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Kandinsky, Picasso, Miró et al. back in Lucerne
In 1935, in the newly opened Kunstmuseum Luzern, an exhibition of superlatives was shown that included works by Miró, Taeuber-Arp, Picasso, Braque, Giacometti, Calder and others. While at the same time in National Socialist Germany, art by Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee and Piet Mondrian was being defamed as “degenerate”, in 1935 the Kunstmuseum Luzern was showing works by precisely these modernist artists. The works came to the museum fresh from the artists’ studios. Today, they hang in the world’s most important collections.
Reconstructing an exhibition that was of enormous interest for the history of our institution, also offers the possibility of reporting on Lucerne in the context of the 1930s. Incipient modernism, resentment against the avant-garde, fascism and communism make up the historical backdrop to that legendary 1935 exhibition entitled These, Antithese, Synthese. The exhibition Kandinsky, Picasso, Miró et al. back in Lucerne communicates the intellectual, political and cultural upheavals of the inter-war years. At the same time the exhibition presents an overwhelming sensual art spectacle.
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In 1935, in the newly opened Kunstmuseum Luzern, an exhibition of superlatives was shown that included works by Miró, Taeuber-Arp, Picasso, Braque, Giacometti, Calder and others. While at the same time in National Socialist Germany, art by Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee and Piet Mondrian was being defamed as “degenerate”, in 1935 the Kunstmuseum Luzern was showing works by precisely these modernist artists. The works came to the museum fresh from the artists’ studios. Today, they hang in the world’s most important collections.
Reconstructing an exhibition that was of enormous interest for the history of our institution, also offers the possibility of reporting on Lucerne in the context of the 1930s. Incipient modernism, resentment against the avant-garde, fascism and communism make up the historical backdrop to that legendary 1935 exhibition entitled These, Antithese, Synthese. The exhibition Kandinsky, Picasso, Miró et al. back in Lucerne communicates the intellectual, political and cultural upheavals of the inter-war years. At the same time the exhibition presents an overwhelming sensual art spectacle.
Artists on show
- Alberto Giacometti
- Alexander Calder
- Amédée Ozenfant
- André Derain
- Barbara Hepworth
- Ben Nicholson
- Fernand Léger
- Georges Braque
- Giorgio de Chirico
- Hans Erni
- Jean Arp
- Jean Hélion
- Joan Miró
- Juan Gris
- Julio González
- Luis Fernandez
- Max Ernst
- Pablo Picasso
- Paul Cézanne
- Paul Klee
- Piet Mondrian
- Sophie Taeuber-Arp
- Wassily Kandinsky
- Wolfgang Paalen
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A superlative exhibition was mounted in the newly opened Kunstmuseum Luzern in 1935 featuring works by Alberto Giacometti, Joan Miró, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Alexander Calder and others.
A superlative exhibition was mounted in the newly opened Kunstmuseum Luzern in 1935 featuring works by Alberto Giacometti, Joan Miró, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Alexander Calder and others.
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