Albert Birkle (German, 1900-1986) 1921 Oil paint on board
Butcher Shop (Fleischerladen)
Otto Dix (German, 1891-1969) 1920 Etching, drypoint on paper
Lady with Red Scarf (Speedy with the Moon) (Frauenportrait (Speedy))
Rudolf Schlichter (German, 1890-1955) 1933
At the Shooting Gallery
Jeanne Mammen (German, 1890-1976) 1929 Watercolour and graphite on vellum
Marlene Dietrich in Blue Angel, 1930
Blue Angel, directed by Josef von Sternberg, was Germany’s first full-length talkie, a motion picture with sound as opposed to a silent film. The film follows the story of college professor who is undone by his attraction to Lola-Lola, a cabaret dancer played by German-American Marlene Dietrich. The film made Dietrich an international film star, and she continued her acting career in the United States.
Die Skatspieler (The Skat Players)
Otto Dix, 1920 Oil and collage on canvas Dadaism, New Objectivity War and its consequences
Albert Birkle, 1921 Birkle’s work represents the New Objectivity movement that encompassed much of the art produced in the Weimar Republic. Artists like Birkle challenged their viewers to see the world as it really was, rather than as they would like it to be.
Before the masquerade ball
Max Beckmann, 1922
a Weimar era artist branded ‘degenerate’ by the Nazis. Bavarian State Painting Collections - Modern Art Collection in the Pinakothek der Moderne Munich
The Music Lesson
The Music Lesson or Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman by Jan Vermeer, is a painting of young female pupil receiving the titular music lesson. [more]
