Aside from the artists, the individuals who had the greatest impact on the development of Expressionism were the enterprising publishers who commissioned those artists to make prints. Many were art dealers or book publishers who established special imprints for print publishing. By disseminating printed art, they promoted their artists and the movement more widely. While there were a few pioneering print publishers, such as Paul Cassirer and J. B. Neumann, who were active before World War I, the real explosion in Expressionist print publishing began after the end of the war in 1918. Inflation during the postwar period created a booming art market in which prints, as a more affordable art form, were particularly in demand. But after the German government stabilized the currency in late 1923, the market for prints collapsed, and the Expressionist print boom came to a swift end.
View all print publishers in the German Expressionism collection »"Academic Association for Literature and Music." Interdisciplinary association of students… More »
Alfred Flechtheim opened his gallery in 1913, with sponsorship from Paul Cassirer. Became known as the leading … More »
"Aid for the Aged of the German People." Social-aid organization for the elderly founded… More »
"Anti-Bolshevist League." Anti-communist, right-wing group backed by wealthy industrialists… More »
Short-lived, politically progressive publishing house established in 1917. Emerged from the pacifist… More »
Gallery established in 1848 by Emil Richter; subsequently owned by Hermann Holst and… More »
Publishing house founded in 1920 by young bibliophile Abraham Horodisch and book dealer… More »
Frankfurt art association established in 1829. One of many Kunstvereine founded in the early… More »
Gallery established in 1880 by Fritz Gurlitt. Promoted contemporary German artists… More »
Gallery established in 1880 by Fritz Gurlitt. Promoted contemporary German artists… More »
Publishing house for literature and art, established by literary editor and art patron… More »
"International Workers' Aid." Humanitarian aid organization established in 1921 by the… More »
Art exhibition organized by a committee, headed by Gustav Klimt, that advocated… More »
Gallery, bookstore, and imprint, known as the Graphisches Kabinett J. B. Neumann… More »
Literary publishing house established in 1915 by Albert Karl Lang. Little is known about… More »
Instrumental dealer and promoter of German Expressionist and especially post-Expressionist… More »
Publishing house founded in 1907 by Werner Klinkhardt of the renowned Leipzig publishing… More »
Artists' group established in 1905 by four young architecture students, Fritz Bleyl, Erich Heckel… More »
Book publishing house founded by literary historian Kurt Wolff in 1913. Highly significant… More »
Leftist publishing house founded in 1917 by intellectual Wieland Herzfelde; known for its… More »
Bibliophile and art society founded in 1917 as a collaboration between influential art historian… More »
Gallery established in 1909 by Heinrich Thannhauser at the Arco-Palais, Munich; dedicated to… More »
Print and illustrated book publisher, established in 1919 by Irmgard Kiepenheuer and Hans Müller… More »
Publishing house established in 1908 by influential dealer Paul Cassirer, who became… More »
Established in 1919 as a luxury imprint of publisher Ullstein, Berlin, headed by Emil Herz… More »
Major book publishing house founded by Reinhard Piper and Georg Müller in 1904. Was primarily a… More »
Short-lived print-publishing venture, established in 1921, when Rikola, a large, newly founded commercial publishing group headed by Austrian… More »
"Special League of West-German Art Lovers and Artists." Progressive, internationally minded exhibition… More »
Publishing imprint founded in 1910 by musician, composer, writer, and editor Herwarth Walden Walden (pseudonym for Georg Levin) to publish the periodical Der Sturm, an inexpensive, mass-produced… More »
"Publisher of Käthe Kollwitz's Printed Work." Publishing imprint founded in 1931 by art dealer… More »
"Publicity office of the German Republic." Established by the provisional German government during… More »
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