Full title: Before the fall : German and Austrian art of the 1930s / edited by Olaf Peters ; preface by Ronald S. Lauder ; foreword by Renée Price ; with contributions by Stefanie Heckmann, Andreas Huyssen, Olaf Peters, Alfred Pfabigan, and Ernst Ploil.

Author/creator: Peters, Olaf, Lauder, Ronald S, Price, Renée, Heckmann, Stefanie, 1963-, Huyssen, Andreas, Pfabigan, Alfred, 1947-, Ploil, Ernst, 1946-, Neue Galerie New York.

Call Numbers: GQ 2018/0988

Record Identifier: 74VKV8GopQOl

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: 288 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 29 cm, , , , , Toward catastrophe -- Into the abyss : Austria and Germany between the wars / Olaf Peters -- Visions of disaster : art in Germany, 1930-1939 / Stefanie Heckmann -- Magical realisms -- A literature of disenchantments : from Weimar into the Third Reich / Andreas Huyssen -- Behind reality : Austrian and German art between the wars / Lost souls -- Boredom, illusionism, and chaos : Austrian mentalities between World War I and the annexation / Alfred Pfabigan -- Towards catastrophe : painting in Austria, 1932-1939 / Ernst Ploil.

Publishers: Munich : Prestel Verlag, [2018]

Notes: "This catalogue has been published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Before the Fall: German and Austrian Art of the 1930s' held at Neue Galerie New York, March 8-May 28, 2018"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-271) and index.

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DDC: 709.4309043

MMS ID: 991024190459502626