Expressionists: Kandinsky, Munter and The Blue Rider

The story of the friendships that made modern art is told through the exhibition book "Expressionists: A Story of Friendships Told Through Art." It features the work of a circle of friends and collaborators known as The Blue Rider, who experimented with color, sound, and light to create bold and vibrant art. In-depth investigations of major themes and spotlight essays provide an intimate and illuminating window into the group's travels, techniques, interests, and sources of inspiration.

Format: Hardback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 18 April 2024
Publisher: Tate Publishing

The story of the friendships that made modern art is brought together in the UK for the first time in 80 years in this exhibition book, offering unprecedented access to the landmark exhibition's collection of masterpieces. "Expressionists" is a story of friendships told through art, featuring the groundbreaking work of a circle of friends and close collaborators known as The Blue Rider. In the early twentieth century, they came together to form, in their own words, "a union of various countries to serve one purpose – to transform modern art." Rallying around Wassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Münter, these highly individual artists experimented with color, sound, and light, creating astonishingly bold and vibrant art. From Alexander Sacharoff's freestyle performance to Gabriele Münter's experimental photography, from Franz Marc's innovative use of color to the dramatic paintings of Marianne Werefkin, in-depth investigations of major themes and a wide variety of spotlight essays provide an intimate and illuminating window into a remarkable artistic group: their travels and techniques, their interests and sources of inspiration, and the relationships that bound them together.

Weight: 1644g
Dimension: 282 x 241 x 29 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781849768955