Aya Soika

Max Pechstein (Bilingual edition) by Eveline Suter and Aya Soika examines the life and work of the Expressionist and "Brücke" artist Max Pechstein, a pioneering figure of modernism in Germany. His intensely colourful depictions of people and nature are considered foundational to Expressionism, providing a defining inspiration for an entire epoch. This publication beautifully illustrates the diversity and depth of...

In 1937, thousands of works by the Brücke artists were confiscated from German museums by the National Socialist authorities, and numerous icons of Expressionism were shown in the travelling exhibition "Degenerate Art". The volume takes a critical look at the fates and the artistic praxis of the former "Brücke" members in the years after 1933. On the basis of numerous...