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

Hedwig Grundman (1894 - 1987)
Hedwig Grundman
1894 - 1987
Rolf Cavael (1898 - 1979)
Rolf Cavael
1898 - 1979
Max Haushofer (1811 - 1866)
Max Haushofer
1811 - 1866
Georg Flegel (1566 - 1638)
Georg Flegel
1566 - 1638
Curt Hoppe-Camphausen (1877 - 1947)
Curt Hoppe-Camphausen
1877 - 1947
Benjamin Heinrich Orth (1803 - 1875)
Benjamin Heinrich Orth
1803 - 1875
Otto Schulz-Stradtmann (1892 - 1960)
Otto Schulz-Stradtmann
1892 - 1960
Johann Wilhelm Schütze (1807 - 1878)
Johann Wilhelm Schütze
1807 - 1878
John Heartfield (1891 - 1968)
John Heartfield
1891 - 1968
Emil Bartoschek (1899 - 1969)
Emil Bartoschek
1899 - 1969
Hans Maurus (1901 - 1942)
Hans Maurus
1901 - 1942
Ludwig Michael Schwanthaler (1802 - 1848)
Ludwig Michael Schwanthaler
1802 - 1848
Ralf Peters (1960)
Ralf Peters
1960
Hans Laabs (1915 - 2004)
Hans Laabs
1915 - 2004
Chris Antemann (1970)
Chris Antemann
1970
Ivo Hauptmann (1886 - 1973)
Ivo Hauptmann
1886 - 1973

Creators Degenerate art

Gabriele Daube (1901 - 1988)
Gabriele Daube
1901 - 1988
Karl Kluth (1898 - 1972)
Karl Kluth
1898 - 1972
Wilhelm Rudolph (1889 - 1982)
Wilhelm Rudolph
1889 - 1982
Heinrich Ehmsen (1886 - 1964)
Heinrich Ehmsen
1886 - 1964
Jing Ren (1975)
Jing Ren
1975
Luigi Marengo (1928 - 2010)
Luigi Marengo
1928 - 2010
Tommi Anton Parzinger (1903 - 1981)
Tommi Anton Parzinger
1903 - 1981
Asger Jorn (1914 - 1973)
Asger Jorn
1914 - 1973
Yang Chi Tong (1906 - 2003)
Yang Chi Tong
1906 - 2003
Cornelia Schleime (1953)
Cornelia Schleime
1953
Jasun Martz (1953)
Jasun Martz
1953
Helmut Federle (1944)
Helmut Federle
1944
Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898 - 1972)
Maurits Cornelis Escher
1898 - 1972
Pitt Kreuzberg (1888 - 1966)
Pitt Kreuzberg
1888 - 1966
Henri Epstein (1891 - 1944)
Henri Epstein
1891 - 1944
Willy Knoop (1888 - 1966)
Willy Knoop
1888 - 1966
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