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Sturm, Der
Sturm, Der (German: The Assault). The name of a magazine and an art gallery in Berlin, both of which were founded and owned by Herwarth Walden (1878–1941?), a writer and composer whose aim was to promote avant-garde art in Germany. The magazine ran from 1910 to 1932 and the gallery from 1912 to 1932. They became the focus of modern art in Berlin, publicizing the Expressionism of the Blaue Reiter group, for example. Other activities associated with Sturm included an art school, 1916–32. The gallery held more than a hundred exhibitions, the most important being the ‘First [and only] German Salon d'Automne’ (Erster Deutscher Herbstsalon), held in the autumn of 1913. It covered almost the entire range of avant-garde painting and sculpture at that time, including some 360 works by more than 80 artists from 12 countries. George Heard Hamilton writes that it ‘ranks with Roger Fry's [ Post-Impressionist] exhibitions of 1910 and 1912 as one of the few occasions when one individual comprehended the fundamental directions of the modern movement and was able to demonstrate them with paintings and sculpture, many of which are still of primary artistic and historical importance'. Walden's activities extended also to publishing art books and portfolios of prints, organizing lectures and discussions, and experiments with Expressionist theatre. In 1932 he left Germany because of the economic depression and the rise of Nazism and moved to the Soviet Union, where he is said to have died as a political prisoner in 1941.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Sturm, Der." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Sturm, Der." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-SturmDer.html IAN CHILVERS. "Sturm, Der." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-SturmDer.html |
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Sturm, Der
Sturm, Der (The Storm). Name of a magazine and an art gallery in Berlin, both of which were founded and owned by Herwarth Walden (1878–?1941), a writer and composer whose aim was to promote avant-garde art in Germany. The magazine ran from 1910 to 1932 and the gallery from 1912 to 1932. They became the focus of modern art in Berlin, introducing the work of the Cubists and Futurists to Germany, for example, and publicizing the Expressionism of the Blaue Reiter group. Walden left Germany in 1932 because of the economic depression and the rise of Nazism and moved to the Soviet Union, where he is said to have died as a political prisoner in 1941.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Sturm, Der." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Sturm, Der." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-SturmDer.html IAN CHILVERS. "Sturm, Der." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-SturmDer.html |
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Sturm, Der
Sturm, Der (The Storm). Name of a magazine and an art gallery in Berlin, both of which were founded and owned by Herwarth Walden (1878–1941?), a writer and composer whose aim was to promote avant-garde art in Germany. The magazine ran from 1910 to 1932 and the gallery from 1912 to 1932. They became the focus of modern art in Berlin, introducing the work of the Cubists and Futurists to Germany, for example, and publicizing the Expressionism of the Blaue Reiter group. Walden left Germany in 1932 because of the economic depression and the rise of Nazism and moved to the Soviet Union, where he is said to have died as a political prisoner in 1941.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Sturm, Der." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Sturm, Der." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-SturmDer.html IAN CHILVERS. "Sturm, Der." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-SturmDer.html |
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Sturm, Der
Sturm, Der. Literally The Assault or The Storm. Title of a Berlin art-gallery (1912–14) and a journal (1910–32) devoted to the avant-garde in Germany, founded by Herwarth Walden (1878–1941). Through Der Sturm Futurism and Expressionism were promoted.
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Sturm, Der." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Sturm, Der." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-SturmDer.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Sturm, Der." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-SturmDer.html |
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