The Blue Rider In the Lenbachhaus Munich

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This excellent introduction to the most important museum collection of works by the revolutionary group of German artists known as the Blue Rider features the movement's major figures, among them Wassily Kandinsky, Franz Marc, Gabriele Munter, Alexei Jawlenski, and Paul Klee. An introduction by Friedel, director of the Lenbachhaus, gives the historical background of this 1911 revolt against the Munich art establishment, while Lenbachhaus curator Hoberg provides a page of detailed commentary opposite a full-page color plate for each of 129 works illustrated here. This is an updating of Armin Zweite's The Blue Rider in the Lenbachhaus, Munich (1989), with a new introductory essay (Friedel covers the same ground as Zweite, with somewhat different text illustrations) and eight additional color plates (the plates are smaller in the new edition, while commentaries are repeated unchanged). In contrast, the 1997 CD-ROM issued by the Lenbachhaus and distributed by Prestel contains 400 images. Given these considerations, this title is recommended only for those lacking the 1989 version. Jack Perry Brown, Art Inst. of Chicago Libs.
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