Documenta 1955
The first Documenta in 1955 showcased modern art in post-war Germany, featuring 148 artists.
Documenta 1955 was the first edition of the renowned contemporary art exhibition, held in Kassel, Germany. Conceived by Arnold Bode, the exhibition aimed to reintegrate Germany into the international art scene after World War II. It featured 670 works by 148 artists, including prominent figures like Pablo Picasso, Wassily Kandinsky, and Paul Klee. The event was a response to the Nazi suppression of modern art and marked the beginning of a new cultural tradition in post-war Germany. Documenta 1955 was highly successful, drawing over 130,000 visitors.
Participating Artists
Alexander Camaro
Hans Arp
Hermann Blumenthal
Willi Baumeister
Josef Albers
Afro Basaldella
Bruno Cassinari
Giacomo Balla
Max Bill
Massimo Campigli
Camille Bombois
Kenneth Armitage
Carlo Carrà
Heinrich Campendonck
Umberto Boccioni
André Beaudin
Roger Bissière
Antonio Corpora
Felice Casorati
Renato Birolli
René Victor Auberjonois
Eduard Bargheer
Roberto Crippa
Ernst Barlach
Jean Bazaine
Lynn Chadwick
Max Beckmann
Marc Chagall
Georges Braque
Giuseppe Capogrossi
Reg Butler
Lyonel Feininger
Xaver Fuhr
Werner Gilles
Fritz Glarner
Theo van Doesburg
André Derain
Raoul Dufy
Joseph Faßbender
Charles Despiau
Robert Delaunay
Max Ernst
HAP Grieshaber
Giorgio de Chirico
Ernesto de Fiori
Naum Gabo
Otto Dix
Filippo de Pisis
Raymond Duchamp-Villon
Juan Gris
Julio Gonzalez
Aristide Maillol
Henri Laurens
Ludwig Kasper
Bernhard Heiliger
August Macke
Auguste Herbin
Alberto Magnelli
Oskar Kokoschka
Giorgio Morandi
Fernand Léger
Georg Muche
Erich Heckel
Ewald Mataré
Barbara Hepworth
Alfred Manessier
Hans Mettel
Wilhelm Lehmbruck
Gerhard Marcks
Berto Lardera
Henri Matisse
Gabriele Münter
Kurt Lehmann
Mattia Moreni
André Masson
Georg Meistermann
Werner Heldt
Paul Klee
Ennio Morlotti
Hans Hartung
Marino Marini
Richard Mortensen
Amedeo Modigliani
Karl Hartung
Joan Miró
Mirko Basaldella
Henry Moore
Frantisek Kupka
Franz Marc
Ernst-Ludwig Kirchner
Paula Modersohn-Becker
Otto Müller
Alexej Jawlensky
Karl Hofer
Otto Meyer-Amden
Wassily Kandinsky
Piet Mondrian
Zoran Music