Scholle (artists' association)
The Scholle was a Munich artist community that existed from 1899 to 1911.
Emergence
The artists' association came into being in November 1899 mainly from members of the Munich Secession , most of whom met at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts in the painting class of Professor Paul Hoecker . Many members were previously united in Group G , of which Fritz Erler was the spokesman .
The members of the Scholle wanted to exhibit their works without Franz von Lenbach's art dictation . They were each given an exhibition space by the Secession.
Meaning of the name
The name Die Scholle was often understood as an expression of a sense of home or earth. To counter these misunderstandings , an explanation was printed in Jugend Heft 42, 1903: “[...] The 'Scholle' has no other common goal, no other route than that everyone should cultivate their own 'Scholle', which of course on none Map can be found. "
Art historical significance
The Scholle artists had the high standard of portraying the individual experience of the essential. The most successful was Leo Putz . The themes were people and nature. Despite all the differences between the artists, one can speak of a common natural lyricism that paved the way for impressionism . For a decade, the plaice embodied Munich's progressive painting. Its members were close to the Secession and all worked on the magazine Jugend , which gave Art Nouveau its name.
After most of the members had established themselves in the art world, the Scholle dissolved in 1911. In its demand for a young and individual art, the Scholle initiated a development that was continued in the artist groups Brücke and Blauer Reiter .
Exhibitions
- 1900 and 1908: With Fritz Gurlitt in Berlin
- From 1900: In the Glaspalast Munich
- 1902: Vienna Secession ; German National Art Exhibition in Düsseldorf; Kellerer and Reiner in Berlin
- 1903–1905: Berlin Secession
- 1904: Düsseldorf and Kunsthalle Basel
- 1907: Great German art exhibition in Cologne
- 1906: Vienna Secession
- 1908: Brakl art dealer in Munich; Art Association Cologne
- 2009: Die Scholle, BVS-Bildungszentrum Holzhausen
- 2015: Munich shines: Leo Putz and Die Scholle ; Kunsthaus Apolda Avantgarde
- 2018: Summer light, Leo Putz and the plaice , works from the Unterberger Collection, Achberg Castle
Members
literature
- Fritz von Ostini : The plaice in the Munich Glass Palace . In: The art . Volume 13, Free Art Volume XXI, 1906.
- Georg Hirth: 3000 art sheets of the Munich "youth", 1896 to 1908 .
- Georg Jakob Wolf: The plaice . In: Modern Art . Strasbourg 1908.
- Georg Biermann: The Scholle, a Munich artists' association . Munich 1910.
- Bernd Dürr: The artist community Scholle in the circle of youth and the Secession . Gallery Bernd Dürr, Munich 1992.
- Ruth Stein: The plaice. A Munich artists' association around the turn of the century . In: Weltkunst . Issue 13, 1992, pp. 1795-1799.
- Hartfried Neunzert (Ed.): Walter Georgi, A Scholle painter, art history from Landsberg am Lech , 1994, issue 18.
- Ruth Stein: In: Münchner Schule, Die Scholle . Konrad Bayer Gallery, Munich 1995.
- Siegfried Unterberger, Felix Billeter and Ute Strimmer (ed.): The plaice. An artist group between the Secession and the Blauer Reiter . Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-7913-3740-1