European Masters: Audioguide National Gallery of Victoria
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Stop 22: The Expressionist Tradition
Paula Modersohn-Becker was an important early Expressionist. She was a member of the Worpswede Colony, a group of artists that had retreated to the northern German countryside to paint landscapes.
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Stop 21: Städel: The Nazis and Degenerate Art
The Städel Museum had amassed an incredible collection of Modern Art. However, under Nazi rule, the Städel’s collection was declared ‘degenerate’ and decimated.
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Stop 20: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Freedom in our work and in our lives
The Bridge formed in Dresden in 1905. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was a driving force of the group, which renounced earlier traditions of art.
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Stop 19: The Fragmentation of the Avant-Garde
Throughout last century, different groups of artists across Europe were experimenting with bold ideas and forms. Max Ernst was a Dadaist and Surrealist, and Paul Klee part of the Bauhaus movement.
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Stop 18: The Bridge and The Blue Rider
The proto-Modernist movement, the Blaue Reiter group was interested in Cubism and Abstraction. It included Wassily Kandinsky and August Macke, Franz Marc, Alexej Jawlensky and Paul Klee.
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Stop 16: Max Beckmann Part 2
Beckmann’s outlook and style were profoundly affected by his experience of World War I. His paintings are tense and angular, conveying his sense of disquiet and anxiety.