KRIEGSZEIT Künstlerflugblätter
8 Issues from 1915 in Custom Clamshell Box
Weekly, 4-page broadsheet of artist responses to WW1
Published by Paul Cassirer Verlag, Berlin
Max Liebermann, Erich Büttner, Fritz Rhein, August Gaul
RARE and in VERY GOOD condition
DETAILS:
Publication : KRIEGSZEIT Künstlerflugblätter
(WARTIME Artist Pamphlets)
8 Issues : Jan.20 & 27, Feb.24, Mar.10, 24 & 31, Apr.1 & 14
Publisher : Paul Cassirer Verlag, Berlin
Special : Custom linen clamshell box with black & gold title: Kriegszeit
Binding : 4 page newsprint
Language : German
Size : 12 3/4” x 18”
Clamshell Box Size : 13 1/2" x 19 3/4” x 1” thick
Weight : 5 lb. 3 oz
Illustrated : Black and white lithographs
ABOUT KRIEGSZEIT:
In August 1914, Paul Cassirer Verlag began publishing Kriegszeit, a weekly, four-page broadsheet of artistic responses to World War I. Most of the featured artists were represented by Cassirer and were also affiliated with the Berlin Secession, the progressive exhibiting society that had frequently clashed with imperial art policies. Nevertheless, even these Kriegszeit contributors greeted the war with enthusiasm, and had confidence in the military under Wilhelm II and faith in the righteousness of the German cause. Max Liebermann captured the feelings of unity on his cover for the first issue, depicting a mass surging in support of the Emperor's declaration of war. Ultimately, fifty-one artists contributed 265 lithographs, including portraits of military leaders, scenes of military victories, sanitized images of daily life as a soldier, and caricatures of the enemy. All proceeds benefited an organization supporting destitute artists.
ABOUT THE 8 ISSUES
No. 23, JANUARY 20, 1915
Erich Büttner - Portrait of Hindenburg (Porträt Hindenburg) (cover)
Fritz Rhein - Alarm (p. 92)
August Gaul - Bullet-Riddled Farmstead (Zerschossenes Gehöft)
Otto Hundt - Misunderstandings (Mißverständnisse) (2 Cartoons)
No. 24, JANUARY 27, 1915
Erich Büttner - Emperor William II (cover)
Franz Heckendorf - From East Prussian Days of War (Aus ostpreußischen Kriegstagen)
Max Liebermann - Cuirassier Colonel (Kürassier-Oberst)
August Gaul - The British Sea Lion in Embarrassment (Der britische Leu in Verlegenheit)
No. 28, FEBRUARY 24, 1915
August Gaul - To England (Nach England) (cover)
Ulrich Hübner - Fire in Antwerp (Brand in Antwepen)
Ernst Barlach - Street Corner in Warsaw (Straßenecke in Warschau)
Otto Hettner - The Emperor in Lyck (Der Kaiser in Lyck)
No. 30, MARCH 10, 1915
Wilhelm Trübner - General von Falkenheyn (General v. Falkenhayn) (cover)
Ulrich Hübner - Battle at the Dardanelles (Kampf vor den Dardanellen)
August Gaul - Idyll in the North Sea (Idyll in der Nordsee)
Josef Bato - Advancing in Grenade and Shrapnel Fire (Vorrücken im Granat- und Schrapnellfeuer)
No. 32 , MARCH 24, 1915
Willy Jaeckel - Massacre of the Jews (Juden-Massaker) (cover)
Josef Bato - The Wounded Comrade (Der verwundete Kamerad)
Ernst Barlach - Assault (Sturmangriff)
Ulrich Hübner - U-boats in Battle (U-Boote im Kampf)
No. 33, MARCH 31, 1915
Wilhelm Trübner - Otto v. Bismarck (cover)
Willy Jaeckel - Przemysl
Max Liebermann - Cavalry Battle (Reiterkampf)
Erich Büttner - Hand to Hand Fighting in Champagne (Nahkampf in der Champagne)
No. 34, APRIL 1, 1915
August Gaul - The Dardanelles (Die Dardanellen) (cover)
Willy Jaeckel - Grimaces of Death (Fratzen des Todes)
Max Slevogt - Kitchener’s Sacrifice (Kitcheners Schlachtopfer)
Kurt Schäfer - In the Snowstorm (Im Schneesturm)
No. 35, APRIL 14, 1915
Kurt Schäfer - Field Battery (Feldbatterie) (cover)
Erich Büttner - Drafted (Self-Portrait) [Einberufen (Selbstbildnis)
Fritz Rhein - In the Bomb Shelter (Im Alarmkeller)
Oskar Nerlinger - Russian War (Russischer Krieg)
CONDITION
VERY GOOD. The clamshell box is in excellent condition with a very attractive gold and black hot stamping title. There is tanning to the newsprint—some more so than others. There are minor edge tares to some issues. No. 33 has a dark tanning spot that runs across the back page. Otherwise, the issue are in remarkable condition for their age and being printed on newsprint.
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