Group Dynamics

For this volume, the Lenbachhaus in Munich, Germany, honors the goals of the original participants of the Blue Rider--among them, Gabriele Münter, Alfred Kubin, Maria Marc and Elisabeth Epstein--by bringing their work together with a variety of pieces that influenced their credo, such as Japanese woodcuts and Bavarian and Russian folk art. Additionally, children's drawings, contemporary music and art from Bali, Gabon, Polynesia, New Caledonia, Sri Lanka and Mexico are presented in this rich catalog. Though the original members of the Blue Rider were not able to fully realize their goals of emancipating the art world from national affiliations and traditional hierarchies and genres, this volume conveys the extent of their aesthetic and ideological impact on art history.