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Modern masters : "degenerate" art at the Kunstmuseum Bern
- Title
- Modern masters : "degenerate" art at the Kunstmuseum Bern / edited by Matthias Frehner and Daniel Spanke.
- Publication
- Bern : Kunstmuseum Bern ; Munich : Prestel, [2016]
- ©2016
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- Description
- 376 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 29 cm
- Summary
- Kunstmuseum Bern, the oldest museum in Switzerland, turns its gaze toward its own acquisition history in this lavish book that features artistic masterpieces considered worthless by the Nazis, and the stories of how they came to Switzerland. As a result of the Nazi regime's scorn for modern art, virtually all non-traditional art between 1933 and 1945 was banned in Germany on the grounds that it was un-German, Jewish, or Communist in nature. Those identified as "degenerate" artists were dismissed from teaching positions and forbidden to exhibit or to sell their works. This book sheds light on the historical significance and provenance of nearly 525 works by modernist greats, such as Picasso, Chagall, and Kandinsky, which were acquired by the Kunstmuseum Bern through a combination of auctions and private donations. The book traces the fates of artists who suffered under the Nazi regime and who had connections to Switzerland, including Kirchner, Klee and Dix, and contrasts the cultural policies of the Third Reich with those of Switzerland in the same period. Finally, it details the dramatic events and unprecedented efforts that went into preserving invaluable works of art.
- Uniform Title
- Moderne Meister. English.
- Subjects
- Kunstmuseum Bern Exhibitions
- Switzerland > Cultural policy > History > 20th century > Exhibitions
- Germany > Cultural policy > History > 20th century > Exhibitions
- Art > Collectors and collecting > Switzerland > Exhibitions
- Art > Switzerland > Bern > Exhibitions
- Art, Modern > 20th century > Exhibitions
- Art treasures in war > Germany > Exhibitions
- Entartete Kunst > Exhibitions
- Art, Modern > 20th century > Political aspects > Germany > Exhibitions
- Art treasures in war > Switzerland > Exhibitions
- Note
- Translation of: Moderne Meister : "Entartete" Kunst im Kunstmuseum Bern.
- "This catalog has been published in conjunction with the exhibition ... April 7-August 21, 2016, Kunstmuseum Bern"--Page 374.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-316).
- Call Number
- JQF 16-1183
- ISBN
- 9783791355368
- 3791355368
- LCCN
- 2016940230
- 9783791355368
- OCLC
- 957457956
- Title
- Modern masters : "degenerate" art at the Kunstmuseum Bern / edited by Matthias Frehner and Daniel Spanke.
- Publisher
- Bern : Kunstmuseum Bern ; Munich : Prestel, [2016]
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-316).
- Added Author
- Frehner, Matthias, editor.Spanke, Daniel, editor.Kunstmuseum Bern, issuing body, organizer.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9783791355368
- Research Call Number
- JQF 16-1183