Art and the German Bourgeoisie : : Alfred Lichtwark and Modern Painting in Hamburg, 1886-1914 / / Carolyn Kay.

In this new study of art in fin-de-siècle Hamburg, Carolyn Kay examines the career of the city's art gallery director, Alfred Lichtwark, one of Imperial Germany's most influential museum directors and a renowned cultural critic. A champion of modern art, Lichtwark stirred controversy among...

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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Alfred Lichtwark and Modern German Art
  • 2. The Petersen Portrait: The Failure of Modern Art as Monument in Hamburg
  • 3. The Scandal in 1896 over the 'New Tendency'
  • 4. Lichtwark and the Society of Hamburg's Patrons of Fine Art (the Gesellschaft Hamburgischer Kunstfreunde)
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index