Gabriele Munter: Neglected Woman Expressionist
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Authors
Kestner, Bethany A.
Issue Date
1998
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
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Abstract
An assignment for my orientation class in Erlangen, Germany required
reading and responding to a newspaper article. I could have chosen an article
about politics or current events, but I was drawn to a colorful front page article
about a painter. The paintings were intriguing because of the bright colors used,
the beautiful Bavarian landscapes, the Expressionistic style, and the fact this
painter was a woman. I was especially interested because this was the first I had
heard about the painter Gabriele Munter. It is easy to assume that because the
artists mentioned in art history, represented in galleries and museums, regarded
as masters, and praised are male, women artists do not exist or lack the talent
necessary to excel in the art field. With further exploration into the life, work,
and influence of Gabriele Munter I have discovered a woman artist who was
extremely talented and influential, but who has been practically written out of art
history because of her gender. Her more than sixty-year career as an artist has
been reduced to her relationship with Wassily Kandinsky, often with little or no
mention of her own achievements.
Description
iv, 87 p.
Citation
Publisher
Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College.
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