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the Nazi regime that came to power in Germany declared the artist's work degenerate, and 33 of Schrimpf's works were withdrawn from German museums.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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Fred Voelkerling (1872 - 1945)
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Ludwig Egidius (Ernst) Ronig (1885 - 1959)
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Karl Mohr (1922 - 2013)
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Werner Büttner (1954)
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Ruth May (1974)
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Rudolf Rehbeil
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Carl Rudell (1855 - 1939)
Carl Rudell
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Herbert Götzinger (1928 - 1976)
Herbert Götzinger
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Harald Klingelhöller (1954)
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Hermann Ober (1920 - 1997)
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Seo Soo-Kyoung (SEO) (1977)
Seo Soo-Kyoung (SEO)
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Klaus von Woyski (1931 - 2017)
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Klaus Staudt (1932)
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Creators New Objectivity

George Grosz (1893 - 1959)
George Grosz
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Heinz Schrand (1926 - 2017)
Heinz Schrand
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Richard Seewald (1889 - 1976)
Richard Seewald
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Ernst Thoms (1896 - 1983)
Ernst Thoms
1896 - 1983
Carlo Mense (1886 - 1965)
Carlo Mense
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Conrad Felixmüller (1897 - 1977)
Conrad Felixmüller
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Max Baur (1898 - 1988)
Max Baur
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Theo Eble (1899 - 1974)
Theo Eble
1899 - 1974
Josef Steiner (1899 - 1977)
Josef Steiner
1899 - 1977
Erich Wegner (1899 - 1980)
Erich Wegner
1899 - 1980
Ludwig Gies (1887 - 1966)
Ludwig Gies
1887 - 1966
Arthur Kaufmann (1888 - 1971)
Arthur Kaufmann
1888 - 1971
Werner Peiner (1897 - 1984)
Werner Peiner
1897 - 1984
Hans Finsler (1891 - 1972)
Hans Finsler
1891 - 1972
Franz Theodor Schütt (1908 - 1990)
Franz Theodor Schütt
1908 - 1990
Imogen Cunningham (1883 - 1976)
Imogen Cunningham
1883 - 1976
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