Was part of the Degenerate Art Exhibition opened in 1937. Considered to be a remainder of the decay Era of the Weimar government and was attacked for its modern and expressionist and abstract art form. Especially as this art came from a Jewish artist, was considered impure and insulting especially as it often had a high price tag next to it to show how much the Museum spent during the Hyperinflation period.
The Shrimp Girl
The Shrimp Girl is a painting by the English artist William Hogarth. It was painted around 1740–45, and is held by the National Gallery, London. [more]
By the Waterlilies in the Moor by Ludwig Dettmann
German impressionist painting
Flatford Mill
Flatford Mill (Scene on a Navigable River) is an oil painting by English artist John Constable, painted in 1816. It is Constable's largest exhibition canvas to be painted mainly outdoors, the first of his large "six-foot" paintings [more]
Self-Portrait by Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler
Avant-garde German artists were banned by 1940. Were considered to be a threat and enemies to German culture. Many avant-garde artists were put to exile. The creator of this portrait was murdered and euthanized under the Nazi state as part of the euthanasia T4 programme.
Nazi St George Killing the Dragon
Nazi promoted paintings that were traditional in manner and exalted 'blood and soil' virtues of racial purity, obedience, and militarism.
Ophelia
Ophelia is a painting by British artist Sir John Everett Millais, completed between 1851 and 1852. It depicts Ophelia, a character from Hamlet, singing before she drowns in a river in Denmark. [more]
By the Waterlilies in the Moor by ludwig dettmann
Was part of the 'God's Gift' list and hailed as a piece of enlightenment. Conformed to Nazi's standard of traditional Blood and Soil and idealized the idyllic rural life style,tying in the concept of Lebensraum for reclaiming historically German areas in Eastern Europe.
