Artists Moderne Kunst | Hatje Cantz Verlag

ANNI ALBERS

Originally trained as a painter, Anni Albers discovered weaving at the Bauhaus and reshaped textile art through abstraction, material innovation, and modern design.

HILMA AF KLINT

Hilma af Klint's 2019 solo show is the most visited exhibition ever at the Guggenheim Museum in New York: it is the spectacular rediscovery of the pioneer of abstract painting.

THOMAS SCHÜTTE

Thomas Schütte is currently being honored with a major retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

GUSTAV KLIMT

Gustav Klimt held up a transfiguring mirror to society and at the same time, as a member of the Secession, championed the breakthrough of modernism

PAUL GAUGUIN

While Gauguin was unable to find his longed-for paradise in life, he succeeded in putting his ideal vision of an unspoiled world on canvas - with bright colors and elemental forms that revolutionized art.

AUGUST MACKE UND FRANZ MARC

August Macke and Franz Marc were connected by a close friendship, which is one of the special events of the art of the 20th century, not only in human, but also in artistic terms.

HANNAH RYGGEN

Originally trained as a painter, Hannah Ryggens discovered woven murals early on as a form of artistic expression for her social and political involvement.

CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI

Brancusi is one of the most important sculptors of Classical Modernism. He took up themes from antiquity and elements of African and Romanian folk art and developed them further in long series of works through consistent abstraction.