This book presents new research on the histories and legacies of the German Expressionist group Blaue Reiter, the founding force behind modernist abstraction. It offers a novel perspective on familiar aspects of Expressionism and abstraction, taking seriously the inheritance of modernism for the twenty-first century.

Dorothy Price is Professor of History of Art at the University of Bristol

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List of contributors
Introduction: why does der Blaue Reiter still matter? - Dorothy Price and Christopher Short
1 Is der Blaue Reiter relevant for the twenty-first century? A discussion of anarchism, art and politics - Rose-Carol Washton Long
2 The dynamics of gendered artistic identity and creativity in der Blaue Reiter - Shulamith Behr
3 The 'primitive' and the modern in Der Blaue Reiter almanac and the Folkwang Museum - Katherine Kuenzli
4 The 'savages' of Germany: a reassessment of the relationship between der Blaue Reiter and Brücke - Christian Weikop
5 Kleinkunst and Gesamtkunstwerk in Munich and Zurich: Der Blaue Reiter and Dada - Debbie Lewer
6 Type/face: Wassily Kandinsky and Walter Benjamin on language and perception - Annie Bourneuf
7 Feeling blue: Der Blaue Reiter, Francophilia and the Tate Gallery 1960 - Nathan J. Timpano
8 Die Tunisreise: the legacy of Der Blaue Reiter in the art of Paul Klee and Nacer Khemir - Sarah McGavran
Index