Julius Meier-Graefe

Julius Meier-Graefe (June 10 1867 - June 5 1935) was a German art critic and novellist. His writings on Impressionism, Post-Impressionism as well as on art of earlier and more recent generations, with his most important contributions translated into French, Russian and English, are considered to have been instrumental for the understanding and the lasting success of these artistic movements.

Biography

In 1895 Meier-Graefe was involved in the setting up of the arts and literary periodical "Pan".

Writings

"Der Fall Böcklin und die Lehre von den Einheiten"

"Entwicklungsgeschichte der modernen Kunst", Vergleichende Betrachtung der bildenden Künste, als Beitrag zu einer neuen Aesthetik. 3 vols. Verlag Julius Hofmann, Stuttgart 1904:2nd revised and enlarged edition, R. Piper & Co. Verlag, München 1914 - 1922

"Impressionisten: Guys - Manet - Van Gogh - Pissarro - Cézanne." Mit einer Einleitung über den Wert der französischen Kunst und sechzig Abbildungen. R. Piper & Co. Verlag, Munich & Leipzig ¹1907 & ²1907:: Three of these chapters have been reprinted separately, revised and enlarged::"Edouard Manet":"Vincent van Gogh", R. Piper & Co., Munich (Cover design after a drawing by Vincent van Gogh):: 4. - 6. Td.; 50 ill. and facsimile of a letter. R. Piper & Co., Munich 1912 (published in two printings with deferring illustrations!)::4th, improved edition; 50 ill. (not 40 ill., as stated on the title page!) and facsimile of a letter. R. Piper & Co., Munich 1918::5th, improved edition; 50 ill. and facsimile of a letter. R. Piper & Co., Munich 1922::6th, improved edition, 14. - 16. Td.; 54 ill. and facsimile of a letter. R. Piper & Co., Munich 1929:"Paul Cézanne", R. Piper & Co., Munich (Cover designed by Franz Marc, after a painting by Paul Cézanne) ::5th, totally revised edition, 7. - 10. Td.; 38 ill. R. Piper & Co., Munich 1923"Auguste Renoir", R. Piper & Co., Munich::5th edition, "to be published 1924"Courbet":Re-edited 1924"Vincent", 2 vols. 103 plates. R. Piper & Co., Munich ²1922: Pre-release serialised in Der Neue Merkur 3 (1919/1920)& 4 (1920/1921): ::"Vincent und Theo", Der Neue Merkur 3 (1919/1920), special issue: "Werden", pp. 37-78::"Van Gogh in Paris", Der Neue Merkur 4 (1920/1921), pp. 143-169::"Van Gogh in Arles", Der Neue Merkur 4 (1920/1921), pp. 445-460::"Das Gelbe Haus", Der Neue Merkur 4 (1920/1921), pp. 523-532::"Van Gogh und Gauguin", Der Neue Merkur 4 (1920/1921), pp. 622-643::"Fou-Roux (Der rote Narr)", Der Neue Merkur 4( 1920/1921), pp. 685-696::"Van Gogh in St. Remy", Der Neue Merkur 4 (1920/1921), pp. 769-786::"Das Ende Van Goghs", Der Neue Merkur 4 (1920/1921), pp. 822-841"Vincent van Gogh, der Zeichner." 52 plates. Otto Wacker-Verlag, Berlin 1928 :: printed in December 1927, see colophon"Renoir", Klinkhardt & Biermann Verlag, Leipzig 1929, with 407 illustrations and 10 plates

: Gestandnisse meines vetters - novellen , 1923 , Ernst Rowohlt verlag in Berlin

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References

*Kenworth Moffett, "Meier-Graefe as art critic", Prestel, Munich 1973. ISBN 3-7913-0351-1