The Impact of Rescued Artists on European and American Culture

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Author: Stern, Guy

Source: Amsterdamer Beiträge zur neueren Germanistik, Asthetiken des Exils. Herausgegeben von Helga Schreckenberger , pp. 387-403(17)

Publisher: Rodopi

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Abstract:

As the magisterial exhibit "Exiles and Emigrés. The Flight of European Artists from Hitler" of 1997 at the Los Angeles County Museum strikingly and belatedly demonstrated, the exile artists left an"indelible imprint on the development to twentieth-century art." By exploring the rescue missions of three widely divergent altruistic groups, Varian Fry and his Emergency Rescue Committee, the private initiative of Hermann Matthias Goergen, a devout Catholic and pacifist, and the joint efforts of educators and the official Turkish government, the articles adduces the astounding impact of men and women from all fields of the arts and music on the culture of their countries of asylum. Even little known or unknown exiled practitioners, bearing out postmodern theories, had a noticeable impact. While the motivation of the rescuers varied in several respects, they all shared an adherence to an 'aesthetics and ethics' of rescue.

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 2003-05-01