Klingen (magazine)

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Klingen
CategoriesArt magazine
Founder Axel Salto
Founded1917
First issueOctober 1917
Final issueNovember 1920
Country Denmark
Based in Copenhagen
Language Danish
ISSN 1395-2706
OCLC 467809661

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

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History and profile

Klingen was established in 1917, and the first issue appeared in October 1917. [1] [2] The magazine was inspired from the German magazine Der Sturm and the Swedish magazine Flamman. [3] Its founder was the painter and graphic artist Axel Salto. [1] [4] The magazine was based in Copenhagen. [5]

Klingen is cited as a significant vehicle for the entrance of modernism in Denmark. [2] [6] In addition, it was instrumental in expanding avant-garde art into Nordic countries. [1]

Klingen had significant effects on painters, writers and intellectuals in the region. [5] The magazine particularly emphasized the significance of new artistic approaches such as cubism and expressionism which would be adopted by the Danish painters Vilhelm Lundstrøm and Harald Giersing. [7] 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. [5]

Major contributors of Klingen included Otto Gelsted, Emil Bønnelycke, Poul Henningsen and Sophus Danneskjold-Samsøe. [1] Klingen ceased publication in November 1920 after producing a total of thirty-six issues. [2] In 1942 an anniversary issue was published. [2] Klingen was one of the magazines which inspired the Danish arts magazine Helhesten . [8]

Several issues of Klingen were digitized by the Royal Library of Denmark in 1996. [9] All issues, including the 1942 anniversary issue, of the magazine are also archived under the Blue Mountain Project of Princeton University. [10]

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