After Dada Marta Hegemann And The Cologne Avant-garde

What happened in 1920s cologne after dada’ whilst most standard accounts of cologne dada simply stop with max ernst’s departure from the city for a new life as a surrealist in paris, this book reveals the untold stories of the cologne avant-garde that prospered after dada but whose legacies have been largely forgotten or neglected.It focuses on the little-known magical realist painter marta hegemann 1894 1970 .By re-inserting her into the histories of avant-garde modernism, a fuller picture of the gendered networks of artistic and cultural exchange within weimar germany can be revealed.This book embeds her activities as an artist within a gendered network of artistic exchange and influence in which ernst continues to play a vital role amongst many others including his first wife, art critic lou straus-ernst photographers august sander and hannes flach artists angelika fick, heinrich hoerle, willy fick and the cologne progressives and visitors such as kurt schwitters and katherine dreier. The book offers a significant addition to research on weimar visual culture and will be invaluable to students and specialists in the field. -- .

What happened in 1920s cologne after dada’ whilst most standard accounts of cologne dada simply stop with max ernst’s departure from the city for a