Walter Jacob (1893-1964) was a painter whose oeuvre and life reflected the discontinuities of the twentieth century in condensed form. Contemplative natural scenes and the self-portraits were constants to which he hewed throughout his career; in stylistic terms, however, his oeuvre could hardly be more contradictory. Working first in the Impressionist, then in the Expressionist style, he eventually forged a form of expression tending toward abstraction, although he rejected modernist painting throughout his life. The Nazis considered his early work \u201cdegenerate,\u201d which led him\u2014a committed National Socialist and active member of the SA\u2014to adapt not just his ideological convictions, but also his aesthetics to the new era: starting in the mid-1930s, he produced naturalistic depictions, sometimes suggestive of the New Objectivity, of \u201cpopular\u201d motifs like landscapes, animals, soldiers, and more. Tellingly, though, the backs of some of his canvases are taken up by works that suggest the pleasure he took in experimenting with color and form. The same tension is palpable in the abstract landscapes of his late oeuvre. This catalog gathers works to retrace Jacob\u2019s checkered career, complemented by (art) historical essays that embed his output in its context.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Walter Jacob (1893-1964) was a painter whose oeuvre and life reflected the discontinuities of the twentieth century in condensed form. Contemplative natural scenes and the self-portraits were constants to which he hewed throughout his career; in stylistic terms, however, his oeuvre could hardly be more contradictory. Working first in the Impressionist, then in the Expressionist style, he eventually forged a form of expression tending toward abstraction, although he rejected modernist painting throughout his life. The Nazis considered his early work \u201cdegenerate,\u201d which led him\u2014a committed National Socialist and active member of the SA\u2014to adapt not just his ideological convictions, but also his aesthetics to the new era: starting in the mid-1930s, he produced naturalistic depictions, sometimes suggestive of the New Objectivity, of \u201cpopular\u201d motifs like landscapes, animals, soldiers, and more. Tellingly, though, the backs of some of his canvases are taken up by works that suggest the pleasure he took in experimenting with color and form. The same tension is palpable in the abstract landscapes of his late oeuvre. This catalog gathers works to retrace Jacob\u2019s checkered career, complemented by (art) historical essays that embed his output in its context.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22498,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[2208,3667,2215,2213],"product_tag":[4571,4572],"class_list":{"0":"post-22499","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-all-books","7":"product_cat-drawing","8":"product_cat-new-arrivals","9":"product_cat-painting","10":"product_tag-feuer-und-farbe-gemaelde-und-grafiken-von-walter-jacob-1893-1964-en","11":"product_tag-walter-jacob-en","13":"first","14":"instock","15":"taxable","16":"shipping-taxable","17":"purchasable","18":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n