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Exhibition

Artists in Exile

Artists in Exile

Cori Sherman, curator

North Balcony, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

An exhibition of prints and drawings by artists who fled Europe during the Second World War. Organized in conjunction with the International Conference on Exile Studies at the Max Kade Center for German-American Studies, September 21-24.

Exhibition images

Works of art

Josef Albers (1888–1976), Above the Water

Herbert Bayer (1900–1985), Green Star

Max Beckmann (1884–1950), Self-portrait

Max Beckmann (1884–1950), Schiessbude (Shooting Gallery)

Hans Bellmer (1902–1975), La Poupée (The Doll)

Marc Chagall (1887–1985), Moses and the Burning Bush

Marc Chagall (1887–1985), Place de la Concorde

Max Ernst (1891–1976); Benjamin Peret, cover

Max Ernst (1891–1976), Death is Something Like Cousin Cynthia

Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956), Hafen (Port)

Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956), Segelschiff auf Wellenkamm mit Sonne

George Grosz (1893–1959); Associated American Artists (active 1934–2000), Nach getaner Arbeit (The End of a Perfect Day)

George Grosz (1893–1959), Gefangen (Prisoners of War)

Stanley William Hayter (1901–1988), Night Moth

Erich Heckel (1883–1970), Liegende (Reclining figure)

Johannes Itten (1888–1967), Composition

Vassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), Kleine Welten VI (Small Worlds VI)

André Kertész (1884–1985), Distorted Nude #40

Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980), Froehliches Osterfest (Happy Easter)

Fernand Léger (1881–1955), La racine noire (The Black Root)

Jacques Lipchitz (1891–1973), Head, Hair and Hands

André Masson (1896–1987), Un Coupe sur une feuille (Couple on a Leaf)

Henri Matisse (1869–1954), Teeny

Joán Miró (1893–1983), Personages

Joán Miró (1893–1983), La Mesure du Temps

László Moholy-Nagy (1894–1946), untitled

Piet Mondrian (1872–1944), Brug aan de Middenweg (Bridge on the Middenweg)

Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), Sculptor and Model Viewing a Statue

Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), Le cheval (The Horse)

Man Ray (1890–1976), Double Portrait of Valentine Hugo as Queen of Diamonds

Oskar Schlemmer (1888–1943), Figure Facing Left

Alain Bosquet (1919–1998), cover

Max Ernst (1891–1976); Benjamin Peret, La Brebis Galante

Max Ernst (1891–1976); Benjamin Peret, untitled

Max Ernst (1891–1976); Benjamin Peret, untitled

Events

September 21, 2000

Talk

Intern Rachel Epp Buller and Curatorial Assistant Cori Sherman

12:15–1:15PM

September 21, 2000

Talk

The Holocaust: Who knew what? when? where?

4:00–5:00PM

309 Auditorium

September 22, 2000

Talk

The Use and Abuse of Exile Art: Reinventing National Myths

3:30–4:30PM

309 Auditorium