Categories | Arts magazine |
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Frequency | Monthly |
Publisher | |
Founder | Richard Dehmel |
First issue | 1895 |
Final issue | 1915 |
Country | Germany |
Based in | Berlin |
Language | German |
Pan (1895–1915) was a Berlin-based German arts magazine, published by the PAN co-operative of artists, poets and critics.[1] Focused on literature, theatre and music, the magazine published more than 20 issues "without reference to commercial, moral, personal or polemical questions, appreciating only the purely aesthetic viewpoint.”[2] The magazine's mission was democratic in its commitment to Gesamtkunstwerk ("synthesized artwork"), and providing support to young artists of all kinds. To that end, the magazine sold tiered subscriptions: standard and luxury, and quickly "became the most expensive German art magazine of its era.[2] Its artists-first commitment also led to its becoming one of the best representations of pan-European art in the early days of Abstract and Expressionist art.[1]