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Carl Einstein

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Einstein, Carl
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Date of birth
1885-04-26
Place of birth
Neuwied
Date of death
1940-07-05
Place of death
Pau

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Carl Einstein, born Karl Einstein, also known by pseudonym Savine Ree Urian (26 April 1885 – 5 July 1940), was an influential German Jewish writer, art historian, anarchist, and critic.

Regarded as one of the first critics to appreciate the development of Cubism, as well as for his work on African art and influence on the European avant-garde, Einstein was a friend and colleague of such figures as George Grosz, Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso and Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler. His work combined many strands of both political and aesthetic discourse into his writings, addressing both the developing aesthetic of modern art and the political situation in Europe.

Einstein's involvement in social and political life was characterized by communist sympathies and anarchist views. A target of the German right wing during the interwar Weimar period, Einstein left Germany for France in 1928, a half-decade ahead of the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, later taking part in the Spanish Civil War on the side of the Republican forces during the 1930s.

Trapped in southern France following Nazi Germany's defeat of the French Third Republic, Einstein killed himself by jumping from a bridge on 5 July 1940.

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Carl Einstein, born Karl Einstein, was an influential German Jewish writer, art historian, anarchist and critic.

Last modified: 2020-09-30 (revision #28069)

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Goodreads Author ID
578136
ISNI
0000 0001 2127 2927
LibraryThing Author
einsteincarl
OpenLibrary Author ID
OL596408A
VIAF
34473997
Wikidata ID
Q66282

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