Roland March

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Roland März (* 1939 in Leipzig ) is a German art historian and curator .

From 1961 to 1966 he studied art history with Gerhard Strauss , Peter H. Feist , Willy Kurth and Karl-Heinz Clasen at the Berlin Humboldt University . From 1966 until he ended his career in 2004, he was a research assistant at the National Gallery of the State Museums in Berlin . Most recently, März worked in the New National Gallery in the field of classical modernism and the art of the GDR.

His research focus is on the fine arts of German Expressionism . In addition, he has dealt intensively with the work of the master of political photomontage , John Heartfield - a topic on which he received his doctorate in 1982. He has presented the results of his research to a wider audience in several publications.

März played a leading role in the 1986 exhibition "Expressionists. The Avant-garde in Germany 1905–1920" in the GDR National Gallery.

Fonts

  • as ed., epilogue: John Heartfield. Photo montages from the years 1924 to 1944 . [Insel Verlag, Leipzig 1979 - Insel-Bücherei 1023/1 - not published]
  • as ed .: Daumier & Heartfield. Political satire in dialogue . Berlin, Altes Museum 1981 (exhibition catalog)
  • with Gertrud Heartfield: The cut along time. Self-testimonies memories interpretations . Verlag der Kunst , Dresden 1981
  • The photo montage of John Heartfield: studies of revolutionary commercial graphics for books, posters, press, etc. Theatre. Dissertation. Berlin 1982.
  • Vision and Reality - The Expressionist Avant-garde in Germany 1905–1920. In: Expressionists. The avant-garde in Germany 1905–1920. Exhibition catalog. Henschelverlag Art and Society , Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-362-00081-9 .
  • Heartfield mounted: 1933–1938 . Edition Leipzig , Leipzig 1993, ISBN 3-361-00301-6 .
  • Otto Dix, The Skat Players: A New Acquisition for the National Gallery. In: Yearbook Preussischer Kulturbesitz. 32, Gebrüder Mann, Berlin 1995, pp. 351-391.
  • with Andrea Hollmann: Hermann Göring and his agent Josef Angerer: Annexation and sale of "Degenerate Art" from German museum holdings in 1938. Fink, Paderborn 2014, ISBN 978-3-7705-5173-6 .

Remarks

  1. ↑ Due to an objection by Gertrud Heartfield, the 25,000-copy edition was almost completely crushed . There are only a few specimen copies and rough sheets. Compare with the details at the island library .

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SURNAME March, Roland
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian and curator
DATE OF BIRTH 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig