moody early 20th century

We cannot take for granted the art all around us, especially art which comes from a troubled time in history (what time although, isn’t troubled?).

Part of today was spent visiting the somber German Expressionism exhibition, with select works from the Neue Galerie‘s extensive collection, was an eyeful. Carefully edited, curated beautifully, and very concisely.

One of my favorites, a happier vision from Kandinsky’s earlier period:

Murnau: Street with Women

Vasily Kandinsky, Murnau: Street with Women, 1908, Oil on cardboard

{image via Neue Galerie, with rights at ARS}

If you make your way upstairs, you may also catch some Bauhaus decorative arts objects, which are the predecessors for today’s modern furniture and home decor. Your Wassily chair from [insert mass producer of home furniture here] originated in the early 1900s. Go figure.

bis später

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