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Gabriele Münter: The Years of Expressionism, 1903-1920
"The work of Gabriele Munter (1877-1962) shines like a jewel in the male-dominated avant-garde Expressionist movement. Most accounts of the frenetically creative years in Munich and Murnau fail to recognize the uniqueness of Munter's vision: her work is unjustly eclipsed by that of her colleagues, not least Vassily Kandinsky's. This book redresses the balance." "Some one hundred of the artist's most seminal works are reproduced in this lavishly illustrated volume; they include several from private collections that have never before been published." "Gabriele Munter: The Years of Expressionism, 1903-1920 is an exploration of Munter's crucial contribution to German Expressionism in the genres of landscape, portrait and still-life painting. Her place and significance in the development of this movement are critically examined, with particular attention paid to the iconography of her paintings and the lyrical strength of her work."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), Gabriele Münter (1877-1962,), Maria Marc (1876-1955), Marianne Werefkin (1860-1938), Alexej von Jawlensky (1864-1941), Elisabeth Erdmann-Macke, Elisabeth Erdmann-Macke (1888-1978), Erdmann-Macke Elisabeth, Franz Marc (1880-1916), Gabriele MünterGabriele Münter
German painter (1877–1962)
Gabriele Münter (19 February 1877 – 19 May 1962) was a German expressionist painter who was at the forefront of the Munichavant-garde in the early 20th century. She studied and lived with the painter Wassily Kandinsky and was a founding member of the expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter.
Early life
Münter was born to upper middle-class parents in Berlin on 19 February 1877. Her family supported her desires to become an artist. Her father died in 1886. She began to draw as a child. As she was growing up, she had a private tutor. In 1897, at the age of twenty, Münter received artistic training in the Düsseldorf studio of artist Ernst Bosch and later at the Damenschule (Women's School) with artist Willy Spatz.
By the time she was 21 years old, both of her parents had died and she was living at home with no occupation. In 1898, she decided to take a trip to America with her sister to visit extended family. They stayed in America for more than two years, mainly in the states of Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri; six sketchbooks survive from Münter's period in America, depicting images of people, plants and landscapes. Both girls had inherited a large amount of money, allowing them to live freely and independently. Her childhood and early adulthood greatly impacted her future artistic career. She had a free life unconstrained by convention. Münter studied woodcut techniques, sculpture, painting, and printmaking.
In 1901, she attended the beginners' classes of Maximilian Dasio at the Damenakademie (Women's Academy) of the Münchener Künstlerinnenverein (Munich Women Artists's Association). Münter then studied at the Phalanx School in Munich, an avant-garde institution founded by Russian artist, Wassily Kandinsky. There, she attended sculpture courses taught by Wilhelm Hüsgen.
Münter studied outside the official art academie Works at the Museum Gunzenhauser Close menu The avant-garde of Modern art has been defined, for the most part, by male artists. Gabriele Münter (1877–1962) is one of the few female artists of the time who have made their mark on art history and on the general public, right up to the present day. She studied painting from 1901 in Munich and after initial late-impressionist works, from 1907/08 she began a simpler painting style where the treatment of form and colour moved away from figuration. She became an established artist achieving international success. The collection of Münter’s works in the Gunzenhauser Museum, which are being publicly presented for the first time in this catalogue, make it possible, using the early works of the artist, to reconstruct the inner development of her works and her biography. Close menu Gabriele Münter September 2008 ISBN 978-3-86678-216-7 24,00 × 22,00 cm 180 pages 64 colored illustrations Hardcover, bound, without dust jacket, without Schuber Languages: German Editor Events Trusted Shops Reviews Toolkit: 1.1.7 Further information can be found in our privacy policy. Accept
by Ingrid Mössinger, Thomas Friedrich, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Museum Gunzenhauser authors Thomas Friedrich, Nina Gockerell, Inge Grimm, Annegret Hoberg, Isabelle Jansen and Gisela Kleine
The illustrated book was published on the occasion of the exhibition „Gabriele Münter. Gemälde, Hinterglasmalerei, Arbeiten auf Papier“, 2008/2009, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Museum Gunzenhauser.