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 European Art
Between the World Wars

German Expressionism
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George Grosz

born: Jägerstrasse, Berlin, Germany; 26 July 1893
died: Berlin, West Germany; 6 July 1959

Grosz: Sidewalk Cafe

Daddy and Mommy
[Ecce Homo - V]
1922

Grosz: In Memory of Richard Wagner

In Memory of
Richard Wagner

[Ecce Homo - 60]
1921

 

Thirty-Five more George Grosz pictures and an outlinebiography.

 

Chaim Soutine

born: Smilovitchi, a Lithuanian village near Minsk (now in Belarus); 1893
died: Paris, France; 9 August 1943

 

Soutine: Hanging Hare TSL84

Hanging Hare TSL84
about 1923

Soutine: Ceret Landscape TL86

Ceret Landscape TL86
about 1921

 

Many more Soutine pictures combined with a two part biography.

 

 

Gert Wollheim

born: Loschwitz (near Dresden), Germany, 11 September 1894
died: New York, NY, US; 1974

Wollheim: Gymnastique de Chambre

Gymnastique de Chambre
1923

 

Christian Schad

born: Miesbach, Germany, 1894
died: Keilberg, West Germany; 1982

shad christian

 

Schad: Narcissus

Narcissus
1927

 

 

Josef Fenneker

born: Bocholt, Germany, 6 December 1895
died: Frankfurt am Main, West Germany; 1 January 1956

Industrial designer, painter, commercial artist, industrial designer, stage designer.

 

 

Franz Radziwill

born: Strohhausen, Germany, 6 February 1895
died: Wilhelmshaven, West Germany; 12 August 1983

 

 

Otto Griebel

born: Meerane, Saxony, 31 March 1895
died: Dresden, East Germany; 7 March 1972

 

Griebel: The Naked Whore

The Naked Whore
1932

 

 

Ernst Neuschul

born: Ústí nad Labem (also called Aussig), Czechoslovakia, 17 May 1895
died: Hamstead, England; 11 September 1968

 

Neuschul: The Nude Girl

The Nude Girl
1931

 

 

 

Georg Kinzer

born: Ratibor, Upper Silesia, 1896
died: Munich, West Germany; 1983

 

Kinzer: Woman at a Mirror

Woman at a Mirror
1932
Haggerty Museum
Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI, US

 

 

Immanuel Knayer

born: Schöneberg, Germany, 1896
died: Stuttgart, West Germany; 1962

 

Knayer: Locomotive

Locomotive
1927

 

 

Josef Scharl

born: Munich, Germany, 1896
died: New York, NY, US; 1954

 

Scharl: Worker

Worker
1925

Scharl: Battered Prostitute

Battered Prostitute
1931

Scharl: Soup Eater

Soup Eater
1932

 

 

Martel Schwichtenberg

born: Hanover, Germany, 1896
died: Sulzburg, Baden, Germany; 1945

Schwichtenberg: Girl in a Striped Shirt

Girl in a Striped Shirt
about 1920

Schwichtenberg: Woman and Flowers

Woman and Flowers
about 1921

 

Kurt Weinhold

born: Berlin, Germany, 1896
died: Calw, Germany; 1965

Weinhold: New Window Display

New Window Display
1930

 

 

Felixmüller: Self 1920  Conrad Felixmüller  annon: [photo] Conrad Felixmüller

born: Dresden, Germany, 1897
died: Berlin, West Germany; 1977

Felixmüller: Elfride Hausmann

Elfride Hausmann
about 1917

 

 

Eight more Felixmüller pictures.

 


Franz Lenk

born: Langenbernsdorf, Germany, 1898
died: Schwäbisch-Hall, Badden-Württemberg, West Germany; 1968

 

Lenk: Blooming Cactus

Blooming Cactus
1931

 


Karl Schwesig

born: Gelsenkirchen, Westphalia, 1898
died: Düsseldorf, West Germany; 1955

 

Schwesig: Out to the Demonstration

Out to the Demonstration
1931

 


Fredrich Skade

born: Dresden, Germany, 1898
died: Dresden, East Germany; 1971

 

Skade: Young Woman

Young Woman
about 1925

 


Alice Sommer

born: Dresden, Germany, 1898
died: Dresden, East Germany; 1982

Sommer: Two Sisters

Two Sisters
about 1925

Sommer: Woman's Head

Woman's Head
about 1924

 


Wilhelm Lachnit

born: Gittersee (near Dresden), Germany, 12 November 1899
died: Dresden, East Germany; 14 November 1962

Lachnit: Boy in a Sailor Suit

Boy in a Sailor Suit
1923


Walter Schulz-Matan

born: Apolda, Germany; 1899
died: Schiers, Switzerland; 1965

Schulz-Matan: Metro-Station — Paris

Metro-Station—Paris
1928

 


Grethe Jürgens

born: Holzhausen (near Osnabrück), Germany, 15 February 1899
died: Hannover, West Germany; 8 May 1981

 

Jürgens: Factory Entrance

Factory Entrance
1923

Jürgens: Orange Cart

Orange Cart
1922

Jürgens: Viewers at the  Town Circus

Viewers at the
Town Circus

1931

 


Elfriede Lohse-Wächler

born: Dresden, Germany, 1899
died: Pirna Sonnestein im Rahmen (near Brandenburg), Germany; 1940 (Gassed in a Nazi psychiatric center)

Lohse-Wächler: Self

Self
about 1931

Lohse-Wächler: View of a Nighclub

View of a
Nighclub

about 1930

 


Erich Wegner

born: Gnoien, Mecklenburg, Germany, 1899
died: Hanover, West Germany; 1980

 

Wegner: Little Mary

Little Mary
about 1920

Wegner: Harbor Bar

Harbor Bar
1923

Wegner: Mangling Done Here

Mangling Done Here
1923

Wegner: Woman at the Gate

Woman at the Gate
1923

 

 


Albert Birkle

born: Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany, 21 April 1900
died: Ostermünchen, Bavaria, West Germany or Salzburg, Austria; 2 February 1986

Birkle: Blind Man Crossing the Street

Blind Man Crossing
the Street

1921

Birkle: Wilhelm Spindler

Wilhelm Spindler
1921

Birkle: Street Scene with  Butcher's Cart

Street Scene with
Butcher's Cart

1922

Birkle: Street Scene—Berlin

Street Scene—
Berlin

1922

Haggerty Museum
Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI, US

 

Birkle: Artist's Father

Artist's Father
1928

 


Herbert Marxen

born: Flensburg, Germany, 1900
died: Flensburg, West Germany; 1954

Marxen: Seamstress

Seamstress
1927

 


Richard Hohly

born: Lowenstein, Germany; 13 March 1902
died: Bietigheim, Germany; 11 April 2002

 

Hohly: Two Unemployed Men

Two Unemployed Men
1929

 


Felix Nussbaum

born: Osnabruck, Germany; 11 December 1904
died: Auschwitz, Germany; 2 August 1944

 

Nussbaum: Park of the Antiquities

Park of the Antiquities
1931

Nussbaum: Self

Self
1935

Nussbaum: Books

Books
about 1939

Nussbaum: Self in Concentration Camp

Self in
Concentration Camp

1940


Max Radler

born: Breslau, Germany; 1904
died: Munich, West Germany; 1971

Radler: Urban Scene with Train

Urban Scene with Train
about 1930

 


Erich Borchert

born: Erfurt, Germany; 1907
died: USSR; 1944

Borchert: Couple in a Café

Couple in a Café
1929

Borchert: Couple in the  Theater

Couple in the
Theater

1929

 


Marcel Ronay

born: Budapest, Hungary; 1907

Ronay: Sailor and Girl

Sailor and Girl
1929

 


Rudolf Führmann

born: Germany, 1909
died: West? Germany; 1977

 

Führmann: Carnival

Carnival
1936

Führmann: Church Controls

Church Controls
1936

Führmann: Rulers

Rulers
1936

Führmann: Suicide

Suicide
1936

 

 

 


Volker Böhringer

born: Esslingen, Germany; 1912
died: Stuttgart, West Germany, 1961

 

Böhringer: Road to Waiblingen

Road to
Waiblingen
1933

Böhringer: Tile Factory

Tile Factory
about 1934

 

 


Voigt: Self Bruno Voigt

born: Gotha, Thuringia; 20 September 1912
died: Berlin, East Germany, 14 October 1988

 

Voigt: A Boss's Thoughts Watching a Woman

A Boss's Thoughts
Watching a Woman
1931

Voigt: Anti-war Demonstration

Anti-war
Demonstration
1932

 

Ten more Bruno Voigt pictures and an outline biography.

 


Franz Theodor Schütt

born: Stettin, Germany; 21 August 1921
lives: Wiesbaden, Germany

Schütt: Young Woman

Young Woman
in front of a Window
1929

 

German Expressionism between the World Wars part 1
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2005-07-24