ana Bogdanović

  48. Tokens of Identity: Expressionisms in Romania around the First World War

  49. Erwin Kessler

  50. Expressionism in Bulgaria: Critical Reflections in Art Magazines and the Graphic Arts

  51. Irina Genova

    Part V: Beyond Europe

  52. Expressionism in Canada and the United States

  53. Oliver A.I. Botar and Herbert R. Hartel, Jr.

  54. Expressionism in Latin America and Its Contribution to the Modernist Discourse

  55. Maria Frick

  56. The Expressionist Roots of South African Modernism

Lisa Hörstmann

Selected Bibliography

Index

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Publication Date: 08/08/2018
      ISBN13: 9781138712553, 978-1138712553
      ISBN10: 1138712558
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The Routledge Companion to Expressionism in a Transnational Context is a challenging exploration of the transnational formation, dissemination, and transformation of expressionism outside of the German-speaking world, in regions such as Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltics and Scandinavia, Western and Southern Europe, North and Latin America, and South Africa, in the first half of the twentieth century.

      Comprising a series of essays by an international group of scholars in the fields of art history and literary and cultural studies, the volume addresses the intellectual discussions and artistic developments arising in the context of the expressionist movement in the various art centers and cultural regions. The authors also examine the implications of expressionism in artistic practice and its influence on modern and contemporary cultural production.

      Essential for an in-depth understanding and discussion of expressionism, this volume opens up new perspectives

      Trade Review

      "Making a serious contribution to a global art history ... [the book] succeeds in mapping patterns of identity in under-explored geographical areas while augmenting our understanding of the concepts of expressionism and Bauhaus modernism."

      --Art History



      Table of Contents

      Expressionist Networks, Cultural Debates, and Artistic Practices: A Conceptual Introduction

      Isabel Wünsche

      Part I: Central and Eastern Europe and the Baltic States

      2. Prague – Brno: Expressionism in Context

      3. Marie Rakušanová

      4. Košice Modernism and Anton Jaszusch’s Expressionism

      5. Zsófia Kiss-Szemán

      6. Expressionism in Hungary: From the Neukunstgruppe to Der Sturm

      7. András Zwickl

      8. Poznan Expressionism and Its Connections with the German and International Avant-garde

      9. Lidia Głuchowska

      10. Expressionist Networks in the Russian Empire, Soviet Russia, and the Soviet Union

      11. Isabel Wünsche

      12. Expressionism in Lithuania: From German Artistic Import to National Art

      13. Giedrė Jankevičiūtė and Laima Laučkaitė

      14. Expressionist Originality in Latvia: Between Confirmation and Destruction

      15. Ginta Gerharde-Upeniece

      16. The Ambivalent Affair of Estonian Expressionism

      17. Tiina Abel

        Part II: Scandinavia

      18. Expressionism in Denmark: Art and Discourse

      19. Torben Jelsbak

      20. Expressionisms in Sweden: Anti-realism, Primitivism, and Politics in Painting and Print

      21. Margareta Wallin Wictorin

      22. Nationalism, Transnationalism, and the Discourses on Expressionism in Finland:

      23. From the November Group to Ina Behrsen-Colliander

        Timo Huusko and Tutta Palin

      24. Expressionism in Sámi Art: John Savio’s Woodcuts of the 1920s and 1930s

      25. Tuija Hautala-Hirvioja

      26. Early Expressionism in Icelandic Art: Jón Stefánsson, Jóhannes Kjarval, and Finnur Jónsson

      27. Margrét Elísabet Ólafsdóttir

        Part III: Western Europe

      28. Early Engagements: Peripheral British Responses to German Expressionism

      29. Christian Weikop

      30. Expressionism in the Netherlands

      31. Gert Imanse and Gregor Langfeld

      32. Flemish Expressionism in Belgium

      33. Cathérine Verleysen

      34. Jewish Expressionists in France, 1900-1940

      35. Richard D. Sonn

      36. German Expressionism in Italy: Herwarth Walden’s Der Sturm, the Berlin

      37. Novembergruppe, and the Modernist Circles of Florence, Turin, and Rome

        Irene Chytraeus-Auerbach

      38. Expressionism and the Spanish Avant-garde between Restoration and Renovation

      39. Wiebke Gronemeyer

      40. Portuguese Expressionism, or German Expressionism in Portugal?

      41. Nina Blum de Almeida

        Part IV: Southeastern Europe

      42. Expressionism in Slovenia: The Aspects of a Term

      43. Marko Jenko

      44. From Anxiety to Rebellion: Expressionism in Croatian Art

      45. Petar Prelog

      46. On New Art and its Manifestations: Rethinking Expressionism in Visual Arts in Belgrade

      47. Ana Bogdanović

      48. Tokens of Identity: Expressionisms in Romania around the First World War

      49. Erwin Kessler

      50. Expressionism in Bulgaria: Critical Reflections in Art Magazines and the Graphic Arts

      51. Irina Genova

        Part V: Beyond Europe

      52. Expressionism in Canada and the United States

      53. Oliver A.I. Botar and Herbert R. Hartel, Jr.

      54. Expressionism in Latin America and Its Contribution to the Modernist Discourse

      55. Maria Frick

      56. The Expressionist Roots of South African Modernism

      Lisa Hörstmann

      Selected Bibliography

      Index

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