Marthe Donas, Alexander Archipenko & La Section d’Or: Enchanting Modernism - Hardcover

Pauwels, Peter J.H.; Gonnissen, Adriaan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9493416402 ISBN 13: 9789493416406

Verlag: HANNIBAL BOOKS, 2025

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Magnificent monograph on Marthe Donas and Alexander Archipenko, an artist duo from the avant-garde to be rediscovered

This book celebrates the life and work of Marthe Donas, the first female artist born in Antwerp to gain international recognition within the avant-garde. Her breakthrough came in 1919 with a solo exhibition in Geneva, where her distinctive style, featuring innovative forms in pearlescent tones, immediately stood out.

As a prominent member of the Cubist collective La Section d’Or, Donas worked closely with sculptor Alexander Archipenko, whose influence helped shape her artistic vision. This cosmopolitan group, which also included Georges Braque, Fernand Léger, and Constantin Brancusi, attracted many groundbreaking female artists such as Natalia Goncharova and Marie Vassilieff. This publication places Donas and Archipenko within an international context and highlights their connections with other artists.

With contributions by, among others, Peter J.H. Pauwels and Adriaan Gonnissen (eds.).

Catalogue accompanying the eponymous exhibition at the KMSKA in Antwerp, from 4 October 2025 to 11 January 2026.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Adriaan Gonnissen is a historian and art historian. He is currently a curator of modern art at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts (KMSKA) in Antwerp, where he is developing a series of exhibitions on Belgian modernism from both international and regional perspectives.

Peter J.H. Pauwels is the curator of the exhibition and the author of an extensive monograph on Marthe Donas, published in 2015. He is an expert on the life and work of Marthe Donas (1885-1967), the pioneering Belgian modernist artist.

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Enchanting Modernism
Shortly after the First World War, the enigmatic name ‘Tour Donas’ began to appear in avant-garde magazines and exhibitions across Europe. It was the pseudonym of the Antwerp artist Marthe Donas, who quickly earned recognition for her innovative, colourful and refined paintings. In 1917, whilst on the French Riviera, she met Alexander Archipenko, the visionary Ukrainian-born artist who later became an American citizen. He became her mentor and the source of her inspiration. Working together at the Château de Valrose also led to a brief romantic liaison. This book highlights the couple’s creative interaction, locates their work within the international network of La Section d’Or, the reconstituted artists’ group in Paris, and explores their relationship with key figures including Herwarth Walden, Theo van Doesburg and Katherine Dreier. A visually rich rediscovery of an intriguing artist duo and their place in the avant-garde in the early years of the last century.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: HANNIBAL BOOKS
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 9493416402
• ISBN 13: 9789493416406
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 352
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: pieter@hannibalbooks.be; pieter@hannibalbooks.be; ; Van Aerdtstraat 33; Antwerpen; 2600; Belgien