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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Founder member of Die Br ücke

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Founder member of Die Br ücke. Cubism (pre-1914). Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) rejection of traditional perspective, emphasis on flat, two-dimensional surface of picture plane dismantling and analysing of form geometric shapes later, three-dimensional collage.

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Founder member of Die Br ücke

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  1. Ernst Ludwig KirchnerFounder member of Die Brücke

  2. Cubism (pre-1914) • Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) • rejection of traditional perspective, emphasis on flat, two-dimensional surface of picture plane • dismantling and analysing of form • geometric shapes • later, three-dimensional collage

  3. Dada (1916-1922) • Why “Dada”? • term chosen at random from German-French dictionary by Romanian Tristan Tzara“ • Dada” is French for “hobby-horse”, but also said to be child’s first utterance • marks a new beginning • Origins & Principles • foundedFebruary 1916 in a Zürich bar, “Cabaret Voltaire”, by Tzara, Hugo Ball and Hans (Jean) Arp • artistic and literary nihilistic reaction to militarism and carnage of World War I • aimed to shock; often absurd and incomprehensible. Attacked bourgeois dishonesty and hypocrisy • young poets, artists and musicians read, exhibited and played their work • Development • “cabaret Voltaire” initiiative folded after only 6 months, but ideas of Dada spread to France, German and USA • challenged established art forms and the rule of logic by synthesis of the primitive, the absurd, the banal and modern technology • nonsense poetry, collage, photomontage

  4. Neue Sachlichkeit (1920s) • New Objectivity, social realism • moved away from subjectivity (and at times incomprehensibility) of Expressionism • sought to depict the excesses of Weimar culture with blood-curdling detachment • Leading figures • Georg Grosz • Otto Dix • Max Beckmann

  5. Georg Grosz (1893-1959) • formal training at Royal Academy, Dresden • became Dadaist then leading member of Neue Sachlichkeit movement after World War I • fiercely satirical drawings (Ecce Homo, 1922) attacking post-War conditions • early opponent of Hitler • went to USA 1932, became US citizen • featured in Nazi ‘Entartete Kunst’ exhibition of 1937

  6. Georg GroszDeutschland, ein Wintermärchen,Jesus,Berlin, Selbstmord

  7. Otto Dix (1891-1969) • appalled by brutality of World War I trench warfare (Krieg, 50 etchings, 1924) • disgusted by excesses and social injustice of postwar Germany • leading member of Neue Sachlichkeit movement • featured in Nazi ‘Entartete Kunst’ exhibition of 1937

  8. Otto Dix, Krieg (1926)

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