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Erich Heckel in Flanders
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A monograph on one of the leading figures of German Expressionism, Erich Heckel, and on artistic exchange in wartime Europe Erich Heckel in Flanders illuminates a less well-known yet coherent and deeply familiar period in the artistic career of the German expressionist Erich Heckel (1883–1970). The...
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Published in the occasion of the exhibition of the same title, held at the Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, 12 October 2024-26 January 2025.
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A monograph on one of the leading figures of German Expressionism, Erich Heckel, and on artistic exchange in wartime Europe
Erich Heckel in Flanders illuminates a less well-known yet coherent and deeply familiar period in the artistic career of the German expressionist Erich Heckel (1883–1970). The book contextualises the beginnings and the evolution of his work in the years from 1905 to 1918.
In 1914, Heckel volunteered to go to the front, ending up on a hospital train that took him to Flanders. He remained there until the end of the First World War, working as an orderly in Roeselare, Ostend and Ghent. In Flanders, Heckel sketched daily events in the emergency hospital, of the places he visited and the people he encountered. He made woodcuts depicting expressive heads of the orderlies and their patients, and of biblical subjects such as The Madonna of Ostend and The Good Samaritan.
As a painter, Heckel was impressed by the landscape and the sea, and the unusual cloud formations. His landscapes and seascapes are an important highlight from this period of his work. The works included are romantic and expressive, natural and symbolic, spiritual, tangible and nostalgic.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780300282795
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 January 2025
Country: United States
Imprint: Yale University Press
Illustration: 140 colour illust
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 197.0mm
Height: 267.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 278
About the Author
Lieven Van Den Abeele (b. 1957, Aalst, Belgium) is an art historian, writer and curator. He was the editor of Artefactum Magazine (1986-1989); art critic and Paris-based correspondent for the newspaper De Standaard (1982-2012); lecturer at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in both Nîmes and Bordeaux (1990-2011) and at KASK Ghent (2008-2022); education officer at the Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (2012-2022). He has published regular contributions in various international catalogues and art magazines and has collaborated on Art in Belgium since 1975 (Mercatorfonds, 2001). Lieven Van Den Abeele is the author of monographic studies on the Belgian artists Philippe Vandenberg (Imschoot, 1999), Luc Claus (Ludion, 2009) and Patrick Van Caeckenbergh (MSK, 2012-2022).
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