August Sander’s Der Bauer and the Pervasiveness of the Peasant Tradition

Weikop, Christian

August Sander’s Der Bauer and the Pervasiveness of the Peasant Tradition

Resource type

Journal article

Creator (person)

Weikop, Christian

Date published

2013

Abstract

Examining August Sander’s Der Bauer group of photographs in relation to the historical representation of peasants in German art, Christian Weikop draws distinctions between Sander’s interest in peasant types and the ideological agendas of National Socialist proponents of racial purity.

Journal title

Tate Papers

Issue

19

Publisher

Tate

Place of publication

UK

ISSN

1753-9854

Official URL

https://www.tate.org.uk/research/publications/tate-papers/19/august-sanders-der-bauer-and-the-pervasiveness-of-the-peasant-tradition

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In Copyright

Licence

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/