Art Of The Day Weekly
#465 - from 23 March 2017 to 29 March 2017
Auguste Rodin, The Thinker, large model, SNBA, 1904, weathered plaster; 182 x 108 x 141 cm. Paris, musée Rodin, donation Rodin, 1916 © Musée Rodin (photo Christian Baraja).
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Radziwill: in Bremen
BREMEN – He was one of the representatives of German expressionism, next to Otto Dix, later of New Objectivity, before evolving towards magical realism. Even though the Nazis considered him one of the “degenerate” painters, Franz Radziwill (1895-1983) was considered by others as the representative of Nationalist art (Carl Hofer nicknamed him “Naziwill”!). The heart of the exhibition is his attachment to Bremen, where he was born and studied. We see urban emblems, pipelines and water towers. This is an opportunity to rediscover an artist who has been widely forgotten outside of Germany.
• Franz Radziwill and Bremen at the Kunsthalle Bremen, from 22 March to 9 July 2017.