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Franz Nölken was a German painter of the early twentieth century. He is known as a painter and a member of the Bridge art group, which became the founder of German Expressionism.
Franz Nölken, mastering a variety of techniques including oil, pastel and watercolor, excelled in portrait painting, as well as creating landscapes and still lifes. His work is characterized by virtuoso drawing and a desire to simplify his pictorial media. Conscripted during World War I, Nölken died in northern France just before the end of the war. He left an important mark on the history of Expressionism.
Karl Hofer was a German expressionist painter. He was director of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts.
One of the most prominent painters of expressionism, he never was a member of one of the expressionist painting groups, like "Die Brücke", but was influenced by their painters. His work was among those considered degenerate art by the Nazis, but after World War II he regained recognition as one of the leading German painters.
Eugen Felix Prosper Bracht was a German landscape painter.
A late Romanticist painter, Bracht was known for his moody landscapes and coastal scenes in North Germany, and began a sketching trip through Syria, Palestine and Egypt from 1880 to 1881. In 1882, he became a Professor of Landscape Painting at the Prussian Academy of Arts.
Later, Bracht became a representative of German Impressionism.
In 1901, he obtained a teaching position at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts that he held until 1919.
