Frieg W (2 results)

Cloth / Illustrated Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. Color Frontispiece, B/W Plates (illustrator). First Edition. 16 Pp + Plates At End. Hardcover With Modernist Design, Illustrated Paper Label Near Center (There Was Also A Softcover Issue). Per Wikipedia, Wilhelm Morgner ( 1891 - 1917) Was A German Expressionist Painter And Graphic Artist. In 1908, On The Advice Of Otto Modersohn, He Moved To The Artists' Colony In Worpswede, Where He Studied With The Expressionist Painter, Georg Tappert, Who Introduced Him To Modern Art And Assigned Numerous Painting Expeditions En Plein Aire. Tappert And He Would Continue To Correspond Regularly For The Rest Of Morgner's Short Life. He Returned To Soest In 1909, Where He Established A Small Studio And Began To Exhibit. In 1910, He Went To Berlin To Take A Few More Lessons From Tappert. Franz Marc Was Said To Be Impressed By His Work. Herwarth Walden Published Some Of His Works In Der Sturm. After That, He Was Able To Participate In Prestigious Exhibitions By The New Secession In Berlin, The Blauer Reiter In Munich And The Sonderbund In Cologne. In 1913, His Works Were Featured In Die Aktion. That Same Year, He Started His Mandatory Year Of Military Service; He Was Killed Resisting Capture In 1917. In 1920, Tappert Produced A Catalog Of His Works That Included 235 Paintings, 1,920 Drawings And Watercolors And 67 Prints. He Also Claimed Rights To Those Works Until Morgner's Mother Took Legal Action. In 1937, The Nazi Régime Declared His Works To Be "Degenerate" And Many Were Seized. Eight Were Shown In Berlin At The Second Exhibition Of Degenerate Art In 1938. Numerous Works Survived, However. The Largest Collection (60 Pieces) Is On Display In Soest, Where His Family Home Became A Museum (The Wilhelm-Morgner-Haus) In 1962. The Wilhelm Morgner Prize, For Young Artists, Was Established In 1953 By The City Of Soest And The Soest Savings Bank. Note: The Author Of This Book, Will Frieg Was A German Architect And Artist. He Was Born In Soest, Germany, In 1885, And Died In Stuttgart, Germany, In 1968. He Was Associated With The Bauhaus Movement. More Information About Him, Including His Role At The Bauhaus, Can Be Found On The Bauhaus Kooperation Website.

Leipzig, Klinkhart & Biermann, 1920. 16 pp., + ills (1 in col.), 8vo, h.cloth.