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The House of German Art in Munich. The early twentieth century was characterized by startling changes in artistic styles. In the visual arts, such innovations as cubism, Dada and surrealism, following hot on the heels of Symbolism, post-Impressionism and Fauvism, were not universally appreciated.
German Expressionism was an artistic movement in the early 20th century that emphasized the artist's inner emotions rather than attempting to replicate reality. [1] German Expressionist films rejected cinematic realism and used visual distortions and hyper-expressive performances to reflect inner conflicts. [2]
The group also had chapters throughout Germany during its existence, and brought the German avant-garde art scene to world attention by holding exhibits in Rome, Moscow and Japan. Its members also belonged to other art movements and groups during the Weimar Republic era, such as architect Walter Gropius (founder of Bauhaus ), and Kurt Weill and ...
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.
Note: The countries listed are the country in which the movement or group started. Most modern art movements were international in scope. Impressionism – 1860 – 1890, France American Impressionism – 1880, United States; Cos Cob Art Colony – 1890s, United States Heidelberg School – late 1880s, Australia; Luminism (Impressionism)
People on Sunday, 1930 - Avant-garde look at daily life in Berlin, screenplay by Billy Wilder and Curt Siodmak; Symphonie einer Weltstadt (Berlin - Wie es war), 1930 - documentary view of Berlin by Leo de Laforgue. First showed in 1950. Die drei von der Tankstelle, 1930 - three friends are broke, so they sell their car and open a filling ...
Hugenberg's cut of the film was released in German cinemas in August 1927. Later, after demands for more cuts by Nazi censors, UFA distributed a still shorter version of the film (2,530 metres, 91 minutes) in 1936, and an English version of this cut was archived in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) film library in the
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 January 2025. German painter and printmaker (1891–1969) For the Russian band, see Otto Dix (band). Otto Dix Otto Dix (photograph by Hugo Erfurth, c. 1933) Born Wilhelm Heinrich Otto Dix (1891-12-02) 2 December 1891 Untermhaus, Reuß-Gera, German Empire (present-day Gera, Germany) Died 25 July 1969 ...