Young west

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young west was a German artist group .

The painter Emil Schumacher , Thomas Grochowiak , Heinrich Siepmann , Hans Werdehausen , Gustav Deppe and the sculptor Ernst Hermanns founded the group of young west in 1948 Recklinghausen with the intention of in the era of National Socialism lost connection to the modern art recover and in this To find a framework of one's own artistic forms of expression that should be rooted in the industrial region of the Ruhr area . The promotion of the exchange of experiences among artists was also seen as a goal; The group's exhibitions , to which numerous artists were invited, including Georg Meistermann , Hann Trier and Fritz Winter , also served this purpose .

The group disbanded in 1962. The Young West Art Prize, which has been awarded by the city of Recklinghausen since 1948 and is currently endowed with 10,000 euros, bears her name to this day .

The Kunsthalle Recklinghausen honored the group in 2008 with the exhibition In the Sign of Abstraction - The Artist Group 'Young West' 1948 to 1962 .

literature

  • Ferdinand Ullrich / Hans J. Schwalm: Under the sign of abstraction - The artist group "young west" 1948 to 1962 . Verlag Christof Kerber, 2008. ISBN 978-3-86678-214-3
  • Ferdinand Ullrich / Hans J. Schwalm: Young West. On the way to the avant-garde . Bönen, 2017 ISBN 978-3-939753-67-4 .

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