Sema Mappe
Schiele, Egon, Paul Klee, Alfred Kubin et al
Munchen. Delphin. 1912
The scarce portfolio of the Sema group with signed original graphics and including Egon Schiele's first original print.
Sema was an international artists' association based in Munich in the early days of German Expressionism, which grouped itself around the painter Paul Klee from 1911 to 1912, a few months before the founding of the Blue Rider.
The portfolio contains prints by M. Casper-Filser, A. Fricke, R. Genin, F. S. Herrmann, F. Hofmann-Juan, G. Jagerspacher, A. Schinnerer, J. W. Schülein and C. Schwalbach, K. Casper, P. Klee, A. Kubin, M. Oppenheimer, E. Scharff, and E. Schiele.
This portfolio, published in 1912, is one of the first collaborative graphic projects committed to a modern conception of art and marks the beginning of a long series of portfolios of the 20th century.
The Expressionist artists' association Sema was founded in Munich in the summer of 1911 and united members of various professions and nationalities, including the visual artists Karl Caspar (1879-1956), Paul Klee (1879-1940), Alfred Kubin (1877-1959), Max Oppenheimer (1885-1954), Edwin Scharff (1887-1955), and Egon Schiele (1890-1918). Named after the Greek word for sign, the Sema artists' association existed until 1913 and dissolved due to the defection of Paul Klee and Alfred Kubin to the rival artist group Der Blaue Reiter.
During its existence, the Sema artists' association attracted the attention of its contemporaries through an exhibition at the Modern Gallery Heinrich Thannhauser in Munich and the publication of a portfolio of prints in 1912. Published by the renowned Delphin publishing house, the Sema portfolio contained fifteen lithographs, including such important graphic works as River Landscape by Paul Klee, The Refugee by Alfred Kubin, and Nude by Egon Schiele. For Paul Klee and Egon Schiele, the Sema portfolio marked their first engagement with lithographic techniques in their artistic work; for Paul Klee in particular, the Sema portfolio thus occupies a significant position in his subsequent artistic development.
Although the Sema artists' association existed only for a few years, its example can be used to demonstrate some fundamental trends of the time. Their programmatic commitment to Expressionism as an artistic movement and the spirituality within artistic creation demanded in the written statements of the artists' association Sema must be regarded as one of the earliest definitions of the Expressionist conception of art.
Sema was an international artists' association based in Munich in the early days of German Expressionism, which grouped itself around the painter Paul Klee from 1911 to 1912, a few months before the founding of the Blue Rider.
The portfolio contains prints by M. Casper-Filser, A. Fricke, R. Genin, F. S. Herrmann, F. Hofmann-Juan, G. Jagerspacher, A. Schinnerer, J. W. Schülein and C. Schwalbach, K. Casper, P. Klee, A. Kubin, M. Oppenheimer, E. Scharff, and E. Schiele.
This portfolio, published in 1912, is one of the first collaborative graphic projects committed to a modern conception of art and marks the beginning of a long series of portfolios of the 20th century.
The Expressionist artists' association Sema was founded in Munich in the summer of 1911 and united members of various professions and nationalities, including the visual artists Karl Caspar (1879-1956), Paul Klee (1879-1940), Alfred Kubin (1877-1959), Max Oppenheimer (1885-1954), Edwin Scharff (1887-1955), and Egon Schiele (1890-1918). Named after the Greek word for sign, the Sema artists' association existed until 1913 and dissolved due to the defection of Paul Klee and Alfred Kubin to the rival artist group Der Blaue Reiter.
During its existence, the Sema artists' association attracted the attention of its contemporaries through an exhibition at the Modern Gallery Heinrich Thannhauser in Munich and the publication of a portfolio of prints in 1912. Published by the renowned Delphin publishing house, the Sema portfolio contained fifteen lithographs, including such important graphic works as River Landscape by Paul Klee, The Refugee by Alfred Kubin, and Nude by Egon Schiele. For Paul Klee and Egon Schiele, the Sema portfolio marked their first engagement with lithographic techniques in their artistic work; for Paul Klee in particular, the Sema portfolio thus occupies a significant position in his subsequent artistic development.
Although the Sema artists' association existed only for a few years, its example can be used to demonstrate some fundamental trends of the time. Their programmatic commitment to Expressionism as an artistic movement and the spirituality within artistic creation demanded in the written statements of the artists' association Sema must be regarded as one of the earliest definitions of the Expressionist conception of art.
Folio. (460 x 410 mm). With title, 2 pages of text, and 15 original lithographs, each signed, by various artists from the Sema Group including Schiele, Klee, and Kubin. Original publisher's half-linen portfolio with red label with printed title to front cover.
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