Albert Bloch, the American Blue Rider
By: edited by Henry Adams, Margaret C. Conrads, Annegret Hoberg.
Contributors: Adams, Henry, 1949-; Conrads, Margaret C., 1955-; Hoberg, Annegret.; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.; Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München.; Delaware Art Museum.
Publisher: Prestel
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Munich; New York
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Bloch, Albert -- Exhibitions.; Blaue Reiter (Group of artists) -- Exhibitions.; Expressionism (Art) -- United States -- Exhibitions.
Description: Did an American influence the style of one of the most important groups of European artists in the 20th century? American artist Albert Bloch lived in Munich from 1909 to 1921, where he met and worked with Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, the founders of the revolutionary Blue Rider Group. Until now, he has hardly been mentioned in any of the major accounts of the group. Albert Bloch: The American Blue Rider examines Bloch's complete oeuvre, including six paintings he.

Contributed to the first Blue Rider exhibition, with illustrations of all his key works in color. An extensive anthology includes his correspondence with Kandinsky, Marc and other well-known contemporaries, as well as the texts of the lectures he gave after he returned to America in 1923 to teach. These include the 'Denver Lecture' in which he provides a unique perspective from within the times and talents of the Blue Rider artists. To preserve the literary style and.

Integrity of Bloch's writings, these are reprinted in either the English or German language in which they were originally written. The publication of this material for the first time in Albert Bloch: The American Blue Rider is certain to arouse great interest, adding a new dimension to the history of the Blue Rider.
Notes: In English, with some correspondence in German.
"This book has been published in conjunction with the exhibition ... held at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, 26 January-16 March 1997; Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany, 16 April-29 June 1997; and the Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, 3 October-7 December 1997"--T.p. verso.
"In association with the Nelson Gallery Foundation and Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus"--T.p. verso.