The creators (artist group)

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The creators was an expressionistic oriented Dresden artist group around Erich Fraaß , Curt Großpietsch , Wilhelm Lachnit , Willy Illmer and Fritz Skade with socially critical respect. It was founded in 1920 by the German-Russian painter and art writer Alexander Bertelsson .

history

The artist group Die Schaffenden was formed in Dresden in 1920 as a commitment by the artists in solidarity to the social movements and as an exhibition community. Fraaß, Großpietsch and Illmer already knew each other from the Spartakusbund . However, there remained a loose association of like-minded artists without their own pioneering program.

There was no direct connection between the artist group and the well-known graphic portfolio of the same name “Die Schaffenden”, which Paul Westheim had published in the Euphorion Verlag in Berlin since 1918 .

The group's first exhibitions took place in 1920 in the exhibition building of the Saxon Art Association and in the Emil Richter Art Salon . In 1922 there was another exhibition in the Emil Richter Art Salon and an extensive exhibition in the Saxon Art Association. In the run-up to the exhibition at the Sächsischer Kunstverein, the group created over 100 different self-painted exhibition posters as an “exhibition of art on the street”. Also in 1922, the group took part in the cartel of progressive artists' associations in Germany , took part in the 1st Congress of International Progressive Artists in Düsseldorf and featured in the accompanying “I. International Art Exhibition Düsseldorf 1922 ”. The exhibition took place from May 28 to July 3, 1922 on the fourth floor of the Tietz department store .

Members of the artist group were: Alexander Bertelsson , Karl Eugen Biebrach (1882), Anton Bruder (1898–1983, painter), Max Busyn , Erich Fraaß , Konstantin Franz (1896), Alfred Glatter (1889–1923, sculptor), Curt Großpietsch , Willy Illmer , Walter Jacob , Georg Kind , Wilhelm Lachnit , Heinz Lewerenz (1890–1939), Karl Lüdecke , Otto Meister , Rolf Nesch , Fritz Skade , Oskar Trepte and Fritz Winkler .

From March 1 to 16, 1924, an exhibition with a wider group of participants followed in the Brühlsche Terrasse exhibition building under the title “We create for you”. At this exhibition u. a. also Eugen Hoffmann , Otto Griebel , Erich Johannsen , and Erich Fenap part.

See also

literature

  • Petra Jacoby: Collectivization of Imagination ?: Artist groups in the GDR between appropriation and inventiveness . Transcript, Bielefeld 2007, ISBN 978-3-89942-627-4 , p. 75 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  • Lothar Fischer : Reality in the Twilight of Time . In: Curt Grosspietsch 1893 - 1980: paintings, watercolors, drawings, etchings. Art collection Gera , Otto-Dix-Haus , June 20 to September 10, 2000 . Art collection Gera, 2000, p. 2-5 .
  • University of Fine Arts Dresden (Hrsg.): Dresden: from the Royal Art Academy to the University of Fine Arts . Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1990, ISBN 3-364-00145-6 , p. 281-282 .
  • Diether Schmidt: Between “Brücke” and “Roter Gruppe” . In: The Dresden Art Scene 1913–1933 . Galerie Remmert and Barth, Düsseldorf 1987, p. 6-50 .
  • Peter Barth: Excursus: Dresden - Düsseldorf 1920–23 . In: The Dresden Art Scene 1913–1933 . Galerie Remmert and Barth, Düsseldorf 1987, p. 51-82 .
  • Lothar Fischer: Notes on the graphic work by Curt Großpietsch . In: Curt Grosspietsch. East German Gallery Regensburg. October 13, 1983 - February 26, 1984 . Ostdeutsche Galerie Regensburg , 1983, p. 7-11 .
  • Paul Westheim : The art paper . Edition 8. Reckendorf, Berlin 1924, p. 61 .
  • Christoph Wilhelmi: The creative . In: Groups of artists in Germany, Austria and Switzerland since 1900: a manual . Hauswedell, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 978-3-7762-1106-1 , p. 319-320 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Großpietsch, Curt (Kurt) . In: Martin Papenbrock, Gabriele Saure (Hrsg.): Art of the early 20th century in German exhibitions: Part 2. Antifascist artists in exhibitions in the Soviet Zone and the GDR . Publishing house and database for the humanities, Weimar 2000, ISBN 3-89739-040-X , p. 255 , doi : 10.1466 / 20061109.27 (Curt Großpietsch was co-founder of the artist group Die Schaffenden in 1920 ).
  2. ↑ Lothar Fischer: Reality in the twilight of time . In: Curt Grosspietsch 1893 - 1980: paintings, watercolors, drawings, etchings. Art collection Gera, Otto-Dix-Haus, June 20 to September 10, 2000 . Art collection Gera, 2000, p. 3 .
  3. ↑ exhibitions. Dresden . In: Art Chronicle and Art Market, weekly for connoisseurs and collectors . 56th year, new episode XXXII, November 9th, 26th. Seemann, Leipzig 1920, p. 181 .
  4. ^ A b G. Söder: Glatter, Alfred . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 56, Saur, Munich a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-22796-7 , p. 60., limited preview in Google Book Search
  5. ↑ Mixed messages. Dresden . In: Die Kunst: monthly books for free and applied arts . XXIII. Vintage, supplement to the May issue. Bruckmann, Munich 1922, p. XVI-XVII .
  6. ↑ a b c d Lothar Fischer : Notes on the graphic work of Curt Großpietsch . In: Curt Grosspietsch. East German Gallery Regensburg. October 13, 1983 - February 26, 1984 . Ostdeutsche Galerie Regensburg, 1983, p. 7 .
  7. ↑ Busyn, Max . In: Martin Papenbrock, Gabriele Saure (Hrsg.): Art of the early 20th century in German exhibitions: Part 2. Antifascist artists in exhibitions in the Soviet Zone and the GDR . Publishing house and database for the humanities, Weimar 2000, ISBN 3-89739-040-X , p. 213 , doi : 10.1466 / 20061109.27 .
  8. ↑ a b c University of Fine Arts Dresden (ed.): Dresden: from the Royal Academy of Art to the University of Fine Arts . Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1990, ISBN 3-364-00145-6 , p. 281-282 .
  9. ↑ Bruno Gimpel: Poster for the exhibition “We create for you” from March 1 to 16, 1924. German Historical Museum Foundation . Retrieved June 28, 2015 .
  10. ^ Paul Westheim : Das Kunstblatt . Edition 8. Reckendorf, Berlin 1924, p. 61 .