Two Girls in the Wood, 1920-25

Otto Mueller (October 16, 1874 - September 24, 1930) was a German painter and printmaker of the expressionist movement. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years). ... Year 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... Printmaking is a process for producing a work of art in ink; the work (called a print) is created indirectly, through the transfer of ink from the surface upon which the work was originally drawn or otherwise composed. ... The Scream by Edvard Munch (1893) which inspired 20th century Expressionists Portrait of Eduard Kosmack by Egon Schiele Rehe im Walde by Franz Marc Elbe Bridge I by Rolf Nesch On White II by Wassily Kandinsky, 1923. ...

Otto Mueller was born on October 16, 1847, in Liebau (now Lubawka, Poland), Kreis Landeshut, German Silesia. Between 1890-1892 he was trained in lithography in Görlitz and Breslau. From 1894 to 1896 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden and continued his study in Munich 1898. He left Munich's academy after Franz von Stuck classified him as untalented. Marktgemeinde in Austria; Minihof-Liebau Czechia Liebau Moravia, MÄ›sto Libavá commune in Moravia, Libina a 1945 abandoned village (Libavá) in Nordböhmen around Libavské Údolí Deutsch Liebau in Mähren, Horní Libina Germany Ortsteil of Gemeinde Föritz, Landkreis Sonneberg, Thuringia Ortsteil of Gemeinde Pöhl, Vogtland Dorfstelle in... Lubawka (German: ) is a town in Poland, in Lower Silesia Voivodship, in Kamienna Góra County. ... Location in Poland Kamienna Góra (German: ) is a town in south-western Poland with 21,675 inhabitants (2004). ... Silesia (Czech: ; German: ; Latin: ; Polish: ; Silesian: Åšlónsk) is a historical region in central Europe. ... Lithography stone and mirror-image print of a map of Munich. ... Church towers in Görlitz. ... Wrocław. ... 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. ... Munich (German: , pronounced  ; Austro-Bavarian: Minga [1]) is the capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria. ... Akademie der Bildenden Künste München New Building 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. In 1946, the Academy was... Franz Stuck (1863 - 1928), German symbolist/expressionist painter, was born at Tettenweis, in Bavaria, and received his artistic training at the Munich Academy. ...

His early works are influenced by impressionism, Jugendstil and symbolism. When he settled to Berlin in 1908, he turned more and more to the expressionism. During this time there were meetings with Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Rainer Maria Rilke and Erich Heckel. In 1910, he joined 'Die Brücke', a Dresden-based group of Expressionist artists. He was member of the group until it disbanded in 1913 due to artistic differences. At the same time Mueller also had contact with the artists group of the 'Blaue Reiter'. Impressionism was a 19th century art movement that began as a loose association of Paris-based artists, who began exhibiting their art publicly in the 1860s. ... Jugendstil is defined as a style of architecture or decorative art similar to Art Nouveau, popular in German-speaking areas of Europe during the late 19th and early 20th centuries [1]. Jugendstil was also popular in the Nordic countries, where it became integrated with the National Romantic Style. ... Berlin is the capital city and one of the sixteen states of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... The Scream by Edvard Munch (1893) which inspired 20th century Expressionists Portrait of Eduard Kosmack by Egon Schiele Rehe im Walde by Franz Marc Elbe Bridge I by Rolf Nesch On White II by Wassily Kandinsky, 1923. ... Die Kniende (kneeing woman), 1911 Wilhelm Lehmbruck (* January 4, 1881 in Duisburg, † March 25, 1919 in Berlin) was a German sculptor. ... Rainer Maria Rilke (4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926) is generally considered the German languages greatest 20th century poet. ... 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. ... Die Brücke (The Bridge) was a group of German expressionist artists formed in Dresden in 1905. ... Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) was a group of expressionist artists that was established in Munich in 1911. ...

During the World War I he fought as a German soldier in France and Russia. After the war he became professor at the academy of arts (Akademie der Bildenden Kunste) in Breslau where he taught until his death on September 24, 1930. Johnny Friedlaender and Isidor Ascheim were among his pupils there. Altogether his printmaking amounted to 172 prints, in woodcut, etching and lithography. “The Great War ” redirects here. ... Wrocław. ... Bronze relief by Johnny Friedlaender Johnny Friedlaender (December 26, 1912 to June 18, 1992) was a leading twentieth century artist, whose works have been exhibited in Germany, France, Netherlands, Italy, Japan and the United States. ... Ascheim, Village Scene, oil on canvas Ascheim, Flowers, oil on canvas, 1930s Isidor Ascheim (1891-1968) (variant names Isidor Aschheim, Izidor Aschheim) was a German-Israeli painter and printmaker born in PoznaÅ„, Prussia (present-day Poland) in 1891. ... Four horsemen of the Apocalypse by Albrecht Dürer Ukiyo-e woodcut, Ishiyama Moon by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1889) Woodcut is a relief printing artistic technique in printmaking in which an image is carved into the surface of a block of wood, with the printing parts remaining level with the surface... Christ Preaching, known as The Hundred Guilder print; etching c1648 by Rembrandt Etching is the process of using strong acid to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio in the metal (the original process - in modern manufacturing other chemicals may be used...

In 1937 the Nazis seized 357 of his works from German museums, since the pictures were considered as degenerate art. The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler and Adolf Ziegler visit the entartete Kunst exhibition. ...

Mueller was one of the most lyrical of German expressionist painters. The central topic in Mueller's works is the unity of humans and nature, whereas his paintings are focused on a harmonious simplification of form, colour and contours. He is especially known for his characteristic paintings of nudes and gypsy women. Nudity or nakedness is the state of wearing no clothing. ... Languages Romani, languages of native region Religions Christianity, Islam Related ethnic groups South Asians (Desi) The Roma (singular Rom; sometimes Rroma, Rrom) or Romanies are an ethnic group living in many communities all over the world. ...

Paintings in museums

• Brücke Museum, Berlin, Germany
• Buchheim Museum, Bernried, Germany
• Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
• Museum of Modern Art, New York City
• National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

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