Expressionist Women Before and After the Blue Rider

What is it about?

This is a review article, based on four publications focused primarily on women artists in German Expressionism. Two of the books accompanied exhibitions held in London. The article focuses particularly on the roles of Gabriele Münter and Mariane Werefkin in the art politics of Germany around 1910.

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Why is it important?

The work is particularly important for its assessment of the role of women in the emergence of expressionism in Germany, in particular as their activities relate to contemporary art in Paris. It argues that rather than being defined as precursors to expressionism in Germany, artists such as Paula Modersohn Becker should be seen as expressionists proper.