Abstract
DR. PFISTER'S work is a study by psycho-analytic methods of a French artist suffering from depression, who came to the author for psychological treatment. In addition to the analysis of his dreams, the artist was asked to draw whatever he liked, and these drawings, usually of an extremely unconventional character, were treated in the same way as the dreams. The results are very interesting, both from the insight obtained into the personality of the artist and also from the light thrown on that type of art generally known as expressionism.
Expressionism in Art: Its Psychological and Biological Basis.
By Dr. Oskar Pfister. Authorised translation by Barbara Low and Dr. M. A. Mugge. Pp. viii + 272. (London: Kegan Paul and Co., Ltd., 1922.) 6s. 6d. net.
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Expressionism in Art: Its Psychological and Biological Basis. Nature 111, 736–737 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111736c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/111736c0
