Irma Stern: A Modern Artist Between Berlin and Cape Town

$45.00 at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

by Lisa Hörstmann (Editor, Contributor), Lisa Marei Schmidt (Editor, Contributor), Irene Below (Contributor), Lanitra M Berger (Contributor), Gcotyelwa Mashiqa (Contributor), Athi-Patra Ruga (Contributor) After the First World War, Irma Stern (1894–1966) was a well-known figure in the Berlin art scene, where she was celebrated for her “exotic” paintings, until she was forced to leave Germany forever in 1933 due to Nazi persecution of the Jews. She later became a prominent artist in South Africa. Her complex…