In the European Capital of Culture, LNMM participates in the extensive 20-30. For years of realism at an exhibition / day
Exhibition European realities. 20th and 30s of the 20th century realism in Europe ((European Realities. RealismBewEgen der 1920er und 1930er Jahre in European/European Realities. Realism Movments of the 1920s and 1930s in Europe) curator Anja Richtere at the Guncenhauzer Museum (Museum Gunzenhauser) implement geographically and stylistically for the first time on such a large scale, an overview of the 20th -30th century. For years of diverse current current current.
By linking the local tradition to the general European European, the ambitious exposition is designed as a symbolic continuation of German art historian and critic Gustav Friedrich Hartlauba Hundreds of years ago, the famous exhibition of the new businessiness, which at that time at Mannheim and Dresden stopped in Kemnitz, the current Art Museum of Art on the Theater Square (Kunstsammlungen am theaterplatz).
20-30 For years of realism, several names are given in parallel: Nuovo Realismo, Realismo Mágico, Pittura Metafisica, Novento, Neue Sachlichkeit, Magischer Realismus, Verismus, Nové Realismy and others. The phenomenon, which branched simultaneously on almost all of Europe, has many faces and roots in different countries. Only the influential paradigm of the realistic and neoclassical arts of France, Italy and Germany, which was determined by the post -war « return to order » (Retour à L’Ordre) and the revival of the classical tradition. Turning to the phenomena of less explored regions and centers, the curator emphasizes the viewpoints and the selection of exhibits to expand the European Dimension, interpretation of realism so far and purposefully complements the « white squares » of women’s art history.
The research exhibition, gathering 300 works of art from 21 countries and involving 76 art institutions and private depositors, is intended as a European panorama that reveals as a transfer of ideas, communication networks and cross -border migration changed the world of art. On the four floors of the thematic section of the Museum, the four -floors of the Museum tell about the essential aspects and contrasts of interwares, including economic and cultural elevation, industry modernization, female emancipation and other social changes, « Golden Twenties » euphoria, fashion and sports, metaries and nightlife, post -war and world economic crisis.
Latvia is represented by nine German curator selected authors at this European Realism Parade – Alexander Belcova, Jānis Liepiņš, Ludolfs Liberts, Karlis Miesnieks, Janis Plase, Uga Skulme, Romans Suta, Sigismunds Vidbergs and Voldemārs Andersons. Of the 13 paintings and 3 drawings deposited by the Latvian National Museum of Art are mostly well -known works of the classics of this period, illustrating both local modernists’ focus on contemporary renewed realism and modernized neoclassicism and more traditional realism. Exposure arrangement brings uga sculms Self -portrayal (1926) together with George de Kiriko, leader of Italian metaphysical painting Self -portrait with mother (1922, Museo di Arte Modern ETOPEMORANEA di Trento e Rovereto), Alexander Belcov Tennis players (1927) – With the Genre of the Parisian Marseille Gromer Tennis by the sea (1928, Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris) by providing other unexpected and comparisons encouraging meetings.
Exhibition European realities accompanied by the publishing house HIRMER VERLAG Catalog versions of German and English made by Anja Richtere and Florence Tourmesa. The range of reproductions of a large edition (p. Habil. Art. Eduards Klavins’ insight into the trends in the development of Latvian classical modernism and realism in the interwar year in the social and political context. Has reached the first cover of the German -speaking edition, as one of the faces of the Kemnica joint exhibition, the international recognition is acquired by Karl’s butcher effectively portrayed Lady in a pajamas (1933).
The Guncenhauzer Museum is the newest of the Kemnica Museum of Art (Kunstsammlungen chemnitz) the unit. It holds a collection of Munich Gallerist and Art Collector Alfred Guncenhauzer (1926-2015), owned by the Guncenhauzer Foundation. With more than 3,000 works, 270 authors represented the collection, whose creative heritage covers 19-20. the turn of the century, expressionism, new business and abstract art, including one of the world’s largest Oto Dix Works for collections. The collection is located in the Kemnica former Krājbanka building, which was located in 1928-1930. German architect Fred Oto (1883-1944) brought in the style of new businessness, but in accordance with the functions of the museum in 2007, the architectural firm was rebuilt Stab Architekten.
