Irma Stern
Irma Stern In this wide-ranging monograph, the achievements of Irma Stern, one of South Africa's most celebrated painters, are introduced to a contemporary audience.The vivid and powerful…
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Irma Stern
In this wide-ranging monograph, the achievements of Irma Stern, one of South Africa's most celebrated painters, are introduced to a contemporary audience.The vivid and powerful expressionist paintings of Irma Stern were a key factor in the modernization of early 20th-century South African art. A master of color and composition, Stern is best known for her portraits and still lifes that reflected her passion for travel and devotion to home. Although she was widely recognized during her lifetime, Stern's posthumous fame has dwindled outside her home country, and this beautifully produced monograph serves to correct that injustice.
Drawing from letters, journals, the artist's own illustrated travelogues as well as the latest scholarship, this volume traces Stern's childhood in South Africa and her family's flight to Germany in the wake of the South African War (1899-1902).