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Re: LD in France/ "White Raven" (fwd)
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From: "Julian W. Connolly" <jwc4w@virginia.edu>
Re: "White Raven"
Nabokov may also have had in mind the set of Expressionists who were linked
with the "Blaue Reiter" name in Germany before WWI. Below is a brief
description I found on the net:
The Blaue Reiter (Blue Rider) was a group of artists associated loosely
with one of the most important publishing projects of twentieth century
art, an almanac entitled Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) that appeared in
Munich in 1912. Edited by artists Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, this
anthology put forth many of the basic philosophical tenets of Expressionism
as well as providing reproductions of artifacts from a wide variety of
cultures including African, Oceanic, Native American and Pre-Columbia
peoples. While intending to establish a universal basis for modern art, the
editors also hoped to establish the possibility of a "Gesamtkunstwerk"
(total work of art) and consequently included articles on theater and music
(including an essay by composer Arnold Schoenberg). Although never an
official group in the sense of the Brücke or the Munich Secession,
Kandinsky, Marc, and their colleagues became known as the "Blaue Reiter"
upon exhibiting under this rubric in late 1911. Their artistic style
departed from Munich-based Jugendstil (Youth-style) to embrace abstraction.
Re: "White Raven"
Nabokov may also have had in mind the set of Expressionists who were linked
with the "Blaue Reiter" name in Germany before WWI. Below is a brief
description I found on the net:
The Blaue Reiter (Blue Rider) was a group of artists associated loosely
with one of the most important publishing projects of twentieth century
art, an almanac entitled Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) that appeared in
Munich in 1912. Edited by artists Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, this
anthology put forth many of the basic philosophical tenets of Expressionism
as well as providing reproductions of artifacts from a wide variety of
cultures including African, Oceanic, Native American and Pre-Columbia
peoples. While intending to establish a universal basis for modern art, the
editors also hoped to establish the possibility of a "Gesamtkunstwerk"
(total work of art) and consequently included articles on theater and music
(including an essay by composer Arnold Schoenberg). Although never an
official group in the sense of the Brücke or the Munich Secession,
Kandinsky, Marc, and their colleagues became known as the "Blaue Reiter"
upon exhibiting under this rubric in late 1911. Their artistic style
departed from Munich-based Jugendstil (Youth-style) to embrace abstraction.