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Born July 26, 1893 • Berlin • Germany
Died July 6, 1959 (aged 65) • Berlin • Germany
Notable Works “Ecce Homo” • “The Face of the Ruling Class”
Movement / Style Dada • Expressionism • Neue Sachlichkeit

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George Grosz.
Grosz, George: Portrait of Dr. Felix J. Weil
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Munch, Edvard
Edvard Munch
Norwegian artist
“Parents of the Artist,” oil on canvas by Otto Dix, 1921; in the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel, Switzerland
Otto Dix
German artist
Honoré Daumier
Honoré Daumier
French artist
Paul Klee
Paul Klee
Swiss-German artist
Francisco Goya: Self-portrait
Francisco Goya
Spanish artist
James McNeill Whistler
James McNeill Whistler
American artist
Erfurth, Hugo: Käthe Kollwitz
Käthe Kollwitz
German artist
Nolde, Emil: Cows in the Lowland
Emil Nolde
German artist
Max Ernst
Max Ernst
German artist
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist
French artist Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
French artist
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: At the Moulin Rouge
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
French artist
Albrecht Dürer: Self-Portrait in Furred Coat
Albrecht Dürer
German artist
Memory, etching on wove paper by Max Klinger, 1894; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 27.62 × 15.24 cm.
Max Klinger
German artist
“Battle of Alexander at Issus,” detail of an oil painting on panel by Albrecht Altdorfer, 1529; in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Albrecht Altdorfer
German artist
David Claypoole Johnston
American cartoonist
Childe Hassam: Winter in Union Square
Childe Hassam
American painter
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Still Life with Jug and African Bowl
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
German artist
Max Beckmann
German painter
Rudolf Bauer
German-born artist

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