London Exile
Metropolis, Modernity, and Artistic Migration
Burcu Dogramaci (Author),
Category: Art, Artistic Practice, History 1800-present, Migration Studies, Urban Studies
Language: English
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Publication date: September 1, 2025
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A new approach to modern art shaped by exile and migration.
In the 1930s and 1940s, London was a metropolis of artistic exile and a place of refuge from Nazi persecution. London Exile is the first book to look at the British capital as a sanctuary for modern artists. The city presented its new arrivals with opportunities and challenges: exiles established galleries, founded publishing houses and magazines, collaborated with local artists, organised exhibitions, published their work, and built networks. Artistic and theoretical production flourished in close dialogue with urban space.
This volume sheds light on how the arrival of exiles transformed London’s art scene and, conversely, how the experience of displacement and the city shaped the work of émigrés in fields such as art, architecture, and photography. London Exile brings art history, urban studies, and exile studies into a vibrant dialogue and contributes to a new understanding of the history of modern art.
- Prologue: London, Metropolis of Artistic Exile 9
- Arrival and Orientation: Address Books, Street Maps, and Undergrounds 23
- Neighbourhoods, Streets, and Houses: Exile History as Urban History 41
- Gendered London: Gender, Sexuality, and Exile 65
- Émigrés Build for Émigrés 83
- Transplanted Objects: Sigmund Freud’s Collection and Chair 103
- Sculpture, Modernity, and Exile: Jussuf Abbo in London 121
- From Bauhaus to the Thames: Textile Designs by Margaret Leischner 143
- In the Blitz: Helmut Gernheim’s Photographs of National Monuments 161
- Portrait of a City: Streets and Faces of Exile 179
- London Zoo: Animal, City, and Exile 203
- Storytelling in Pictures: Stefan Lorant and the Picture Post Photographers 249
- Reading Exile: Publishers and Books as Multipliers 281
- Immortal Portraits: Exile, London, and the Historiography of Early Photography 305
- Back to History: Ludwig Meidner and the British Caricature 325
- Pencil as Weapon: Richard Ziegler, Walter Trier, and Die Zeitung 337
- Exhibited Exile: Exhibitions by and with Émigrés 361
- Show It: Galleries as Places of Distribution of Modernity in Exile 381
- Allies inside Germany and English Art and the Mediterranean: Exhibitions in and outside London 413
- Beyond London: Rosa Schapire, Expressionism, and/in Leicester 441
- Epilogue: Self-descriptions of Exile – A Look Back 463
Afterword and Acknowledgements 475
Notes 479
Bibliography 537
Index of Persons, Institutions, and Periodicals 589
Burcu Dogramaci
Burcu Dogramaci is Professor of Art History and Director of the Käte Hamburger Research Centre global dis:connect at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
Burcu Dogramaci’s London Exile constitutes the definitive history of how the cultural workers who fled Nazi Germany—from artists, photographers, designers, and sculptors to publishers and gallerists—were shaped by their emigration. It also tells the story of how these immigrants left indelible marks on their city of refuge and how their work there forever changed London, remaking it into the celebrated modern cultural metropolis that it is today. - Elizabeth Otto, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
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What is "London Exile" about?
A new approach to modern art shaped by exile and migration.
In the 1930s and 1940s, London was a metropolis of artistic exile and a place of refuge from Nazi persecution. London Exile is the first book to look at the British capital as a sanctuary for modern artists. The city presented its new arrivals with opportunities and challenges: exiles established galleries, founded publishing houses and magazines, collaborated with local artists, organised exhibitions, published their work, and built networks. Artistic and theoretical production flourished in close dialogue with urban space.
This volume sheds light on how the arrival of exiles transformed London’s art scene and, conversely, how the experience of displacement and the city shaped the work of émigrés in fields such as art, architecture, and photography. London Exile brings art history, urban studies, and exile studies into a vibrant dialogue and contributes to a new understanding of the history of modern art.
Who wrote "London Exile"?
"London Exile" was written by Burcu Dogramaci.
Burcu Dogramaci is Professor of Art History and Director of the Käte Hamburger Research Centre global dis:connect at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
Is "London Exile" available Open Access?
Yes, "London Exile" is published Open Access. It is available under a BY-NC-ND license.
Who funded the publication of "London Exile"?
Publication of "London Exile" was funded by ERC
KU Leuven Fund for Fair Open Access
Open Book Collective
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What is the Table of Contents for "London Exile"?
- Prologue: London, Metropolis of Artistic Exile 9
- Arrival and Orientation: Address Books, Street Maps, and Undergrounds 23
- Neighbourhoods, Streets, and Houses: Exile History as Urban History 41
- Gendered London: Gender, Sexuality, and Exile 65
- Émigrés Build for Émigrés 83
- Transplanted Objects: Sigmund Freud’s Collection and Chair 103
- Sculpture, Modernity, and Exile: Jussuf Abbo in London 121
- From Bauhaus to the Thames: Textile Designs by Margaret Leischner 143
- In the Blitz: Helmut Gernheim’s Photographs of National Monuments 161
- Portrait of a City: Streets and Faces of Exile 179
- London Zoo: Animal, City, and Exile 203
- Storytelling in Pictures: Stefan Lorant and the Picture Post Photographers 249
- Reading Exile: Publishers and Books as Multipliers 281
- Immortal Portraits: Exile, London, and the Historiography of Early Photography 305
- Back to History: Ludwig Meidner and the British Caricature 325
- Pencil as Weapon: Richard Ziegler, Walter Trier, and Die Zeitung 337
- Exhibited Exile: Exhibitions by and with Émigrés 361
- Show It: Galleries as Places of Distribution of Modernity in Exile 381
- Allies inside Germany and English Art and the Mediterranean: Exhibitions in and outside London 413
- Beyond London: Rosa Schapire, Expressionism, and/in Leicester 441
- Epilogue: Self-descriptions of Exile – A Look Back 463
Afterword and Acknowledgements 475
Notes 479
Bibliography 537
Index of Persons, Institutions, and Periodicals 589
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