Max Beckmann
"Five Women" (1935)
Oil on canvas | 215 x 110 cm (43.3 x 84.6 in).
Private Collection
#ArtSky #Beckman #DegenerateArt

"White Center" (also known as Weisses Zentrum) by Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky, created in 1921. Key Details of the Artwork Artist: Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944). Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 118.7 x 119.1 cm (46.7 x 46.9 in) Current Location: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Visual Description and Analysis The painting is a complex arrangement of geometric and biomorphic forms, characteristic of Kandinsky's transition toward more structured abstraction. Composition: The work is centered around a large, luminous white form (the "White Center" of the title), which is surrounded by a dense field of smaller, dynamic shapes. Color Symbolism: Kandinsky, who reportedly experienced synesthesia, believed colors and shapes had spiritual and emotional meanings. In his theory, white represents a "harmony of silence" and many possibilities in life. Dynamic Elements: The piece features sharp, black diagonal lines in the lower-left that create a sense of movement, contrasted with floating circles, triangles, and checkerboard patterns. Spiritual Intent: The painting reflects Kandinsky's aim to use a universal visual language to express "inner necessity" and transcendental human emotions rather than imitating the physical world.

Wassily Kandinsky
"White Center" (1921)
oil on canvas | 118.7 x 119.1 cm (46.7 x 46.9 in)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. NYC
#ArtSky #Kandinsky #DegenerateArt #Bauhaus

Created during Kandinsky's Bauhaus era, the piece is an oil on panel painting that currently resides in the collection of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. The composition is characterized by its use of precise geometric shapes—including circles, squares, and a central dominant triangle—against a soft, muted green background. These elements intersect to explore spatial relationships and movement, reflecting the artist's focus on the interaction between tension and harmony.

Wassily Kandinsky
"Extended" (1926)
oil on panel | 37 1/2 x 17 3/8 in. (95.3 x 44.1 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. NYC
#ArtSky #Kandinsky #Bauhaus #DegenerateArt

Albers was an artist and an educator who taught at the Bauhaus school. When the Nazi closed the Bauhaus in 1933, he emigrated to the US, where he taught at Black Mountain college and Yale... "Evening (an improvisation)" by Josef Albers, painted in 1935. It is an oil painting on Masonite created during the artist's time associated with the Bauhaus movement. The piece features a complex, abstract arrangement of thick, textured brushstrokes in a variety of deep, rich colors.

Josef Albers (German American, 1888-1976) was born on this day. (March 19)
"Evening (an improvisation)" (1935)
Oil on Masonite | 11 x 12 inches (27.9 x 30.5 cm).
Josef & Anni Albers Foundation.
#ArtSky #Albers #Bauhaus #DegenerateArt

This item is a bronze sculpture titled "Weihe" (also known as "Consecration" or "Kneeling") by German Expressionist artist Oswald Herzog, created around 1920. A painter, sculptor, and art theorist, Herzog was a member of the Novembergruppe artists' association in Berlin. He was declared "Degenerate" by the Nazis and his works were included in the exhibition of 1937.

Oswald Herzog
"Weihe" or "Kniende", ca 1922, dark patinated bronze, Height: 37 cm
Width: 36.5 cm to 36.8 cm
Depth: 11 cm to 11.8 cm
private collection.
#ArtSky #Herzog #DegenerateArt

Very much enjoyed the new modern art galleries at the MFA.
#artbluesky #degenerateart

Caspar was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich until the Nazis came to power. His work was declared 'degenerate', removed from the museums and public collections and and some displayed in the "Degenerate Art" exhibition. Many of of his works were destroyed.

Karl Caspar (German, 1879 – 1956) was born on this day.
"Shakespeare Visions" (Masken) (1918)
Lithograph on laid paper | 18 3/4 x 14 3/4 in
Detroit Institute of Art Museum.
#ArtSky #Caspar #DegenerateArt

This iconic oil on canvas is a prime example of Mondrian's Neoplasticism style, characterized by a grid of thick black lines, primary colors, and asymmetrical balance. Mondrian was one of the founders of De Stijl movement and regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. In 1937, two of his pieces were included in Hitler's "Degenerate Art" exhibition, putting the artist on the Nazi blacklist. After narrowly surviving the London blitz of 1940, he escaped Hitler's reach by fleeing to New York.

Piet Mondrian
(March 7, 1872-February 1, 1944) was born on this day!
“Fox Trot B, with Black, Red, Blue, and Yellow” (1929)
Oil on canvas | 45 × 45 cm (17.7 × 17.7 in)
Yale Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
#ArtSky #Mondrian #DegenerateArt

Degenerate Art Show “The efforts to censor art, silence artists, and punish inconvenient truthtelling is all the evidence we need of how imperative it is that we keep creating, exhibiting, buying degenerate art!”

Degenerate Art Show

By Ashleigh Rogers

Narrated by @raewittevo.bsky.social

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#degenerateart #callforartists #tricitieswa #censorship #resistance #cafeconarte #socialjusticeart #artexhibition #SupportTheArts #inconvenienttruth

Thomas Friedman's 1,000 Hours of Staring Friend of the Indelicate, Orbific (James B), joins to talk about one of his favorite art pieces of all time. Another crispy crunchy episode because Saath was screwing around with the audio inputs.…

The audio on this is a bit tinny but I think we did a good job overall! #degenerateart pca.st/episode/fab7...

Burger-Mühlfelds’s work was stigmatized as “degenerate” art. A few of his paintings were shown in the National Socialist exhibition of "Degenerate Art" and defamed. "Komposition" (1922) by the German artist Fritz Burger-Mühlfeld. The artwork is a mixed-media piece created using gouache, opaque white, and black ink. Burger-Mühlfeld was a prominent painter and graphic artist associated with the New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit) movement, and his later work was influenced by Expressionism, Cubism, and Constructivism. Connection to "Degenerate Art" Burger-Mühlfeld's work was stigmatized as "degenerate" (entartete Kunst) by the National Socialist regime. Exhibition: His paintings were included and defamed in the infamous 1937 "Degenerate Art" exhibition organized by the Nazis. Confiscation: In 1937, the Nazis confiscated two of his panel paintings—Abstrakte Komposition (1923) and Im Theater—from the Provincial Museum in Hannover. Fate of Art: While these specific pieces were showcased in the 1937 exhibition to be mocked, their current whereabouts remain unknown. Burger-Mühlfeld was also a co-founder of the Hannoversche Sezession in 1917 and later served as a professor in Hannover.

Fritz Burger-Mühlfeld (German, 1882 - 1969) was born on this day. (March 3)
"Komposition" (1922)
Gouache, opaque white and black ink on paper | size unknown (AI is being uppity today)
Private Collection
#ArtSky #Burger-Mühlfeld #DegenerateArt

"Akt" (Nude) from 1920 by the German artist Max Dungert. Artist: Max Dungert (1896–1945). Style: The painting features a cubist-inspired, fractured representation of a figure. Medium and Dimensions: Oil on canvas, measuring approximately 98.0 x 60.5 cm (38.6 x 23.8 inches). Context: Dungert was a German painter and graphic artist associated with the Weimar era.

Max Dungert
"Akt" (1920)
Oil on canvas | 98 x 61 cm. (38.58 x 24.02 in.)
Galerie Berinson, Berlin
#ArtSky #Dungert #Weimar #DegenerateArt #Cubism

Beckmann was a painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and writer. In 1937 the Nazi party confiscated more than 500 of his works from the museums, putting several on display in the notorious "Degenerate Art" exhibition. The day after Hitler's radio speech about degenerate art in 1937, Beckmann fled Germany with his wife Quappi for the Netherlands. "The Trapeze" an oil-on-canvas work created in 1923 by the German artist Max Beckmann. It is currently housed in the Toledo Museum of Art. The Performers: The figures are shown in various contorted and intertwined positions, creating a sense of dynamic but uncomfortable movement. A central female figure hangs upside down, forming a diagonal focal point across the narrow canvas. Style and Color: Beckmann utilized bold, acid colors—vibrant reds, yellows, and blues—contrasted with dark, sharp outlines. The space is shallow and compressed, making the performers appear as if they are "tumbling one over the other in a hopelessly failed circus act". Self-Portrait: The upside-down figure in the top left, wearing clown makeup and looking directly at the viewer, is widely interpreted as a self-portrait of the artist. Symbolism and Meaning Metaphor for Life: Beckmann often used the circus, cabaret, and masquerades as metaphors for the "carnival of life". The precariousness of the trapeze act reflects the vulnerability and instability of human existence during the Weimar Republic, a time of great social and economic turmoil in Germany. Existential Reflection: The disaffected expressions on the performers' faces, hidden behind masks and greasepaint, express the artist's view of the meaninglessness of human behavior and the "superfluous existence" of humanity following the horrors of World War I. Alienation: The disconnection between the figures suggests themes of melancholy and estrangement, common in Beckmann's work as a key figure of the New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit) and Expressionist movements.

Max Beckmann (German, 1884 - 1950) was born on this day! (February 12, 1884 - December 27, 1950)
"The Trapeze" (1923)
oil on canvas | 197 x 84 cm (77.56 x 33.07 in)
Toledo Museum of Art.
#ArtSky #Beckmann #DegenerateArt

The Louse, the Rider of Apocalypse by the Hungarian artist Imre Ámos. Ámos was known for his work related to the Apocalypse, often reflecting the difficult times faced by the Jewish community in his hometown during the 1940s. His art style is characterized by expressionistic and surreal elements, often depicting themes of anguish and anxiety. He was deported and died in a concentration camp in 1944 or 1945. Description The painting is a "shocking vision" reflecting the artist's tragic experiences as a Jewish person during the Holocaust. It depicts a dark, skeletal rider atop a black horse, set against a chaotic, apocalyptic background with a prominent red sun. The work is part of a series created shortly before the artist's death in a concentration camp, viewing the contemporary horrors of the war through the "prism of apocalypse". Size and Medium While many of Ámos's late works were drawings or watercolors because he could not afford oils, this specific piece is part of his larger apocalyptic series. Exact physical dimensions are not widely listed in general databases, but it is often characterized by the intense, concentrated style typical of his final sketchbook works. Location The majority of Imre Ámos's surviving works are housed in the Imre Ámos Museum in Szentendre, Hungary. This particular piece has also been featured in significant exhibitions, such as the Imre Ámos, Painter of the Apocalypse exhibition held at the Gallery of the Hungarian Academy in Rome.

#HolocaustRemembranceDay
Imre Amos (Hungarian, 1907- murdered 1944)
"The Rider of Apocalypse" (1944)
Tempera on paper | 480 x 460 mm
Private Collection
#ArtSky #Amos #DegenerateArt

Otto Freundlich's 1930 painting "Composition" is a pioneering work of abstract art that explores color theory and social utopian ideals. The painting uses a mosaic of geometric shapes that defy boundaries, with colors melding into each other rather than being separated by sharp lines, suggesting a "community of forces" or a flow from darkness to light. Compositional Details Style: The work is a geometric abstract painting that reflects influences from Expressionism and Cubism. Technique: The surface has a distinctive texture, created with small, flattened dabs of material reminiscent of sedimentary rock. Freundlich's use of color blocks aimed to create movement that extended beyond the frame. Symbolism: The artist believed abstract art promoted human freedom by remaining open to interpretation, contrasting with the fixed meanings of representational art. The colors transition from dark hues (blacks, blues, browns) to bright ones (yellows, oranges), illustrating the forces shaping a free society. The painting is part of the collection at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Freundlich was a German-Jewish artist whose work was branded "degenerate" by the Nazis, and he was murdered in the Sobibor extermination camp in 1943. Otto Freundlich. Composition. 1930 | MoMA

#HolocaustRemembranceDay
Otto Freundlich (German, 1878 – murdered 1943)
"Composition" (1930)
oil on canvas | 181x97 cm
MoMA, New York.
#ArtSky #Fruendlich #DegenerateArt

"Drei Frauen" (Three Women) by the German Expressionist artist Hans Siebert von Heister who was a co-founder and active member of the Berlin Novembergruppe artists' group. The artwork is characterized by the artist's blending of intense Expressionist color with the fractured planes and forceful lines of Cubism and Futurism, a style sometimes referred to as "Kubofutoexpressionism". The composition is dynamic and vibrant, depicting three contorted, ecstatic female figures in an abstract, energetic environment, executed in striking yellow, green, and red hues. The figures' forms are simplified and angular, a hallmark of the Expressionist movement, which aimed to convey intense emotion and subjective experience rather than objective reality. Von Heister was an influential member of the "Novembergruppe" and "Junges Rheinland" artists' associations, groups that sought a radical renewal of art after World War I. Due to his modern style, his paintings were later seized by the Nazis, and was displayed at the infamous "Degenerate Art" exhibition.

Hans Siebert von Heister (German, 1888-1967) was born on this day. (January 19)
"Three Women" (c.1919-20)
oil on canvas | 88x59 cm. (34¾ x 23¼ in.)
Private Collection
#ArtSky #vonHeister #DegenerateArt

albert birkle
the acrobat schulz v
1921

#art
#artsky
#arthistory
#realism
#weimar
#degenerateart
#fridaynachtkabarett
#circus

Trump's assault on the Smithsonian 'The goal is to reframe the entire culture of the US'

#DegenerateArt

"Circles in a Circle" (Cercles dans un cercle) by Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky, created in 1923. It is considered a pivotal work in Kandinsky's transition to a more geometric style after returning to Moscow and teaching at the Bauhaus. Kandinsky viewed the circle as the "synthesis of the greatest oppositions" and a symbol of balance, order, and harmony. The large black outer circle acts as a "second frame," focusing attention on the interaction of the numerous, varied inner circles, while intersecting diagonal lines add a sense of perspective. Kandinsky's creation of abstract work followed a long period of development and maturation of intense thought based on his artistic experiences. He called this devotion to inner beauty, fervor of spirit, and spiritual desire inner necessity; it was a central aspect of his art.

Happy Birthday to Vassily Vassilyevich #Kandinsky,
(December 16, 1866)
the Russian artist credited with painting the first purely abstract works.
"Circles in a Circle" (1923)
Oil on canvas | 98.7 × 95.6 cm (38⅞ × 37⅝ in.)
Philadelphia Museum of Art.
#ArtSky #Bauhaus #DegenerateArt

Kandinsky is credited with painting one of the first purely abstract works. Following the Russian Revolution, Kandinsky helped establish the Museum of the Culture of Painting. However, by then "his spiritual outlook... was foreign to the argumentative materialism of Soviet society". He moved to Germany, where he taught at the Bauhaus from 1922 until the Nazis closed it in 1933. When the Nazis raid the Bauhaus, they confiscated his works and displayed some in the State-sponsored exhibition "Degenerate Art". The works were later destroyed. Kandinsky moved to France, where he lived for the rest of his life, becoming a French citizen in 1939 and producing art.

Vasily #Kandinsky (Russian-French) was born on this day! December 16, 1866. (d. 1944)
"Black and Violet" (1923)
oil on canvas | 78x100 cm.
Private Collection
#ArtSky #Bauhaus #DegenerateArt

Caféhaus by German expressionist painter Ludwig Meidner. The work was executed in 1913 using brush, pen, ink, and pencil with white heightening. It depicts a crowded café interior with figures interacting and abstract, cloud-like forms above them. The piece sold at Sotheby's in London in October 2020 for £44,100. Meidner created other works with similar themes, including one simply titled Café around 1947.

Ludwig Meidner (German, 1884 – 1966)
"Caféhaus" (1913)
brush, pen, ink, and pencil on paper
Jewish Museum Frankfurt
#ArtSky #Meidner #DegenerateArt

How to protect fine, upstanding Americans from degenerate artists “Avoid defining your own actions as ‘censorship’ or ‘control’; instead, tell the people that we are protecting them…”

How to protect fine, upstanding Americans from degenerate artists

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By: M. Art Greatagan

Narrated by Rae Witte

#ArtCensorship #Authoritarianism #CultureWar #FreedomOfExpression #politicalart #degenerateart

Cover of thr exhibition book for Modern Art and Politics in Germany 1910-1945, Masterworks from the Neue Nationslgalerie, Berlin. The cover features a close up and cropped portion of Christian Schad's oil painting Sonja. The subject, a woman with short, dark hair stares directly at the viewer. She wears a black dress with sheer overlay. A pink floral corsage on her left shoulder. (The entire painting shows that her legs are crossed and her right arm partially rests on the white covered table, holding a cigarette in a holder. A pack of Camel cigarettes is on the table.)

An amazing exhibition. So happy to be able to see it. #GermanArt #DegenerateArt

Klinker was banned from working by the Nazis and was interned in Dachau concentration camp for 5 month because she had hidden Jewish friends in her apartment. One of her works was displayed at the "Degenerate art" exhibition. "Interior" (c. 1922), is an oil on canvas work by the Belgian-German Expressionist painter Emmy Klinker (1891-1969). The work depicts a stark, angular indoor scene with two figures. On the left, a woman stands with her hands clasped, and on the right, a man sits slouched on a chair. Between them sits an old, dark potbelly stove with a white bowl on top and a wooden crate nearby. The muted, earthy tones and somewhat distorted figures are characteristic of the German Expressionism movement, which aimed to express emotional experience rather than physical reality. Klinker was a notable artist associated with the "Sturm" gallery and the November Group in Berlin, but her work was later targeted by the Nazi regime. One of her pieces was displayed in the infamous 1937 "Degenerate Art" exhibition, a propaganda show designed to mock modern, abstract, and non-representational art that the Nazis deemed un-German or "Jewish Bolshevist". Klinker herself was banned from working and interned in a concentration camp for hiding Jewish friends [!contextual(source="""Klinker was banned from working by the Nazis and was interned in Dachau concentration camp for 5 month because she had hidden Jewish friends in her apartment. One of her works was displayed at the "Degenerate art" exhibition.

Emmy Klinker (Belgian-German, 1891-1969)
"Interior", c. 1922
oil on canvas | 100x80 cm.
Von der Heydt-Museum in Wuppertal, Germany
#ArtSky #Klinker #DegenerateArt

All of this brings me back to the fact that creative people--real people, not making AI slop--are some of the most crucial, underappreciated members of a thriving society.

#DegenerateArt and creatives as a whole are always on the chopping block.

Paradise by the Hungarian artist Endre Hegedűs. It is a whimsical and fantastical depiction of the Garden of Eden from the biblical Book of Genesis. The painting features a variety of animals, including giraffes, elephants, flamingos, and other birds, coexisting in a lush, tropical landscape. In the center, Adam and Eve are depicted with a serpent coiled around a tree trunk between them.

Endre Hegedüs (Hungarian, 1913 - murdered 1945).
"The Garden of Eden" (1943)
oil on canvas | 100 x 79 cm.
Private Collection
#Hegedüs was murdered in Mauthausen concentration camp in the Holocaust.
#ArtSky #DegenerateArt

one mor time - – —
for the kids in the back

#art
#artsky
#arthistory
#degenerateart
#entartetekunst
#waronart
#stephenmiller

"Trauernde (The Afflicted)" by Werner Scholz, an Expressionist painter. The artwork, created in 1930, is an oil on cardboard painting measuring 75x75 cm. Scholz was part of the second generation of German Expressionism and, like his contemporaries Otto Dix and George Grosz, his work from the 1920s and 1930s often depicted life in Berlin, though his approach was less exaggerated or accusatory. Scholz's paintings frequently portrayed people in their "existential loneliness and misery" with a powerful, expressive style. He was later declared a "degenerate" artist by the National Socialists, and his work was featured in the infamous 1937 exhibition designed to defame Modernist artists. ______________________________________ Scholz was an Expressionist painter who was declared “degenerate” when the National Socialists came to power. His work was represented in the infamous exhibition of 1937, designed to defame Modernist artists, and he was forbidden to paint and exhibit his work.

Werner Scholz (German Austrian, 1898-1982) was born on this day. (October 23)
"Trauernde (The Afflicted)" (1930,)
oil on cardboard | 75x75 cm.
Private Collection
#ArtSky #Scholz #DegenerateArt

Mueller trained in lithography in Görlitz and Breslau, then at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden and continued his study in Munich. His early works are influenced by Impressionism, Jugendstil and Symbolism. When he settled to Berlin in 1908, his style became more Expressionist. During his time there he met Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Rainer Maria Rilke and Erich Heckel. In 1910, he joined 'Die Brücke' Expressionist group. At the same time Mueller also had contact with the artists from 'Der Blaue Reiter' group. During WWI he fought in France and Russia. After the war he became a professor at the Academy of Arts in Breslau where he taught until his death in 1930. In 1937 the Nazis seized 357 of his works from German museums as "degenerate art". They also looted Mueller artworks from Jewish collectors. Other works were lost or stolen during WWII. Mueller was one of the most lyrical of German expressionist painters. The main topic of his works is the unity of humans and nature; his paintings emphasize a harmonious simplification of form, color and contours. He is known especially for his characteristic paintings of nudes and Romani women; his nickname was "Gypsy Mueller". He had a Romani mother.

Otto Mueller (German, 1874-1930) was born on this day.
[October 17]
"Zwei Badende Mädchen" (1921)
Oil on canvas |
Brücke Museum, Berlin.
#ArtSky #Mueller #DegenerateArt

Writhing, naked bodies and horrified faces, some contorted in pain and agony - these figures are suffering infernal torments. Created by Ascher as part of a series exploring the relationship between human suffering and hellish environments, this drawing depicts each figure’s anguish as an individual, solitary experience. German-Jewish Expressionist painter, Ascher could no longer create, exhibit, or sell his art with the Nazi rise to power. To escape their reach, he hid among friends in Berlin and Potsdam, constantly changing his residence. In November 1938, Ascher was arrested and interned in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp and the Potsdam Gestapo prison. Released six months later, he survived the Nazi terror regime hiding in a cellar of a partially bombed-out building in Grunewald neighborhood in Berlin. During this time he wrote poems about love, and tributes to his artistic role models. In other poems, he turned to a new theme: they evoke nature as a place of refuge and a spiritual home. These poems give a glimpse into the artist's innermost feelings and can be understood as "unpainted paintings.” In 1945 bombs destroyed most of the artwork that Ascher had left with friends. ___________________________________ The Tortured and was created in the 1920s. Fritz Ascher (1893-1970) was a German-Jewish artist whose work was characterized by Expressionist and Symbolist sensibilities. The work depicts a group of nude figures in a chaotic and emotional scene, with flames visible at the bottom. Ascher explored existential questions and themes of contemporary social and cultural relevance, as well as spirituality and mythology, in his art. Ascher's art was considered "degenerate" by the Nazis, and he was persecuted during the Nazi regime. The artist used expressive strokes and intense colors to create emotionally intense works.

Fritz Ascher (born on this day 17 October 1893)
(died 26 March 1970)
"Figural Scene (Inferno)" (1918)
Black ink, gouache, watercolor, and graphite on paper
Private collection.
#ArtSky #Ascher #DegenerateArt