Our Alien Legacy: German Art during World War I in Vilnius
Our Alien Legacy: German Art during World War I in Vilnius
Author(s): Laima Surgailienė (Laučkaitė)Subject(s): Cultural history, Visual Arts, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Eesti Kunstiteadlaste Ühing
Keywords: German art; World War I; Vilnius; Cultural history;
Summary/Abstract: During World War I German artists created a large number of works in the Ober Ost. The identity and boundaries of this multinational territory are rather problematic: it was not in the Russian empire, but not yet Lithuania, Poland, Belarus or Latvia. Occupied by Germany, it functioned as a rather autonomous military empire. During the entire twentieth century both German and Lithuanian art historians ignored the artistic legacy of this ‘no man’s land’. The research situation has changed in recent years, revealing new figures and a new artistic landscape. This paper discusses the parallel efforts that are being made in Lithuania and Germany nowadays to analyse this forgotten legacy.
Journal: Kunstiteaduslikke Uurimusi
- Issue Year: 27/2018
- Issue No: 01+03
- Page Range: 153-173
- Page Count: 21
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
