Heinrich Campendonk

An enlightening study of an underappreciated artist affiliated with Der Blaue Reiter. The 1921 edition of the Jahrbuch der jungen Kunst describes the early work of German-born artist Heinrich Campendonk (1889-1957) as a symphony of color and rhythm. Just a few years later, the Nazi regime defamed his art as “degenerate,” driving him into exile in the Netherlands. In this book, Gisela Geiger reveals Campendonk to be one the most fascinating artists of the last century, vividly evoking the in...