Klingen (magazine)

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Klingen
CategoriesArt magazine
FounderAxel Salto
Year founded1917
First issueOctober 1917
Final issueNovember 1920
CountryDenmark
Based inCopenhagen
LanguageDanish
ISSN1395-2706
OCLC467809661

Klingen (meaning Blade in English) was a Danish art magazine based in Copenhagen, Denmark. The magazine existed between 1917 and 1920.

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 in the region.[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 providing a means in understanding and responding to the chaotic situation of post-war Europe.[4]

Major contributors of Klingen 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] All issues, including the 1942 anniversary issue, of the magazine are archived under the Blue Mountain Project of Princeton University.[7]

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References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Bjarne S. Bendtsen. Copenhagen Swordplay Monoskop. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d 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.
  3. ^ Judith Gura (20 December 2014). "Mid-Century Innovator: Ceramicist Axel Salto Blended Form and Function". Blouinartinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  4. ^ a b c Michael S. Byram (1973). The Novels of Tom Kristensen (PhD thesis). King’s College.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Klingen, Volume 1". Archive.org. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Title: Klingen". Princeton University Library. Retrieved 26 June 2021.

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