In a pretty little town called Murnau, in the foothills of the Bavarian Alps, there is a pretty little house that changed the course of modern art. It was here, in 1911, that a group of German and ...

When German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche declared in 1882 that “Gott ist tot” — God is dead — he could not have known that he was codifying a social and cultural transformation that a generation ...

German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse focuses on the explosive production of graphic art-prints, drawings, posters, illustrated books, and periodicals-associated with Expressionism, the broad ...

Josef Fenneker (Germany, 1895-1956) Reissue of original poster for The Burning Soil (Der brennende acker), c. 1922 Director: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau (Germany, 1888–1931) "; Most people who consider ...

The works that best exemplify a uniquely German grotesque in Reexamining the Grotesque are those that reflect the war and Weimar years. With Franz Marc and August Macke: 1909-1914, the Neue Galerie ...

This exhibition explores the influence of western medieval forms, practices, and themes on German Expressionists and their opposition to the tradition of naturalism. Presenting a new perspective from ...

Among the emaciated figures, somber portraits, and crude experiments in primitivism, many of the characters in the National Gallery’s new exhibition of German Expressionist prints, drawings, ...

Artists, critics, art collectors and curators for whom the delights of French painting remain a standard of modern pictorial achievement Artists, critics, art collectors and curators for whom the ...

These words describe the German Expressionist cinema during the Weimar era after World War I — a bravura brand of filmmaking that is still mesmerizing audiences and influencing filmmakers today. They ...