Word: mochon
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...collection that Charles Haxhausen, curator of the Busch-Reisinger, and Ann Mochon, from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, have organized suggests an answer to the enigma of Munter's obscurity. The tremendous diversity in the exhibition--which includes lineoleum prints, graphite sketches, and lithographs as well as paintings, but does not cover her photography or special projects like a purse and wall hanging executed by the artist from designs by Wassily Kandinsky--reveals the difficulty of pigeonholing Munter's talent...
...genuis of the Blaue Reiter group. At first his student, and then his companion for eight years (difficulty obtaining a Russian divorce from his first wife precluded their marriage), Munter's work was constantly, and unavoidably, compared to an artistic giant who towered above her in his achievement. Mochon, in her catalog accompanying the exhibition (worth the price), describes the role of the women in the Blaue Reiter circle as definitely secondary: in the discussion and planning sessions for an almanac to present the viewpoint of the group, the men "formulated and dictated the ideas for the almanac...
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