Kaffee und Kuchen: German Expressionist Art

This talk addresses moments in the history of German Expressionist art from the 1905- founding of Die Brücke in Dresden to glimmers of its renewed popularity in European museums today. It revisits German Expressionism’s significance for key patrons, critics, collectors, museums, and politicians, to assess its impact in and beyond European cultural life. Prints are shown to have been integral to the international expansion of this early 20th century German movement.

1:30 refreshments
2:00 program

FREE for members
$8 for non-members
Register Here: https://events.humanitix.com/kaffee-und-kuchen-20th-century-german-expressionism

Keith Holz, Ph.D., is Professor at Western Illinois University where he teaches modern and contemporary art history. He has held fellowships from the Getty Research Institute, the Fulbright Program, IREX, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), German Historical Institute Moscow, and the Czech Science Foundation (GAČR). His publications have examined representations of modern German art and its audiences in the democracies. Currently, he is preparing a book on Oskar Kokoschka in the 1930s and 1940s. His previous books include Modern German Art for Thirties Paris, Prague, and London (2004). Topics and issues addressed in his articles include the Great German Art Exhibitions (2012), Kokoschka´s private life in Czechoslovakia (2014), New Objectivity painting beyond German borders (2016), questions for the study the history of German-Bohemian artists (2018), why we defend “degenerate” art (2019), exiled German and Austrian artist groups and institutions (2019), craftsmanship and industrial labor in the new realist art of interwar Czechoslovakia (2020), Kokoschka’s American Campaign (2021), and Kokoschka as witness to global realignments and human suffering (2022).

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