Expressionist working group Dresden

The Expressionist Working Group Dresden was founded in 1917 by the painter Conrad Felixmüller , the poet Walter Rheiner and the publisher Felix Stiemer . The circle around the white chrysanthemum is considered the forerunner of the group .

history

In the spring of 1917, Conrad Felixmüller began to hold expressionist evening events in his studio together with the poet Walter Rheiner and the publisher Felix Stiemer. Felix Stiemer hung the poster with the invitation to the first expressionist soiree in the shop window of the Bender bookstore. The spontaneously convened events took place during the First World War and pursued the goal of conducting a publicly broadcast dialogue on current issues of the time.

A central theme was the merging of “action” and “spirit”: art was seen as an instrument to bring about processes of social change. In the run-up to the event, Felixmüller and Raoul Hausmann had formulated the programmatic motto “It is our destiny to change the world according to our convictions” for an expressionist interest group to be founded.

Readings and lectures were also held in private galleries. So found z. For example, on December 13, 1917, an “Author's Evening” was held in the Arnold Gallery with a lecture by Felixmüller and readings by Bess Brenck-Kalischer , Rudolf Adrian Dietrich, Heinar Schilling , Karl Römer and Walter Rheiner. On December 1, 1917, the Felix Stiemer publishing house was founded as "Organ and Manifesto" to spread the concerns of the Dresden Expressionist Working Group.

At the end of the year the group emerged from the Expressionist Working Group in Dresden in 1917 . Events of the Expressionist Working Group in Dresden are known up to the beginning of 1918.

Members

The following took part in the founding event of the Expressionist Working Group Dresden:

• Bess Brenck-Kalischer , Max Bruhn, Rudolf Adrian Dietrich (1894–1969, writer), Conrad Felixmüller , Raoul Hausmann , Walter Rheiner , Recha Rothschild (1880–1964, journalist), Heinar Schilling and Felix Stiemer .

In the following months, the following were added:

• Richard Fischer , Rudolf Leinert (1898–1969, poet), Dr. EH Müller (head of the music department at Felix Stiemer Verlag), Oskar Maria Graf , Walter Otto Grimm , Georg Tappert , Kurt Bock and Gerhard Ausleger (1891–1969, poet).

See also

• List of artist groups in the fine arts in Dresden

literature

• Frank Almai: Group formation as an attempt at integration: The establishment of the Expressionist Working Group in Dresden and the new definition of the function of artistic work . In: Expressionism in Dresden: Formation of centers of the literary avant-garde at the beginning of the 20th century in Germany . Thelem bei web, Dresden 2005, ISBN 3-935712-20-0 , p. 127-135 .
• Christoph Wilhelmi: Expressionist working group Dresden . In: Groups of artists in Germany, Austria and Switzerland since 1900: a manual . Hauswedell, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 978-3-7762-1106-1 , p. 122 .