Walter Kaesbach und die Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
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About this book
Walter Kaesbach was among the most engaged individuals in German cultural life during the 1920s and 1930s. He was an art historian, museum director, academy director and art collector, and also promoted Expressionism and Modernism. In an exciting dialogue, this publication brings together various contributions and hitherto unknown documents, images and rare historical illustrations relating to Walter Kaesbach's cultural-political thinking, ideas that are still relevant today. The focus lies on his work as director of the Kunstakademie from 1924 to 1933, marked by the restructuring of the traditional Düsseldorf Academy and the appointments of Heinrich Campendonk, Paul Klee, Ewald Matare, Oskar Moll and Walter von Wecus, among others.
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„Die instruktiven Beiträge in dem Buch stellen insbesondere den Kampf gegen die Widerstände des progressiven Kunsthistorikers heraus, dessen Ringen um Reformen und nachhaltige Bestrebungen zur Öffnung der Düsseldorfer Akademie.“ (Hans-Peter Schwanke in: https://www.kunstmarkt.com/pagesmag/kunst/_id491175-/news_detail.html?_q=%20 (27.05.2024))
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„Sondermann feiert den Tag, an dem er 100 Jahre alt geworden wäre, dokumentiert seine Erfolge und Probleme im Ringen um die moderne Kunst.“ (Helga Meister in: Rheinische Post, https://rp-online.de/kultur/kunst/kunstakademie-duesseldorf-blickt-in-die-ns-vergangenheit_aid-114281949 (11.06.2024))
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