El Greco and Modernism
dal 27/4/2012 al 11/8/2012
Segnalato da
27/4/2012
El Greco and Modernism
Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf
The intention is to reveal the multifaceted levels on which exponents of Expressionism concerned themselves with El Greco's pictorial world
It is for the first time that the elective affinity between early Expressionism and El Greco is examined with direct reference to originals and that the phenomenon of an Old Master becoming the catalyst of a young avantgarde art movement is illustrated this vividly. The intention is to reveal the multifaceted levels on which exponents of Expressionism concerned themselves with El Greco's pictorial world. In the process, attention is paid to the genres of religious painting as well as portrait and landscape painting. A wealth of works tell us of the profound fascination which, quite astonishingly from today's perspective, El Greco exerted on artists such as Oskar Kokoschka, Max Oppenheimer, Max Beckmann, Ludwig Meidner (all born in the 1880s) and others. International Symposium: "El Greco and the dispute over modernism: fruitful misunderstandings and contradictions surrounding his reception in Germany between 1888 and 1939" from June, 21st until June, 23rd 2012 (Image: El Greco and Jorge Manuel, Immaculate Conception, 1607-1613, oil on canvas, 108 x 82 cm, C. Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza Madrid)