The women of Sturm

"The women of Sturm" (meaning "storm" or "turmoil" in German) foreshadowed the arrival of modern art. Originally the name of a magazine founded in 1910 that promoted expressionist art, the term "Sturm" quickly became a label. Herward Walden, the magazine's editor, founded the eponymous gallery in Berlin in 1912. Many women artists, some from other countries, presented their works there for the first time in Germany. The Sturm movement, generally opposed to the conventional, bourgeois spirit, was composed of circles of friends with shared interests. This movement sparked intense discussions and gave rise to avant-garde ideas, theories, and concepts. It quickly spread into broader cultural spheres, with the emergence of Sturm evenings, the Sturm Academy, the Sturm Theater, and even a bookstore. In Berlin between 1910 and 1930 the Sturm movement brought together a large number of actors from the cultural scene and a wide public.