William Straube (1871 - 1954)

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William Straube

William Straube, full name William Carl Johannes Bertram Straube, was a German expressionist painter and painting teacher.

Straube acquired his expressive style as a student at Henri Matisse's academy in Paris in 1908-1911, then his studies at the Stuttgart Academy enriched and intensified this style. Straube belonged to the artistic circle of the Rhenish Expressionists, formed around 1910 around August Macke. This time was characterized by the struggle between the French avant-garde and the emerging modernism in Germany.

During the Nazi campaign against degenerate art in 1937, several of Straube's paintings were confiscated and destroyed.

Straube was a member of the Association of German Artists and was a lifelong teacher of drawing.

Date and place of birt:10 june 1871, Berlin, Germany
Date and place of death:3 may 1954, Neufrach, Germany
Nationality:Germany
Period of activity: XIX, XX century
Specialization:Artist, Educator, Painter
Genre:Landscape painting, Portrait
Art style:Degenerate art, Expressionism

Creators Germany

Karl Salzman (1847 - 1923)
Karl Salzman
1847 - 1923
Johann Friedrich Voltz (1817 - 1886)
Johann Friedrich Voltz
1817 - 1886
Karin Kneffel (1957)
Karin Kneffel
1957
Lorenz Petersen (1803 - 1870)
Lorenz Petersen
1803 - 1870
Thomas Ritter (1955)
Thomas Ritter
1955
Michael Emil Sachs (1836 - 1893)
Michael Emil Sachs
1836 - 1893
Oscar Bögel (1871 - 1964)
Oscar Bögel
1871 - 1964
A. R. Penck (1939 - 2017)
A. R. Penck
1939 - 2017
Friedrich Dürck (1809 - 1884)
Friedrich Dürck
1809 - 1884
Helmut Middendorf (1953)
Helmut Middendorf
1953
Julius Uschner (1805 - 1885)
Julius Uschner
1805 - 1885
Ottmar Hendschel (1845 - 1921)
Ottmar Hendschel
1845 - 1921
Hermann Ober (1920 - 1997)
Hermann Ober
1920 - 1997
Oswald Brückner (1897 - 1989)
Oswald Brückner
1897 - 1989
Max Koner (1854 - 1900)
Max Koner
1854 - 1900
Felix Nussbaum (1904 - 1944)
Felix Nussbaum
1904 - 1944

Creators Degenerate art

Ernst Schroffenegger (1905 - 1994)
Ernst Schroffenegger
1905 - 1994
Marsden Hartley (1877 - 1943)
Marsden Hartley
1877 - 1943
Georg Macco (1863 - 1933)
Georg Macco
1863 - 1933
Karel Appel (1921 - 2006)
Karel Appel
1921 - 2006
Jean Lebedeff (1884 - 1972)
Jean Lebedeff
1884 - 1972
Hermann Sehrig (1892 - 1963)
Hermann Sehrig
1892 - 1963
Nikolai Astrup (1890 - 1928)
Nikolai Astrup
1890 - 1928
Carlo Mense (1886 - 1965)
Carlo Mense
1886 - 1965
Gert Heinrich Wollheim (1894 - 1974)
Gert Heinrich Wollheim
1894 - 1974
Walter Jonas (1910 - 1979)
Walter Jonas
1910 - 1979
Martin Lersch (1954)
Martin Lersch
1954
Veit Hofmann (1944)
Veit Hofmann
1944
Leon Golub (1922 - 2004)
Leon Golub
1922 - 2004
Braulio Salazar (1917 - 2008)
Braulio Salazar
1917 - 2008
Ferdinand Herwig (1884 - 1959)
Ferdinand Herwig
1884 - 1959
Walter Becker (1893 - 1984)
Walter Becker
1893 - 1984
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