2 The Canonizing of Paula Modersohn-Becker: Embodying the Subject and the Feminization of Expressionism

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vi
3. Preface viii
4. Abbreviations and Archives ix
5. 1 Women Artists, Expressionist Avant-Garde Culture, and the Public Sphere 1
6. 2 The Canonizing of Paula Modersohn-Becker: Embodying the Subject and the Feminization of Expressionism 29
7. 3 Käthe Kollwitz, the Expressionist Milieu, and the Making of Her Career 55
8. 4 Female Avant-Garde Identity and Creativity in the Blaue Reiter: The Possibility of a “Blaue Reiterreiterin” 85
9. 5 Europeanism and Neutrality as Active Intervention: Gabriele Münter, Sturmkünstlerin, and Swedish Expressionism (1915–20) 125
10. 6 The Gender and Geopolitics of Neutrality: Jacoba van Heemskerck, the Sturm Circle, and Spiritual Abstraction (1913–23) 155
11. 7 The Formation of the Modern Woman Patron, Collector, and Dealer: From Brücke to Second-Generation Expressionism 189
12. Epilogue 231
13. Acknowledgments 239
14. Notes 243
15. Index 279
16. Photo Credits 298