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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Holz, Keith. Modern German art for thirties Paris, Prague, and London. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2004 (OCoLC)607596408 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Keith Holz |
| ISBN: | 0472113704 9780472113705 |
| OCLC Number: | 55016506 |
| Description: | xvii, 359 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | Which German art and artists for Paris? -- Between Gleichschaltung and the freedom of art: German art and its institutions in Czechoslovakia -- The collective of German artists (Paris) and the popular front: death twitch of the historical avant-garde? -- The limited attention to modern German art in London and the absence of a public exile culture -- Exile artists' groups and local cultural institutions respond to degenerate art (July 1937-March 1938) -- Exhibiting modern German art in London and Paris: from the Anschluss to the Night of broken glass (April-November 1938) -- The end of a public exile culture in Prague and Paris and its marginalization in London: from the Munich agreement to internment (November 1938-June 1940). |
| Series Title: | Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany. |
| Responsibility: | Keith Holz. |
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Abstract:
"From 1933 to 1940, as the National Socialists assumed control of Germany and its art world, scores of dissenting artist and critics fled the Reich. Though the United States was often thought to be the haven of choice for these exiles, the greatest concentration of artists and critics first relocated to the nearby democratic capitals of Paris, Prague, and London. Through press and archival research, Modern German Art for Thirties Paris, Prague, and London examines the public activities of the four exile artists' groups and demonstrates the obstacles and competition each met trying to educate local and international audiences about recent German art.
The story situates the artistic and critical endeavors of the exiles amid the turbulent international political events that led to World War II." "Modern German Art for Thirties Paris, Prague, and London will be of interest to scholars interested in the history of art, cultural historians and theorists, along with Germanists and historians dedicated to the study of interwar Europe, the Third Reich, and exiled populations."--Jacket.
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