Klingen (magazine)
| Categories | Art magazine |
|---|---|
| Founder | Axel Salto |
| Founded | 1917 |
| First issue | October 1917 |
| Final issue | November 1920 |
| Country | Denmark |
| Based in | Copenhagen |
| Language | Danish |
| ISSN | 1395-2706 |
| OCLC | 467809661 |
Klingen (Danish: Blade) was an art magazine based in Copenhagen, Denmark. The magazine existed between 1917 and 1920.
History and profile[edit]
Klingen was established in 1917, and the first issue appeared in October 1917.[1][2] The magazine was inspired from the German magazine Der Sturm and the Swedish magazine Flamman.[3] Its founder was the painter and graphic artist Axel Salto.[1][4] The magazine was based in Copenhagen.[5]
Klingen is cited as a significant vehicle for the entrance of modernism in Denmark.[2][6] In addition, it was instrumental in expanding avant-garde art into Nordic countries.[1]
Klingen had significant effects on painters, writers and intellectuals in the region.[5] The magazine particularly emphasized the significance of new artistic approaches such as cubism and expressionism which would be adopted by the Danish painters Vilhelm Lundstrøm and Harald Giersing.[7] The artists attached to the magazine had an optimistic view following World War I, and argued that the beauty in art had social and political significance providing a means in understanding and responding to the chaotic situation of post-war Europe.[5]
Major contributors of Klingen included Otto Gelsted, Emil Bønnelycke, Poul Henningsen and Sophus Danneskjold-Samsøe.[1] Klingen ceased publication in November 1920 after producing a total of thirty-six issues.[2] In 1942 an anniversary issue was published.[2] Klingen was one of the magazines which inspired the Danish arts magazine Helhesten.[8]
Several issues of Klingen were digitized by the Royal Library of Denmark in 1996.[9] All issues, including the 1942 anniversary issue, of the magazine are also archived under the Blue Mountain Project of Princeton University.[10]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Bjarne S. Bendtsen (2012). "Copenhagen Swordplay: Avant-Garde Manoeuvres and the Aesthetics of War in the Art Magazine Klingen (1917-1920)". In Hubert van den Berg; et al. (eds.). A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1900-1925. Amsterdam; New York: Rodopi. pp. 391–400. doi:10.1163/9789401208918_026. ISBN 978-90-420-3620-8.
- ^ a b c d Bjarne S. Bendtsen (2013). "Copenhagen: From the Ivory Tower to Street Activism". In Peter Brooker; et al. (eds.). The Oxford Critical and Cultural History of Modernist Magazines: Europe 1880-1940. Vol. III. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 624. ISBN 978-0-19-965958-6.
- ^ Benedikt Hjartarson (2006). "Dragging Nordic Horses past the Sludge of Extremes. The Beginnings of the Icelandic Avant-Garde". In Sascha Bru; Gunther Martens (eds.). The Invention of Politics in the European Avant-Garde (1906-1940) (19 ed.). Amsterdam; New York, NY: Rodopi. p. 244. doi:10.1163/9789401202527_014. ISBN 978-94-012-0252-7.
- ^ Judith Gura (20 December 2014). "Mid-Century Innovator: Ceramicist Axel Salto Blended Form and Function". Blouinartinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ^ a b c Michael S. Byram (1973). The Novels of Tom Kristensen. Livets Arabesk, En Anden and Hærværk in their original context (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge. doi:10.17863/CAM.15906.
- ^ Hubert van den Berg; Benedikt Hjartarson (2012). "Icelandic Artists in the Network of the European Avant Garde. The Cases of Jón Stefánsson and Finnur Jónsson". In Hubert van den Berg; et al. (eds.). A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1900-1925. Amsterdam; New York: Rodopi. p. 233. ISBN 978-90-420-3620-8.
- ^ Steen Klitgård Povlsen (2007). "Danish Modernism". In Astradur Eysteinsson; Vivian Liska (eds.). Modernism. Amsterdam; Philadelphia, PA: John Benjamins Publishing Company. p. 855. ISBN 978-90-272-9204-9.
- ^ Kerry Greaves (March 2014). "Hell-Horse: Radical Art and Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Denmark". Oxford Art Journal. 37 (1): 51. doi:10.1093/oxartj/kct043.
- ^ "Klingen, Volume 1". Archive.org. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ^ "Title: Klingen". Princeton University Library. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
