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

Steffen Fischer (1954)
Steffen Fischer
1954
Ekaterina Zacharova (1968)
Ekaterina Zacharova
1968
August Weber (1817 - 1873)
August Weber
1817 - 1873
Lothar Guderian (1939)
Lothar Guderian
1939
Franz Martin Kuen (1719 - 1771)
Franz Martin Kuen
1719 - 1771
Georg Müller (1880 - 1952)
Georg Müller
1880 - 1952
Franjo Klopotan (1938 - 2019)
Franjo Klopotan
1938 - 2019
Richard Haizmann (1895 - 1963)
Richard Haizmann
1895 - 1963
Dorothea Schulz (1962)
Dorothea Schulz
1962
Stefano Torelli (1712 - 1784)
Stefano Torelli
1712 - 1784
Ernst Jordan (1858 - 1924)
Ernst Jordan
1858 - 1924
Georg Burmester (1864 - 1936)
Georg Burmester
1864 - 1936
Bernhard Gutmann (1869 - 1936)
Bernhard Gutmann
1869 - 1936
Mark Matthes (1976)
Mark Matthes
1976
Friedrich Wilhelm von Schadow (1788 - 1862)
Friedrich Wilhelm von Schadow
1788 - 1862
Kilian Leonard Dax (1954)
Kilian Leonard Dax
1954

Creators Degenerate art

Max Beckmann (1884 - 1950)
Max Beckmann
1884 - 1950
Friedrich G. Scheuer (1936)
Friedrich G. Scheuer
1936
Takanori Ogisu (1901 - 1986)
Takanori Ogisu
1901 - 1986
Anne Sicker-Schröer (1931 - 2023)
Anne Sicker-Schröer
1931 - 2023
Georg Ehrlich (1897 - 1966)
Georg Ehrlich
1897 - 1966
Paul Augustin Aizpiri (1919 - 2016)
Paul Augustin Aizpiri
1919 - 2016
Hans Geipel (1927 - 2007)
Hans Geipel
1927 - 2007
Heinrich Nicolaus (1955)
Heinrich Nicolaus
1955
Hennig Kurschner (1941)
Hennig Kurschner
1941
Rolf Dürig (1926 - 1985)
Rolf Dürig
1926 - 1985
Emily Mason (1932 - 2019)
Emily Mason
1932 - 2019
Walter Gramatté (1897 - 1929)
Walter Gramatté
1897 - 1929
Hans Poelzig (1869 - 1936)
Hans Poelzig
1869 - 1936
Vincent Pepi (1926 - 2020)
Vincent Pepi
1926 - 2020
Horace Clifford Westermann (1922 - 1981)
Horace Clifford Westermann
1922 - 1981
Peter Brandes (1944)
Peter Brandes
1944
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