Georg Schrimpf (1889 - 1938) - photo 1

Georg Schrimpf

Georg Gerhard Schrimpf was a German self-taught painter and graphic artist, one of the greatest representatives of the New Objectivity movement.

Earning a living as a baker, waiter and so on, Georg constantly painted and perfected this skill. In 1915, Schrimpf moved to Berlin, where he first worked in a chocolate factory. He soon attracted the attention of the art historian, gallerist and publicist Gerwart Walden, who successfully exhibited Schrimpf's first oil paintings. He also created woodcuts for magazines. In 1920, Schrimpf exhibited for the first time at the New Secession exhibition at the Glass Palace in Munich, and a year later became a member of this group.

The motifs of Schrimpf's works were often women in melancholy moods, and his landscapes are of desolate, pure nature.

From 1926 to 1933 Schrimpf taught at the Munich School of Applied Arts, in 1933 he was appointed assistant professor at the Royal Art School in Berlin, and then the Nazi regime that came to power in Germany declared the artist's work degenerate, and 33 of Schrimpf's works were withdrawn from German museums. By the end of 1937, Georg Schrimpf was relieved of his teaching position in Berlin and died of heart failure a few months later at the age of 49.

Date and place of birt:13 february 1889, Munich, Germany
Date and place of death:19 april 1938, Berlin, Germany
Nationality:Germany
Period of activity: XX century
Specialization:Artist, Graphic artist, Painter
Genre:Genre art, Portrait, Self-portrait, Still life
Art style:New Objectivity

Creators Germany

František Kyncl (1934 - 2011)
František Kyncl
1934 - 2011
Igor Oleinikov (1968)
Igor Oleinikov
1968
John Wilhelm Preyer (1803 - 1889)
John Wilhelm Preyer
1803 - 1889
Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876 - 1907)
Paula Modersohn-Becker
1876 - 1907
Karin Kneffel (1957)
Karin Kneffel
1957
Hans Breinlinger (1888 - 1963)
Hans Breinlinger
1888 - 1963
Richard Seewald (1889 - 1976)
Richard Seewald
1889 - 1976
Franz Radziwill (1895 - 1983)
Franz Radziwill
1895 - 1983
Marion Bembé (1930)
Marion Bembé
1930
Friedrich Georg Weitsch (1758 - 1828)
Friedrich Georg Weitsch
1758 - 1828
Karl Bolz (1877 - 1954)
Karl Bolz
1877 - 1954
Ernst Hermanns (1914 - 2000)
Ernst Hermanns
1914 - 2000
Ernst Günter Hansing (1929 - 2011)
Ernst Günter Hansing
1929 - 2011
Wilhelm Laage (1868 - 1930)
Wilhelm Laage
1868 - 1930
William Barnes Wollen (1857 - 1936)
William Barnes Wollen
1857 - 1936
Winfried Virnich (1955)
Winfried Virnich
1955

Creators New Objectivity

Conrad Felixmüller (1897 - 1977)
Conrad Felixmüller
1897 - 1977
Xenia Hausner (1951)
Xenia Hausner
1951
Hainz Hamisch (1908 - 1997)
Hainz Hamisch
1908 - 1997
Max Radler (1904 - 1971)
Max Radler
1904 - 1971
Wilhelm Heise (1892 - 1965)
Wilhelm Heise
1892 - 1965
Hanna Nagel (1907 - 1975)
Hanna Nagel
1907 - 1975
Heinz Schrand (1926 - 2017)
Heinz Schrand
1926 - 2017
Harry Morey Callahan (1912 - 1999)
Harry Morey Callahan
1912 - 1999
Karl Rössing (1897 - 1987)
Karl Rössing
1897 - 1987
Josef Scharl (1896 - 1954)
Josef Scharl
1896 - 1954
Alexander Kanoldt (1881 - 1939)
Alexander Kanoldt
1881 - 1939
Emy Roeder (1890 - 1971)
Emy Roeder
1890 - 1971
Hellmuth Mueller-Leutert (1892 - 1973)
Hellmuth Mueller-Leutert
1892 - 1973
Ulrich Hachulla (1943)
Ulrich Hachulla
1943
Anton Räderscheidt (1892 - 1970)
Anton Räderscheidt
1892 - 1970
George Grosz (1893 - 1959)
George Grosz
1893 - 1959
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