Hagenbund#

Hagenbund, founded 1900 as "Kuenstlerbund Hagen", along with the Kuenstlerhaus and the Secession the third most important Viennese artists´ association, 1938 dissolved by the National Socialists. Exhibitions arranged from 1902 (except 1912-1918) in the Zedlitzhalle exhibition centre, where not only members of the association (e.g. O. Laske, G. Merkel, J. Urban) but also guests such as A. Faistauer, O. Kokoschka (1911), A. P. Guetersloh and E. Schiele (1912) were presented. After World War I (numerous new members, e.g. C. Hauser, G. Ehrlich, V. Tischler) the Hagenbund, as the most progressive Austrian artists´ association of the time, was one of the few to take cubism seriously (e.g. L. F. Graf) and New Objectivity (F. Lerch, O. R. Schatz, etc.). Exhibitions of contemporary art (e.g. E. Schiele commemorative exhibition, 1928; European sculpture, with P. Picasso, E. Barlach, M. Klinger and Rosso, et al., 1931). Because of the unfavourable economic situation the Hagenbund was also forced to hold historical exhibitions from 1928 onwards.

After World War II members of the Hagenbund founded the "Neuer Hagenbund" (New Hagenbund) (directors: F. Luby, F. Herberth); arranged exhibitions in Austria and abroad until around 1960 and was again active 1982-1984.

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