Munch and expressionism
By: edited by Jill Lloyd and Reinhold Heller ; with preface by Ronald S. Lauder ; foreword by Renée Price, and essays by Patricia G. Berman, Nelson Blitz Jr., Jay A. Clarke, Reinhold Heller, Jill Lloyd, Nils Ohlsen, and Øystein Ustvedt
Contributors: Munch, Edvard, 1863-1944, artist; Neue Galerie New York
Publisher: Prestel
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9783791355269
Subjects: Influence; Expressionism (Art); Exhibitions
Description: "This catalogue accompanies a major exhibition at the Neue Galerie new York devoted to offering a fascinating new look at the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch and his influence on his Austrian and German contemporaries. Edvard Munch (1863-1944) was highly regarded for his exploration of dark themes, including alienation, sin, and human vulnerability. His work incorporates the vivid colors of previous styles, but Munch intensified their emotional power and paved the way for an entirely new approach to painting. Although much has been written about Munch's life and its influence on his art, this catalogue is the first thorough study of the artist's impact on his German and Austrian peers, and places his oeuvre in an Expressionist context. Essays by leading scholars in the field examine the close connection between Munch and his Austrian and German counterparts, with special attention focused upon the work of Max Beckmann. Munch's self-portraits are also closely examined, as is his seminal role in working with the woodcut in a highly innovative fashion, and his influence upon the work of Erich Heckel and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner in particular"--
Notes: Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at Neue Galerie New York, February 18-June 13, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-228) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface / Ronald S. Lauder; title: Foreword / Renée Price; title: Edvard Munch and the expressionists: influence and affinity / Jill Lloyd; title: Edvard Munch, Germany, and expressionism / Reinhold Heller; title: Beckmann and Munch: distant and yet quite close / Nils Ohlsen; title: The vitalist impulse: Munch's renewal and the German expressionists / Øystein Ustvedt; title: Self-portraits "as": expressionist embodiments / Patricia G. Berman; title: Woodcut as process and metaphor: Munch, Heckel, and Kirchner / Jay A. Clarke; title: A collector's journey: Munch and Kirchner / Nelson Blitz Jr.; title: Edvard Munch and expressionism timeline / Reinhold Heller and Jill Lloyd, assisted by Alison W. Chang.