Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen (1886 - 1930)
Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen
Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen was a German modernist painter. She was a co-founder of the Hamburg Secession. Since 1919 she based her major expressionist works on the work of the dissolved Brücke (group of artists), early cubism and African sculpture.
Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen has developed an individual mode of expression in Expressionism. Although her works feature the typical angular contours, two-dimensional concept of space and dynamic oblique compositions, unlike her peers, the artist refrained from any form of aggressiveness in her compositions. In her still life and figurative paintings, a contemplative mood resonates, contrary to the dynamic composition of the painting.
In 1937, Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen's works were confiscated from the Kunsthalle Hamburg as part of the Nazi action "Degenerate Art" and then destroyed.
| Date and place of birt: | 6 february 1886, Lensahn, Germany |
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| Date and place of death: | 8 february 1930, Hamburg, Germany |
| Nationality: | Germany |
| Period of activity: | XIX, XX century |
| Specialization: | Artist, Painter |
| Art school / group: | Hamburg Secession |
| Art style: | Degenerate art, Expressionism, Modern art |
