Despite her accomplishments and her central role in the Munich avant-garde of the 1920s, Gabriele Münter is practically unknown outside of art circles. She reluctantly became a footnote in the biography of Wassily Kandinsky, her teacher and romantic partner. Yet Kandinsky himself was amazed by Münter’s groundbreaking use of color – so much so that he adopted her technique, and it became identified with him.
Münter is one of many women overlooked by the art world, who are now given their due in the series “Lost Women Art” that is being screened at Epos this year. By tracing Münter’s life and analyzing her work, this film reveals an extraordinary Expressionist artist who was responsible for some of the dominant aspects of modern painting and managed, despite everything, to break the glass ceiling.