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- Description of Pictures: German Expressionism
In 2011, the Museum received an extraordinary gift from the Estate of Vance E. Kondon and Liesbeth Giesberger: 48 exceptional works by the leaders of the German and Austrian avant-garde in the first half of the 20th century, including Otto Dix, George Grosz, Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele.
Presented as a temporary exhibition in 2012, these works are a remarkable collection of German Expressionist paintings, drawings, and prints.
Today, a selection from this private collection as well as a few other German Expressionist works from the Museum’s permanent collection are on display at The San Diego Museum of Art.
Breaking with Academic tradition, progressive artists in Germany and Austria at the beginning of the 20th century looked to Paris for new ideas. Concerned with this new state of affairs, artists of the Brücke (Bridge) group sought to establish a genuinely German avant-garde. First in Dresden, then in Berlin, they pitted a revolutionary art and rebellious lifestyle against the accepted order. They longed, also, to escape the oppressive constraints of modern life. Like their Romantic predecessors, the artists of the Brücke regarded communion with nature as a source of spiritual renewal.
While a commissioned work, such as Lovis Corinth’s Portrait of Alexander Freiherr von Reitzenstein (pictured right), could remain rooted in Post-Impressionism, members of the Blaue Reiter (Blue Rider) group, such as Alexej Jawlensky and Gabriele Münter (right), explored their predilection for bold, expressive colors. The collector, Vance E. Kondon, reflected on his own selections: “Often, I’m asked why I started collecting. If you know the history of the early Brücke artists, you realize that they were poor, free spirits. They lived communally, and shared the same space, materials, ideas and hopes. They were openly sensual, and nudity was—at times—a way of life. They sought more freedom of emotional expression and less ritual and restraint. And they brought this approach to their art, using vibrant color, looseness of form, and themes from everyday life.”
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- Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
- SDMAGX_170724_01.JPG: German Expressionism
- SDMAGX_170724_09.JPG: Georg Tappert
Betty, 1911
- SDMAGX_170724_13.JPG: Ernst Barlach
The Transformations of God, 1922
- SDMAGX_170724_17.JPG: Lovis Corinth
Alexander Frehert von Reitzenstein, 1913
- SDMAGX_170724_21.JPG: Alexei Jawlensky
Red Blossom, 1910
- SDMAGX_170724_29.JPG: Max Pechstein
Magdalena: Still Life with Nude, 1912
- SDMAGX_170724_38.JPG: Ernst Barlach
The Avenger, 1922
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- Wikipedia Description: San Diego Museum of Art
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The San Diego Museum of Art opened as the Museum of Fine Arts on February 28, 1926. The funders turned over ownership of the building to the City of San Diego. It is located in Balboa Park. The museum building was designed by architect William Templeton Johnson.
The Museum's collections are encyclopedic in nature, with pieces ranging in date from 5,000 B.C. to 2001 A.D. The museum's strength is in Spanish works by Murillo, Zurbarán, Ribera and El Greco.
There is a small eclectic Asian art gallery, a couple Impressionist era paintings, some Georgia O'Keefes (although these are not always on display) and a number of interesting modern pieces.
Additionally, they have works by Italian masters Giorgione, Giotto, Veronese, Luini and Canaletto. Works by Rubens, Hals and van Dyck represent the Northern European School.
The museum regularly hosts touring exhibits and has lately been working to display its standard collection in new ways (including an upstairs gallery discussing information which can be gathered by looking on the back of the canvas).
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