New objectivity

New Objectivity was an art movement dominating the Weimar Republic in Germany that was a departure from disillusionment and sentimental idealism.

There’s not a single dud among the 39 works in a show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art about this Expressionist painter’s special connection to the city.

“New Objectivity in German Art” is a show of worry, unease, distrust and stress. Drawn from the collection of the late Marvin and Janet Fishman, most of the featured works date from the 1920s — a decade in which Germany had to deal with the shock of losing World War I and coming to terms with the harsh reparations imposed by the victorious Allies.To have lost that war, under the leadership of the Kaiser, was not something Germany had even remotely contemplated in 1914, but by 1918, with…

The Rooftop Studio, 1922, Rudolf Schlichter Over the past number of years, as I've delved into the lives and times of literally thousan...

LACMA exhibits German art of the Weimar era in "New Objectivity," a show that might chill you to the core. A review.

Art History Gallery by Emre Tuglu on Instagram: "Franz Sedlacek (1891 - 1945): Ghosts in a Tree, 1933, oil on canvas, Albertina Museum, Vienna . . Franz Sedlacek was an Austrian painter. He belonged to a tradition known as Magic Realism and Fantastic Surrealism, some varieties of New Objectivity. His fantastic sceneries, abounding with uncanny figures, are informed by late Gothic painting and the world landscapes of the early sixteenth-century Danube School. His 'Ghosts in a Tree' from 1

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New discoveries about the human mind show the limitations of reason.

Today, when the acquisition of wealth, quickly and in large amounts, is admired above any other human endeavor, every medical emergency or catastrophic illness is seen as an opportunity for some to enrich themselves beyond their wildest dreams. It’s no wonder that our healthcare is so much more expensive than that of every other developed country in the world, where the costs are not only much lower, but people also live longer than we do. Unlike us, other countries have the peculiar notion…

Lucian Freud, born in 1922, English painter, known for his technical precision and distinguished by a talent for representing the human figure. Freud has played a vital role in the continuation of the tradition of portraiture in British painting. The grandson of Austrian physician Sigmund Freud, he was born in Berlin but emigrated to England with his family as a child. Between 1939 and 1943 he trained at the Central School of Art in London, the East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing in…