9780714126975-0714126977-Gesture and line: four post-war German and Austrian artists from the Duerckheim Collection

Gesture and line: four post-war German and Austrian artists from the Duerckheim Collection

ISBN-13: 9780714126975
ISBN-10: 0714126977
Author: John-Paul Stonard, Michael Semff
Publication date: 2023
Publisher: British Museum
Format: Paperback 112 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780714126975
ISBN-10: 0714126977
Author: John-Paul Stonard, Michael Semff
Publication date: 2023
Publisher: British Museum
Format: Paperback 112 pages

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Gesture and line: four post-war German and Austrian artists from the Duerckheim Collection (ISBN-13: 9780714126975 and ISBN-10: 0714126977), written by authors John-Paul Stonard, Michael Semff, was published by British Museum in 2023. With an overall rating of 3.8 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Gesture and line: four post-war German and Austrian artists from the Duerckheim Collection (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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From the 1960s drawing assumed a prominent position in the practice of a rising generation of post-war artists in Germany and Austria. This publication examines works on paper by four artists still comparatively little known in the UK. While Georg Baselitz and Gerhard Richter, household names in German contemporary art, are well known for their large and commanding works, a quieter and more reflective strand is found in the work of Rudi Tröger (b. 1929), Karl Bohrmann (1928-1998) and Carl-Heinz Wegert (1926-2007). Small and intimate in scale, their drawings focus on the abstracted, minimalist figure, the studio interior and landscapes, through a sensitive use of line and a spare, self-effacing gesturalism. By contrast, the Austrian actionist Hermann Nitsch (1938-2022) presents visceral depictions of the human anatomy in his large lithographs, which come out of his notorious actionist performances. This publication celebrates a second major gift to the British Museum from the German collector Count Christian Duerckheim, whose first gift featured in Germany Divided: Baselitz and his generation, published by the British Museum Press in 2014.

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