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| Article number | 9783850339056 |
| Price | 45,00 € |
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Maria Lassnig
Biography
Long before feminist body art became en vogue, she developed her body awareness paintings, in which she brought her perceptions of the body to the canvas free of taboos: Maria Lassnig, one of the most important painters of our time. Confronted with modernism for the first time after 1945, she found her way into the international art scene in Paris together with Arnulf Rainer, who was ten years her junior. From then on, she would always belong to the avant-garde. In 1968, she moved to New York and, together with Louise Bourgeois, threw herself into the women's movement that was exploding there. Back in Vienna, she became the first woman to be appointed professor of painting – and caused an international sensation with numerous solo exhibitions, from the Venice Biennale to Documenta to MoMA in New York.
In this excellently researched biography, Natalie Lettner recounts in a refreshingly lively manner the life of an extraordinary woman and artist spanning more than nine decades – and, almost in passing, paints a kaleidoscopic picture of the 20th century and its art movements.
Brandstätter Verlag | Hardcover | 70 illustrations | 400 pages | Dimensions (L/W/H) 24.6/17.4/4 cm | 1382 g | Language: German
Biography
Long before feminist body art became en vogue, she developed her body awareness paintings, in which she brought her perceptions of the body to the canvas free of taboos: Maria Lassnig, one of the most important painters of our time. Confronted with modernism for the first time after 1945, she found her way into the international art scene in Paris together with Arnulf Rainer, who was ten years her junior. From then on, she would always belong to the avant-garde. In 1968, she moved to New York and, together with Louise Bourgeois, threw herself into the women's movement that was exploding there. Back in Vienna, she became the first woman to be appointed professor of painting – and caused an international sensation with numerous solo exhibitions, from the Venice Biennale to Documenta to MoMA in New York.
In this excellently researched biography, Natalie Lettner recounts in a refreshingly lively manner the life of an extraordinary woman and artist spanning more than nine decades – and, almost in passing, paints a kaleidoscopic picture of the 20th century and its art movements.
Brandstätter Verlag | Hardcover | 70 illustrations | 400 pages | Dimensions (L/W/H) 24.6/17.4/4 cm | 1382 g | Language: German
