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the Nazi regime that came to power in Germany declared the artist's work degenerate, and 33 of Schrimpf's works were withdrawn from German museums.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

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Creators New Objectivity

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Max Radler (1904 - 1971)
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Wilhelm Schnarrenberger (1892 - 1966)
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Carlo Mense (1886 - 1965)
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Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Deyneka (1899 - 1969)
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Hanna Bekker vom Rath (1893 - 1983)
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Alois Erbach (1888 - 1972)
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Franz Theodor Schütt (1908 - 1990)
Franz Theodor Schütt
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Evarist Adam Weber (1887 - 1968)
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1887 - 1968
Wilhelm Heise (1892 - 1965)
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1892 - 1965
Volker Böhringer (1912 - 1961)
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Werner Peiner (1897 - 1984)
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Herbert Marxen (1900 - 1954)
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