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the Nazi regime that came to power in Germany declared the artist's work degenerate, and 33 of Schrimpf's works were withdrawn from German museums.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

Hans Brunner (1813 - 1888)
Hans Brunner
1813 - 1888
Rudolf Schramm-Zittau (1874 - 1950)
Rudolf Schramm-Zittau
1874 - 1950
Tyyne Claudia Pollmann (1959)
Tyyne Claudia Pollmann
1959
Henriette Grahnert (1977)
Henriette Grahnert
1977
Heinrich Böhmer (1852 - 1930)
Heinrich Böhmer
1852 - 1930
Amelie Ruths (1871 - 1956)
Amelie Ruths
1871 - 1956
Alexander Timtschenko (1965)
Alexander Timtschenko
1965
Herman Schilcher (1909 - 2003)
Herman Schilcher
1909 - 2003
John Gleich (1879 - 1927)
John Gleich
1879 - 1927
Dmitri Vladimirovich Vrubel (1960 - 2022)
Dmitri Vladimirovich Vrubel
1960 - 2022
Bernhard Hoetger (1874 - 1949)
Bernhard Hoetger
1874 - 1949
Heinrich Wettig (1875 - 1938)
Heinrich Wettig
1875 - 1938
Max Schleinitz (? - 1935)
Max Schleinitz
? - 1935
Oscar Florianus Bluemner (1867 - 1938)
Oscar Florianus Bluemner
1867 - 1938
Johann Gotthard von Müller (1747 - 1830)
Johann Gotthard von Müller
1747 - 1830
Claus Otto Paeffgen (1933 - 2019)
Claus Otto Paeffgen
1933 - 2019

Creators New Objectivity

Anton Räderscheidt (1892 - 1970)
Anton Räderscheidt
1892 - 1970
Oswald Poetzelberger (1893 - 1966)
Oswald Poetzelberger
1893 - 1966
Alexander Kanoldt (1881 - 1939)
Alexander Kanoldt
1881 - 1939
Jeanne Mammen (1890 - 1976)
Jeanne Mammen
1890 - 1976
Walter Schulz-Matan (1889 - 1965)
Walter Schulz-Matan
1889 - 1965
Fritz Burger-Mühlfeld (1882 - 1969)
Fritz Burger-Mühlfeld
1882 - 1969
Karl Rössing (1897 - 1987)
Karl Rössing
1897 - 1987
Wilhelm Heise (1892 - 1965)
Wilhelm Heise
1892 - 1965
Pino Ponti (1905 - 1999)
Pino Ponti
1905 - 1999
Gussy Erika Edith Hippold-Ahnert (1910 - 2003)
Gussy Erika Edith Hippold-Ahnert
1910 - 2003
Adolf Uzarski (1885 - 1970)
Adolf Uzarski
1885 - 1970
Arthur Kaufmann (1888 - 1971)
Arthur Kaufmann
1888 - 1971
Albert Renger-Patzsch (1897 - 1966)
Albert Renger-Patzsch
1897 - 1966
Franz Theodor Schütt (1908 - 1990)
Franz Theodor Schütt
1908 - 1990
Sergius Pauser (1896 - 1970)
Sergius Pauser
1896 - 1970
Carlo Mense (1886 - 1965)
Carlo Mense
1886 - 1965
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