Max Liebermann
GBP 25.99
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ISBN13: | 9780970429568 |
ISBN10: | 0970429568 |
Binding: | Paperback |
No. of pages: | 220 pages |
Size: | 305x229 mm |
Weight: | 1157 g |
Language: | English |
Illustrations: | 150 color illus. |
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Max Liebermann (1847-1935), the leading artist in Germany from the early 1890s until the Nazi takeover in 1933, was known later in his career for his singular approach to Impressionism. Initially a realist painter, his work at times moved into the more abstract realm of "pure painting," which earned him the moniker, "Manet of the Germans."
Liebermann, a self-assured cultural leader and the descendent of a successful German-Jewish family, was a celebrity in his own day. He was president of the Berlin Secession from 1898 until 1910 and, during the Weimar Republic served as president of the Prussian Academy of Art from 1920 until 1932.
This first English-language publication on Liebermann looks beyond the factual details of his life and work to explore the virtuosity of his art and the personal attributes on which it oftentimes was based. Essays by German and American scholars provide creative new ways of understanding and interpreting Max Liebermann and the times in which he lived.
"[This] excellent catalog incisively addresses key societal factors affecting Libermann's career and influencing his reception."
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Why Max Liebermann at the Skirball Cultural Center? / Uri D. Herscher
Director's Foreword / Lori Starr
Message from The Jewish Museum / Joan Rosenbaum
Curator's Introduction and Acknowledgments / Barbara C. Gilbert
Max Liebermann: A Long and Fruitful Career / Barbara C. Gilbert
Catalogue of the Exhibition
Max Liebermann and the Politics of Painting in Germany: 1870-1935 / Marion F. Deshmukh
Max Liebermann: German Painter and Berlin Jew / Chana Schutz and Hermann Simon
Gentleman's Agreement: Belief and Disillusionment in the Art of Max Liebermann / Mason Klein
Max Liebermann, the Outsider as Impresario of Modernism in the Empire / Francoise Forster-Hahn
Chronology / Suzanne Schwarz Zuber
Checklist
Selected Bibliography
Skirball Cultural Center Board of Trustees
Credits
Index