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German art has a long and distinguished tradition in the visual arts, from the earliest known work of figurative art to its current output of contemporary art. Germany has only been united into a single state since the 19th century, and defining its borders has been a notoriously difficult and painful process.
Paintings in the National Gallery of Denmark by German artists (3 P) Paintings in the Museo del Prado by German artists (6 P) A. Paintings by Albrecht Altdorfer (8 P) B.
Jahn became the Art Consultant to the German Embassy in Vienna in 1937, where he would then search for, purchase, and collect individual pieces of Hitler's art, allegedly in order to destroy a majority of the paintings. Jahn sold one of the largest collections of Hitler's art, about 18 pieces, with an average selling price of $50,000. [13]
Stairway of the Hôtel Tassel, an early example of Gesamtkunstwerk. A Gesamtkunstwerk (German: [ɡəˈzamtˌkʊnstvɛʁk] ⓘ, literally 'total artwork', translated as 'total work of art', [1] 'ideal work of art', [2] 'universal artwork', [3] 'synthesis of the arts', 'comprehensive artwork', or 'all-embracing art form') is a work of art that makes use of all or many art forms or strives to do so.
The Degenerate Art Exhibition included works by some of the great international names—Paul Klee, Oskar Kokoschka and Wassily Kandinsky—along with famous German artists of the time such Max Beckmann, Emil Nolde, and Georg Grosz. The exhibition handbook explained that the aim of the show was to "reveal the philosophical, political, racial and ...
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog [a] is a painting by German Romanticist artist Caspar David Friedrich made in 1818. [2] It depicts a man standing upon a rocky precipice with his back to the viewer; he is gazing out on a landscape covered in a thick sea of fog through which other ridges, trees, and mountains pierce, which stretches out into the distance indefinitely.
The Alte Pinakothek (German: [ˈʔaltə pinakoˈteːk] ⓘ, Old Pinakothek) is an art museum located in the Kunstareal area in Munich, Germany. [1] It is one of the oldest galleries in the world and houses a significant collection of Old Master paintings.
This family had an extensive art collection from which the Nazis pillaged many famous works from in order to send to German Museums, including Hitler's own private Fuhrerbau collection. [4] Another man that was targeted by the ERR was Paul Rosenberg. Rosenberg had a well-established art gallery that housed many famous works of art.