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| Heinrich Vogeler and the artists of "Jugendstil" |
April 4 Fri. - 19 Sat. 2008
“Jugendstil” means a trend of an art movement which emerged among young
artists around Munich and Berlin in the end of 19th century. It corresponded
to “Art Nouveau” in France and Belgium. It took its name from the illustrated
art magazine “Jugend” which was published in Munich in 1896.
The illustrations in it were influenced by French Art Nouveau, so this
was called “Jugendstil” (youth style).
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Heinrich VOGELER(1947- )
Born in 1872 in Bremen. Moved to Worpswede in 1894, and made decorative
works showing nature as a world of fairy tale. His print works were introduced
to Japan by the special issue of “Shirakaba” in Meiji period.
Joined the German Army as a volunteer in WWI and was working for the German
counter intelligence against the Soviet Union. In course of time he started
to sympathize with the socialism, then he started to draw pictures
of the war and tragic life of poor people, using the way of expressionism.
Then he moved to Soviet Union and died in 1942 as a proletarian artist
in Kazakstan.
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