Art Hatje Cantz Verlag | August Deusser

The Painter, Collector, And Arts Advocate August Deusser Helped To Blaze The Trail For Nascent Modernism In The Rhineland. Becoming Known On The French Avant-Garde Art Scene Early On, He Began Advocating For The Renewal Of Painting In Early Twentieth-Century Germany, As The Founder Of Secessionist Art Associations. He And Julius Bretz, Max Clarenbach, Walter Ophey, And Wilhelm Schmurr Founded The Sonderbund (“Special Alliance”) In Düsseldorf, Whose Exhibitions Created A Furor. As A Painter, He Had A Fondness For Motifs Of Horses Or Riders; Later, He Turned To Realistically Oriented Landscapes And Portrait Painting. The Catalogue Shows August Deusser’S Development As An Artist, With A Focus On The Years 1908 To 1912, Which Were Of Particular Importance To The Painter And Arts Advocate. Besides Essays, The Volume Also Contains Reproductions Of Works By The Co-Founders Of The Sonderbund.

After Apprenticing As A Decorative Painter, August Deusser (1870–1942) Studied At The Düsseldorf Kunstakademie, Where He Also Held A Special Professorship From 1917–24. His Marriage To The Painter Elisabeth Eugenie Albert Made Him Financially Independent, Enabling Him To Take Up Arts Advocacy.

Exhibitions

Städtische Wessenberg-Galerie, Konstanz
30.11.2019–19.4.2020

Museum Gochmuseum Goch
28.6.–13.9.2020

After Apprenticing As A Decorative Painter, August Deusser (1870–1942) Studied At The Düsseldorf Kunstakademie, Where He Also Held A Special Professorship From 1917–24. His Marriage To The Painter Elisabeth Eugenie Albert Made Him Financially Independent, Enabling Him To Take Up Arts Advocacy.