Action (artist group)

The artist group Aktion was formed in Dresden in March 1930 . It emerged from a relaxed community that had previously exhibited in the Galerie Neue Kunst Fides in September 1927 .

history

The artist group Aktion came up to “counter art reactionary endeavors”. The group had an oppositional character and can be attributed to the Dresden secession movements . The group wanted to actively intervene in the art politics of the time. The name Aktion stood for active action and at the same time was based on the expressionist , literary and political magazine Die Aktion by Franz Pfemfert .

Members

• Erich Fraaß
• Ludwig Godenschweg
• Otto Griebel
• Eugen Hoffmann
• Bernhard Kretzschmar
• Max Lachnit
• Wilhelm Lachnit
• Karl Lüdecke
• Wilhelm Rudolph
• Ewald Schönberg
• Fritz Troeger

There is also evidence of an exhibition in 1930 in the Galerie Neue Kunst Fides with Erich Fraaß, Ludwig Godenschweg, Otto Griebel, Eugen Hoffmann, Bernhard Kretzschmar, Wilhelm Lachnit, Karl Lüdecke, Wilhelm Rudolph, Ewald Schönberg and Fritz Tröger.

The artist group Aktion merged into the New Dresden Secession 1931 in the spring of 1931 .

See also

• Dresden Secession
• List of artist groups in the fine arts in Dresden

literature

• Karin Müller-Kelwing: The Dresden Secession 1932 . Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim 2010, ISBN 978-3-487-14397-2 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Karin Müller-Kelwing: The Dresden Secession 1932 . Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim 2010, ISBN 978-3-487-14397-2 , pp. 76 .
2. ^ Gallery New Art Fides . In: Dresdner Nachrichten . 74th year, no. 323 . Dresden December 7, 1930, p. 4 ( digitized version ).