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CHRISTINE LINDEY guides us through the vivid expressionism of a significant but apolitical group of pre WWI artists in Germany
Gabriele Münter, Portrait of Marianne von Werefkin, 1909; Listening (Portrait of Jawlensky), 1909
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BOB NEWLAND recommends a political thriller from former anti-apartheid activist Peter Hain
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Expressionists: Kandinsky, Munter and the Blue Rider
Tate Gallery, London
In 1912 the Blue Rider artist Franz Marc wrote: “We are today seeking behind the veil of nature’s outward appearance hidden things which seem to us more important than the discoveries of the Impressionists... Art always has been and is in its very essence the boldest departure from nature and ‘naturalness’. It is the bridge into the spirit world.” No wonder that their works baffled most of their public which was used to the 19th century’s highly realistic depictions of the visible world.
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