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

Robert Koehler (1850 - 1917)
Robert Koehler
1850 - 1917
Herma Körding (1927 - 2010)
Herma Körding
1927 - 2010
Otto Laible (1898 - 1962)
Otto Laible
1898 - 1962
Erich Erler-Samedan (1870 - 1946)
Erich Erler-Samedan
1870 - 1946
Erich Kuithan (1875 - 1917)
Erich Kuithan
1875 - 1917
Paul Neuenborn (1866 - 1913)
Paul Neuenborn
1866 - 1913
Christian Georg Schuetz (1758 - 1823)
Christian Georg Schuetz
1758 - 1823
Josef Urbach (1889 - 1973)
Josef Urbach
1889 - 1973
Wilhelm Hempfing (1886 - 1948)
Wilhelm Hempfing
1886 - 1948
Wolfgang Heimbach (1620 - 1678)
Wolfgang Heimbach
1620 - 1678
Anselm Kiefer (1945)
Anselm Kiefer
1945
Martin Eder (1968)
Martin Eder
1968
Bogdan Pavlovich Willewalde (1819 - 1903)
Bogdan Pavlovich Willewalde
1819 - 1903
Paul Moye (1877 - 1926)
Paul Moye
1877 - 1926
Johann Friedrich Voltz (1817 - 1886)
Johann Friedrich Voltz
1817 - 1886
Wilhelm Frey (1826 - 1911)
Wilhelm Frey
1826 - 1911

Creators Degenerate art

Hernan Bas (1978)
Hernan Bas
1978
Xenia Hausner (1951)
Xenia Hausner
1951
Helmut Federle (1944)
Helmut Federle
1944
Selma des Coudres (1883 - 1956)
Selma des Coudres
1883 - 1956
Christian Sery (1959)
Christian Sery
1959
Franz Kline (1910 - 1962)
Franz Kline
1910 - 1962
Alfred Eichhorn (1909 - 1972)
Alfred Eichhorn
1909 - 1972
Théo Kerg (1909 - 1993)
Théo Kerg
1909 - 1993
Ernest Rudolfovich Kontratovich (1912 - 2009)
Ernest Rudolfovich Kontratovich
1912 - 2009
Otto Freundlich (1878 - 1943)
Otto Freundlich
1878 - 1943
Otto Herbig (1889 - 1971)
Otto Herbig
1889 - 1971
Trakia Wendisch (1958)
Trakia Wendisch
1958
Heinrich Dersch (1889 - 1967)
Heinrich Dersch
1889 - 1967
Michael Ayrton (1921 - 1975)
Michael Ayrton
1921 - 1975
Yang Chi Tong (1906 - 2003)
Yang Chi Tong
1906 - 2003
Lajos Vajda (1908 - 1941)
Lajos Vajda
1908 - 1941
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