1048 - Brockmann, G.

Brockmann, G. Intellectuals: A Pictorial Chronicle of the Times. Kiel, Muthesius-Werkschule, 1963. Large folio. Includes 12 drypoint etchings on handmade paper. Each signed and numbered. Includes the 12 original etching plates from 1927. Loose in an old-style folder (etchings) inside an old-style case with a slipcase (some parts show slight signs of wear). One of 20 numbered copies. First hand-signed edition commemorating the artist’s 60th birthday. — In 1928, Brockmann was a master student under Heinrich Campendonk at the Düsseldorf Art Academy and participated in the 1929 annual exhibition of the German Artists’ Association in Cologne. Brockmann was chairman of the Rhenish Secession and, after the National Socialists seized power in 1933, spoke out against fascist and anti-Semitic propaganda and the dismissal of the director of the Düsseldorf Academy. Brockmann subsequently fled to Berlin due to the ensuing repression. In 1937, as part of the “Degenerate Art” campaign, some of Brockmann’s prints were destroyed. Between 1943 and 1945, Brockmann served in the army and was held as a prisoner of war by the Americans until 1946. In 1948, he was a member of the artists’ group “Gruppe der Progressiven 1948.” Beginning in 1955, Brockmann taught at the Muthesius School of Art in Kiel. — Etchings show minimal browning, and a few sheets have isolated foxing; some have faint crease marks.