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''Der Querschnitt'' () was an art magazine published by German art dealer
The Oxford Critical and Cultural History of Modernist Magazines: Volume III, Europe 1880-1940 Part I
p. 869 Its last editor was Edmund Franz von Gordon.
, "Chronicling America" Digitized record index.
Accessed June 30, 2024.
″The magazine of enduring value: Der Querschnitt (1921-1936) and the World of illustrated magazines″
in ''The Oxford Critical and Cultural History of Modernist Magazines'', vol. III, 2013. *Malcolm Gee, ″Defining the modern art collector in the Weimar years″, in: Geschmacksgeschichte(n): öffentliches und privates Kunstsammeln in Deutschland, 1871- 1933, eds. U. Wolff-Thomsen, and S. Kuhrau, Kiel, Verlag Ludwig, 2011, 115–130. *Malcolm Gee, ″The 'cultured city': the art press in Berlin and Paris in the early twentieth century″, in ''Printed Matters: Printing, Publishing and Urban Culture in Europe in the modern period'', eds. M. Gee and T. Kirk, Ashgate, 2002, 150–173. *Malcolm Gee, ‘The Berlin Art World, 1918-1933’ in: Malcolm Gee, Tim Kirk and Jill Steward (eds), ''The City in central Europe : culture and society from 1800 to the present'', Ashgate, 1999.
German magazine publishes Ernest Hemingway for the first time''
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''Der Querschnitt'' () was an art magazine published by German art dealer Alfred Flechtheim
Alfred Flechtheim (1 April 1878 – 9 March 1937) was a German Jewish art dealer, art collector, journalist and publisher persecuted by the Nazis.
Early years
Flechtheim was born into a Jewish merchant family; his father, Emil Flechtheim, was a ...
between 1921 and 1936. The magazine was based in Berlin
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.
According to Erika Esau, the magazine "represented the politically detached aspirations of the aesthetically attuned of the Western world. Lightheartedly snobbish
''Snob'' is a pejorative term for a person who feels superior due to their social class, education level, or social status in general;De Botton, A. (2004), ''Status Anxiety''. London: Hamish Hamilton it is sometimes used especially when they pr ...
, the magazine's inclusions of works by anyone who was anybody in the Weimar period and its unorthodox graphic and literary style qualifies it as an avant-garde publication."
''Der Querschnitt'' was seen as a German counterpart of the American magazine ''The Dial
''The Dial'' was an American magazine published intermittently from 1840 to 1929. In its first form, from 1840 to 1844, it served as the chief publication of the Transcendentalists. From the 1880s to 1919 it was revived as a political review an ...
'' by some. In 1924, Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway ( ; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Known for an economical, understated style that influenced later 20th-century writers, he has been romanticized fo ...
published his poem "The Soul of Spain With McAlmon and Bird the Publishers" in ''Der Querschnitt'' where he directly attacked ''The Dial''.
Hermann von Wedderkop served as an editor of the publication.Brooker, Peter, et al. (eds.) (2013)The Oxford Critical and Cultural History of Modernist Magazines: Volume III, Europe 1880-1940 Part I
p. 869 Its last editor was Edmund Franz von Gordon.
1945-1947 ''Der Querschnitt''
An unrelated newspaper of the same name was circulated to 3,000 German prisoners of war inOpelika
Opelika (pronounced ) is a city in and the county seat of Lee County in the east-central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is a principal city of the Auburn-Opelika Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of Opelika is ...
, Alaska from 1945 to 1947. It presented left-leaning, pro-Democracy viewpoints. Library of Congress., "Chronicling America" Digitized record index.
Accessed June 30, 2024.
References
Bibliography
*Erika Esau″The magazine of enduring value: Der Querschnitt (1921-1936) and the World of illustrated magazines″
in ''The Oxford Critical and Cultural History of Modernist Magazines'', vol. III, 2013. *Malcolm Gee, ″Defining the modern art collector in the Weimar years″, in: Geschmacksgeschichte(n): öffentliches und privates Kunstsammeln in Deutschland, 1871- 1933, eds. U. Wolff-Thomsen, and S. Kuhrau, Kiel, Verlag Ludwig, 2011, 115–130. *Malcolm Gee, ″The 'cultured city': the art press in Berlin and Paris in the early twentieth century″, in ''Printed Matters: Printing, Publishing and Urban Culture in Europe in the modern period'', eds. M. Gee and T. Kirk, Ashgate, 2002, 150–173. *Malcolm Gee, ‘The Berlin Art World, 1918-1933’ in: Malcolm Gee, Tim Kirk and Jill Steward (eds), ''The City in central Europe : culture and society from 1800 to the present'', Ashgate, 1999.
External links
* Wolfgang StockGerman magazine publishes Ernest Hemingway for the first time''
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