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A tribute to the art
of Christian Hess
Retrospective exhibition sponsored
by
the European Parliament
26
November 2008 – 30 January 2009
Museo
Civico Bolzano (Italy)
Thirtyfour years on
from their rediscovery in Sicily, from 13 June the
works of the German artist Louis Christian Hess
(1895-1944) are once again to be available to the
public in a joint exhibition organized by the Museum
Rabalderhaus in Schwaz, the Austrian city where Hess
died, and the Museo Civico in Bolzano, where he was
born. Following a proposal by the Christian Hess
Cultural Association, the event is sponsored by the
President of the European Parliament, Hans-Gert
Pöttering, as a tribute to the German artist’s
ideals of peace and freedom. Hess, the leading light
of the Juryfreie Movement, was forced by growing
Nazi persecution to leave Munich in 1933.
He sought
exile in Sicily; the island was to prove the
principal source of his artistic inspiration. Many
critics have recognized that despite the difficult
times through which he lived, Hess nevertheless
managed to create a body of work that is thoroughly
European both in form and content. There are
elements of German expressionism, the plastic arts,
the Italian Novecento and French cubism. The
retrospective offers a broad and representative
cross-section of Hess’ artistic output including
many paintings which have never before been
exhibited.
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