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Belgian Marthe Donas at the exhibition Storm Women in Frankfurt

Posted: 03 Nov 2015 08:26 AM PST


                                  photo credit: Peter Saverys

http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/kunst/kunst-von-frauen-in-frankfurt-und-bielefeld-13883281/kaum-bekannt-die-belgische-13883210.html

"The STURM heralded the advent of modern art. Orig­i­nally the name of a maga­zine founded in 1910 devoted to promoting expres­sionist art, the term STURM (English: STORM) soon assumed the char­acter of a trade­mark. Herwarth Walden, the publisher of the journal, also founded the STURM gallery in Berlin in 1912. Numerous women artists, including many from other coun­tries, were presented in Germany for the first time at his gallery. As a move­ment, the STURM repre­sented a program—one that opposed concep­tual barriers, the estab­lish­ment in general, and the bour­geois char­acter of Wilhelminian society and advo­cated the total freedom of all arts and styles. Composed of friends with similar inter­ests, the STURM network served as a forum for inten­sive and animated discourse on the ideas, theo­ries, and concepts of the avant-garde. The addi­tional STURM evenings, the newly founded STURM academy, the STURM theater and book­shop as well as occa­sional balls and a cabaret offered the artists of the STURM a variety of plat­forms and made the diverse artistic currents and tenden­cies in Berlin during the years from 1910 to 1930 acces­sible to a broad public. The Schirn Kunsthalle Frank­furt is devoting an exten­sive topical exhi­bi­tion to the women of the STURM begin­ning on October 30, 2015".

http://www.schirn.de/en/m/press/newsroom/storm_women_women_artists_of_the_avant_garde_in_berlin_1910_1932/
http://schirn.de/sturmfrauen/digitorial/en/