Bernhard Kretzschmar (1889 - 1972)

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Bernhard Kretzschmar

Bernhard Kretzschmar was a German painter and graphic artist.

Kretzschmar studied at the Dresden Academy, in 1920 destroyed most of his work and began his career anew. In 1932 he co-founded the Dresden Secession, but later the Social Democrats banned him as a degenerate artist, and his paintings were removed from museums and galleries. Kretzschmar hated the Nazis and had to flee the country.

Like many artists of his generation, he dabbled in Expressionism, then switched to Verismo. He skillfully tried his hand at both Futurism and Impressionism. He painted on the themes of social poverty, as well as comically depicting the bourgeois way of life. In 1945, most of his works were destroyed in an air raid.

After World War II, social motifs receded into the background and Kretzschmar focused more on landscapes, more often in the suburban areas of Dresden. He also painted several self-portraits with somber, skeptical and ironic facial expressions during his lifetime, which provide a vivid characterization of the artist.

From 1946, Bernhard Kretzschmar worked as a professor at the University of Fine Arts in Dresden. In 1959 he received the National Prize of the GDR, and since 1969 he has been a corresponding member of the German Academy of Arts in East Berlin.

Date and place of birt:29 december 1889, Döbeln, Germany
Date and place of death:16 december 1972, Dresden, Germany
Nationality:Germany
Period of activity: XX century
Specialization:Artist, Graphic artist, Painter
Genre:Landscape painting, Portrait, Self-portrait, Still life
Art style:Expressionism, Impressionism, Post War Art, Futurism, Verism

Creators Germany

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Hans-Wilhelm Spitzmann (1920 - 1989)
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Eduard Sporer (1841 - 1898)
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1841 - 1898
Albert Hinrich Hussmann (1874 - 1946)
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1874 - 1946
Alexander Maximilian Seitz (1811 - 1888)
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1811 - 1888
Thomas Baumgartel (1960)
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1960
Matthias Mücke (1957)
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1957
Arthur Thiele (1841 - 1919)
Arthur Thiele
1841 - 1919
Thomas Hartmann (1950)
Thomas Hartmann
1950
Karl Becker (1820 - 1900)
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1820 - 1900
Carl Haag (1820 - 1915)
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1820 - 1915
Alois Oskar Rudolf Löhner (1890 - 1971)
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1890 - 1971
Heinrich Nicolaus (1955)
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1955
Martel Schwichtenberg (1896 - 1945)
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1896 - 1945
Jacob Alt (1789 - 1872)
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Fritz Kreidt (1936 - 2020)
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1936 - 2020

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Daniel Garber (1880 - 1958)
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José de Almada Negreiros (1893 - 1970)
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Hans Bandi (1896 - 1973)
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Patrick Saytour (1935 - 2023)
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Montserrat Gudiol (1933 - 2015)
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1933 - 2015
Fritz Möritz (1922 - 1994)
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Bernd Altenstein (1943)
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Minna Köhler-Roeber (1883 - 1957)
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1883 - 1957
Leonard James McCombe (1923 - 2015)
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Osip Markovich Lubitch (1896 - 1990)
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Ivan Panteleimonovich Fedorov-Kerchensky (1853 - 1916)
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Antonio Mancini (1852 - 1930)
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Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Geist (1870 - 1931)
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1870 - 1931
Jules Noel (1815 - 1881)
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Gaetano Pesce (1939 - 2024)
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