German art describes the history of the visual arts in Germany The Mona Lisa is one of the most recognizable artistic paintings in the Western world. ...

The Bamberg Horseman is a stone equestrian statue by an anonymous medieval sculptor from the cathedral of Bamberg. The Bamberg Horseman The Bamberg Horseman (germ. ...

The Danube School (German:Donauschule or Donaustil) is the name of a circle of painters of the first third of the 16th century in Bayern and Austria Danube Landscape near Regensburg, by Albrecht Altdorfer The Danube School (German:Donauschule or Donaustil) is the name of a circle of painters of the first third of the 16th century in Bavaria and Austria (also along the Danube valley). ...

• Hans Holbein the Elder and his brother Sigismund Holbein painted religious works in the late Gothic style. Hans the Elder was a pioneer and leader in the transformation of German art from the Gothic to the Renaissance style. Hans Holbein the Younger painted in the Northern Renaissance style.

The Heller altar by Albrecht Dürer

The German Renaissance was a result of German artists who had travelled to Italy to learn more and become inspired by the Renaissance movement. Albrecht Dürer was a well known German artist of this period. During the first few years from 1495 onwards he worked in the established Germanic and northern forms but was open to the influences of the Renaissance. After visiting Italy, Dürer was back in Nuremberg by mid-1507, remaining in Germany until 1520. Self portrait Hans Holbein (c. ... A 1543 portrait miniature of Hans Holbein the Younger by Lucas Horenbout Holbeins 1533 painting The Ambassadors Hans Holbein the Younger (c. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 598 pixelsFull resolution (2024 × 1514 pixel, file size: 403 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 598 pixelsFull resolution (2024 × 1514 pixel, file size: 403 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Albrecht Dürer (pronounced /al. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Albrecht Dürer (pronounced /al. ...

The wise and foolish virgins(1813) by Peter von Cornelius

The Düsseldorf school was a group of artists who painted mostly landscapes, and who studied at, or were influenced by the Düsseldorf Academy. Founded in 1767, the academy's influence grew in the 1830s and 1840s with the popularity of the Nazrenes. The name Nazarene was adopted by a group of early nineteenth century German Romantic painters who aimed to revive honesty and spirituality in Christian art. The principal motivation of the Nazarenes was a reaction against Neoclassicism and the routine art education of the academy system. They hoped to return to art which embodied spiritual values, and sought inspiration in artists of the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance, rejecting what they saw as the superficial virtuosity of later art. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2024x1504, 252 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Peter von Cornelius Parable of the Ten Virgins German art ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2024x1504, 252 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Peter von Cornelius Parable of the Ten Virgins German art ... Peter von Cornelius (1784 - 1867), German painter, was born in Düsseldorf. ... The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. ...

Biedermeier refers to work in the fields of literature, music, the visual arts and interior design in the period between the years 1815 (Vienna Congress), the end of the Napoleonic Wars, and 1848. In Central Europe, Biedermeier refers to work in the fields of literature, music, the visual arts and interior design in the period between the years 1815 (Vienna Congress), the end of the Napoleonic Wars, and 1848, the year of the European revolutions and contrasts with the Romantic era which preceded...

20th century

Plakatstil, was an early poster style of art that began in the early 1900s and originated out of Germany. "Plakatstil" means "poster style" in German. The traits of this style of art are usually bold, straight font with very simple design. Plakatstil, was an early poster style of art that began in the early 1900s and originated out of Germany. ...

Rehe im Walde by Franz Marc

Der Blaue Reiter established in Munich, Germany in 1911. Wassily Kandinsky, Franz Marc, August Macke, Alexej von Jawlensky, Marianne von Werefkin and others founded the group in response to the rejection of Kandinsky's painting Last Judgement from an exhibition by Neue Künstlervereinigung—another artists' group of which Kandinsky had been a member. The name Der Blaue Reiter derived from Marc's enthusiasm for horses, and from Kandinsky's love of the colour blue. For Kandinsky, blue is the colour of spirituality—the darker the blue, the more it awakens human desire for the eternal (see his 1911 book On the Spiritual in Art). Kandinsky had also titled a painting Der Blaue Reiter (see illustration) in 1903. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2024x2199, 406 KB) Description:  Title: de: Rehe im Walde (II) Technique: de: Leinwand Dimensions: de: 110,5 × 100 cm Country of origin: de: Deutschland Current location (city): de: Karlsruhe Current location (gallery): de: Kunsthalle Other notes: de: Künstlergruppe Â»Der Blaue... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2024x2199, 406 KB) Description:  Title: de: Rehe im Walde (II) Technique: de: Leinwand Dimensions: de: 110,5 × 100 cm Country of origin: de: Deutschland Current location (city): de: Karlsruhe Current location (gallery): de: Kunsthalle Other notes: de: Künstlergruppe Â»Der Blaue... August Macke. ... Cover of Der Blaue Reiter almanac. ... For other uses, see Munich (disambiguation). ...

• Die Brücke was a group of German expressionist artists formed in Dresden in 1905. The original four Jugendstil architecture students led by Hermann Obrist included:

• Fritz Bleyl (1880-1966)
• Erich Heckel (1883-1970)
• Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938)
• Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884-1976)

Die Brücke was one of two groups of German painters fundamental to Expressionism, the other being Der Blaue Reiter group ("The Blue Rider") formed in Munich in 1911. Die Brücke (The Bridge) was a group of German expressionist artists formed in Dresden in 1905. ... Dresden (Sorbian: Drježdźany; etymologically from Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning people of the riverside forest, Czech: ) is the capital city of the German Federal Free State of Saxony. ... Fritz Bleyl (1880, Zwickau - 1966) was a German painter of the Expressionist school. ... Erich Heckel (July 31, 1883 - January 27, 1970) was a German painter and printmaker, and a founding member of the Die Brücke group (The Bridge) which existed 1905-1913. ... Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (May 6, 1880 – June 15, 1938) was a German expressionist painter and one of the founders of the artists group Die Brücke or The Bridge. ... Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (* December 1 1884 in Rottluff - August 10 1976 in Berlin) was a German painter of the expressionism. ...

The New Objectivity, or neue Sachlichkeit (new matter-of-factness), was an art movement which arose in Germany during the 1920s as an outgrowth of, and in opposition to, expressionism. It is thus post-expressionist. The term is applied to works of pictorial art, literature, music, and architecture. It describes the stripped-down, simplified building style of the Bauhaus and the Weissenhof Settlement, the urban planning and public housing projects of Bruno Taut and Ernst May, and the industrialization of the household typified by the Frankfurt kitchen. The New Objectivity, or neue Sachlichkeit (new matter-of-factness), was an art movement which arose in Germany during the 1920s as an outgrowth of, and in opposition to, expressionism. ... The Weissenhof Estate in Stuttgart, Germany (1927) The Weissenhof Estate (or Weissenhof Settlement; in German Weißenhofsiedlung) is an estate of working class housing which was built in Stuttgart in 1927. ... Bruno Julius Florian Taut (May 4, 1880, Konigsberg, Germany - December 24, 1938, Istanbul), was a prolific German architect, urban planner and author active in the Weimar period. ... Ernst May (July 27, 1886, Frankfurt am Main—September 11, 1970, Hamburg) was a German architect and city planner. ... The Frankfurt kitchen (view from the entrance) The Frankfurt kitchen was a milestone in domestic architecture, considered the fore-runner of modern built-in kitchens, for it realised for the first time a kitchen built after a unified concept, designed to enable efficient work and to be built at low...

Art in the third reich

Degenerate art (from the German: entartete Kunst) was the official platform adopted by the Nazi regime for banning modern art in favor of Heroic Art. According to Nazi thinking, Heroic Art symbolized racially pure art, free from distortion and corruption, while modern styles deviated from the prescribed norm of classical beauty. While the 1920s to 1940s are considered the heyday of modern art movements, there were conflicting nationalistic movements that resented abstract art, and Germany was no exception. Avant-garde German artists, mostly Expressionists, were now branded both enemies of the state and a threat to the German nation. Many went into exile and lost both their reputations and credibility. Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler and Adolf Ziegler visit the entartete Kunst exhibition. ... Heroic Art, or Nazi heroic realism is a style of propaganda art associated with Nazi Germany. ...

The entartete Kunst exhibit premiered in Munich in March, 1937, and travelled to eleven other cities in Germany and Austria. The show was intended as an official condemnation of modern art, and included over 650 paintings, sculptures, prints, and books from the collections of thirty two German museums. Expressionism, which had its origins in Germany, contained the largest proportion of paintings represented. It was considered the first blockbuster art exhibit of the twentieth century, with an estimated attendance of three million visitors. The exhibition was far more popular than the nearby exhibition of officially sponsored so called heroic art.

Modern art

The art group Gruppe SPUR was comprised of the following artists:

• Lothar Fischer (1933 - 2004)
• Heimrad Prem (1934 - 1978)
• Hans-Peter Zimmer (1936 - 1992)
• Helmut Sturm (1932)

The SPUR-artists met first at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich, Germany. Lothar Fischer (November 8, 1933 - June 15, 2004) was a German sculptor. ... Heimrad Prem (born 1934) is a German painter born in Roding, Oberpfalz. ... Hans-Peter Zimmer (1936 - 1992) was a German painter. ... Helmut Sturm (born 1932) is a German painter/. He was born in Furth im Wald. ... Akademie der Bildenden Künste München New Building Panoramic view of the Academy The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (German: Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, also known as Munich Academy) was founded 1808 by Maximilian I of Bavaria in Munich as the Royal Academy of Fine Arts...

Transmediale is an annual festival for art and digital culture, held in Berlin Transmediale is a yearly art festival, held in Berlin, Germany. ...

contemporary artists

Martin Kippenberger, Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, Jonathan Meese, Daniel Richter, Albert Oehlen, Markus Oehlen, Georg Baselitz, Jörg Immendorf, Rosemarie Trockel, Thomas Ruff, Bernd und Hilla Becher, Anselm Kiefer, Neo Rauch, Tim Eitel, Günther Uecker, Markus Lüpertz Martin Kippenberger (born 25 February 1953 in Dortmund, died 7 March 1997 in Vienna), was an influential German artist whose penchant for mischievousness made him the focus of a generation of German enfants terrible including Albert Oehlen and Markus Oehlen, Georg Herold[1], Dieter Göls, and Günther F... Gerhard Richter (born February 9, 1932) is a prominent German artist. ... Sigmar Polke Spiderman (Spiderman; Acrylic on paper, mounted on linen. ... Jonathan Meese (23 January 1970 in Tokyo from Welsh and German parents) is a painter, sculptor, and performance artist who describes himself as a cultural exorcist. He studied in Hamburg. ... Daniel Richter is an artist who lives and works in Germany. ... Albert Oehlen (*1954 in Krefeld) is an artist who lives in Germany. ... Markus Oehlen (born in 1956, in Krefeld) is a German artist. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Thomas Ruff (born 1958 in Zell am Harmersbach) is an internationally renowned German photographer who lives and works in Düsseldorf. ... This article should be translated from material at de:Anselm Kiefer. ... Neo Rauch (born 18 April 1960, in Leipzig, East Germany) is a German artist whose monumental paintings owe a debt to Surrealists Giorgio de Chirico and René Magritte. ... Günther Uecker photographed by Lothar Wolleh Günther Uecker White Field 1964, painted nails on painted canvasboard, Museum of Modern Art New York City Günther Uecker, also known as Guenther Uecker, is a German sculptor, op artist and installation artist. ... Markus Lüpertz (1941 in Leberec) is a contemporary German painter. ...