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6:45 PM
Max Liebermann: Modern Art and Modern Germany
Lecture
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Goethe-Institut Washington, Washington, DC
- Price No charge
Marion Deshmukh, Robert T. Hawkes Professor of History, Emerita, George Mason University
Max Liebermann (1847-1935) is considered Germany's premier impressionist painter. He both observed and participated in key historic events, from Imperial Germany's founding in 1870-71 to the Nazi dictatorship. His artistic talent, his leadership of alternative artists’ associations, his presidency of the Prussian Academy of Art during the tumultuous 1920s, and his cosmopolitanism, liberalism, and Judaism all fostered strong support among his admirers and intense animosities among his opponents. This illustrated talk will describe Liebermann’s critical cultural importance for Germany over seven decades and his continued importance to Germany today, by illustrating his varied works and contextualizing his art within the larger history of Germany.
Marion Deshmukh is the Robert T. Hawkes Professor of History, Emerita at George Mason University. She taught German and European cultural and German art history at George Mason, including courses on 19th- and 20th-century Germany, German and Austrian art. She received the David King teaching award and “faculty member of the year” award from the alumni association. She has curated three exhibitions at the Goethe-Institut, including: Max Liebermann: Works on Paper, 2006; Iconoclash: Political Imagery from the Berlin Wall to German Unification (2009) and ” (2014). Her publications include exhibition catalogs and catalog essays on German art and culture of the 19th and 20th centuries, including essays on German Kunstvereine, GDR art after 1990, German impressionism, Max Liebermann, artistic developments between Germany and the US during the 1940s through the 1950s. She recently published a biography of the painter, Max Liebermann (Max Liebermann: Modern Art and Modern Germany, Ashgate/Routledge, 2015).
Organized by the American Goethe Society.
RSVP required. For more information and to register, please visit the calendar of events on the AGS website or contact Mary Helen Dupree at mhd33@georgetown.edu.
Max Liebermann (1847-1935) is considered Germany's premier impressionist painter. He both observed and participated in key historic events, from Imperial Germany's founding in 1870-71 to the Nazi dictatorship. His artistic talent, his leadership of alternative artists’ associations, his presidency of the Prussian Academy of Art during the tumultuous 1920s, and his cosmopolitanism, liberalism, and Judaism all fostered strong support among his admirers and intense animosities among his opponents. This illustrated talk will describe Liebermann’s critical cultural importance for Germany over seven decades and his continued importance to Germany today, by illustrating his varied works and contextualizing his art within the larger history of Germany.
Marion Deshmukh is the Robert T. Hawkes Professor of History, Emerita at George Mason University. She taught German and European cultural and German art history at George Mason, including courses on 19th- and 20th-century Germany, German and Austrian art. She received the David King teaching award and “faculty member of the year” award from the alumni association. She has curated three exhibitions at the Goethe-Institut, including: Max Liebermann: Works on Paper, 2006; Iconoclash: Political Imagery from the Berlin Wall to German Unification (2009) and ” (2014). Her publications include exhibition catalogs and catalog essays on German art and culture of the 19th and 20th centuries, including essays on German Kunstvereine, GDR art after 1990, German impressionism, Max Liebermann, artistic developments between Germany and the US during the 1940s through the 1950s. She recently published a biography of the painter, Max Liebermann (Max Liebermann: Modern Art and Modern Germany, Ashgate/Routledge, 2015).
Organized by the American Goethe Society.
RSVP required. For more information and to register, please visit the calendar of events on the AGS website or contact Mary Helen Dupree at mhd33@georgetown.edu.
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Goethe-Institut Washington
1377 R St. NW, 3rd Floor
Washington, DC 20009
USA
1377 R St. NW, 3rd Floor
Washington, DC 20009
USA