Klingen (magazine)
Klingen (meaning Blade in English) was a Danish art magazine based in Copenhagen, Denmark. The magazine existed between 1917 and 1920.
Categories | Art magazine |
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Founder | Axel Salto |
Year founded | 1917 |
First issue | October 1917 |
Final issue | November 1920 |
Country | Denmark |
Based in | Copenhagen |
Language | Danish |
ISSN | 1395-2706 |
OCLC | 467809661 |
History and profile
Klingen was established in 1917 and the first issue appeared in October 1917.[1][2] The founder was the painter and graphic artist Axel Salto.[1][3] The magazine was based in Copenhagen.[4] It was considered to be a significant vehicle for the entrance of modernism in Denmark.[2][5] In addition, it was instrumental in expanding avant-garde art into Nordic countries.[1] The magazine had significant effects on painters, writers and intellectuals.[4] 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 in that it provided a means in understanding and responding to the chaotic situation of post-war Europe.[4]
Major contributors included Otto Gelsted, Emil Bønnelycke, Poul Henningsen and Sophus Danneskjold-Samsøe.[1] Klingen ceased publication in November 1920 and a total of thirty-six issues was published.[2] In 1942 an anniversary issue was published.[2]
Several issues of Klingen were digitized by the Royal Library of Denmark in 1996.[6]
See also
References
- Bjarne S. Bendtsen. Copenhagen Swordplay Monoskop. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- Peter Brooker; Sascha Bru; Christian Weikop (2013). The Oxford Critical and Cultural History of Modernist Magazines: Europe 1880 - 1940. Oxford University Press. p. 624. ISBN 978-0-19-965958-6. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- Judith Gura (20 December 2014). "Mid-Century Innovator: Ceramicist Axel Salto Blended Form and Function". Blouinartinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- Michael S. Byram (1973). "The Novels of Tom Kristensen" (PhD Thesis). King’s College. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- Hubert van den Berg (2012). A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1900-1925. Rodopi. p. 233. ISBN 978-94-012-0891-8. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- "Klingen, Volume 1". Archive.org. Retrieved 29 May 2016.