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Born December 2, 1891 • Germany
Died July 25, 1969 (aged 77) • Germany
Notable Works “Two Sacrifices of Capitalism”
Movement / Style Expressionism • Neue Sachlichkeit

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“Parents of the Artist,” oil on canvas by Otto Dix, 1921; in the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel, Switzerland
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Max Beckmann
German painter
George Grosz.
George Grosz
German 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
van Dyck, Anthony
Anthony van Dyck
Flemish painter
Francisco Goya: Self-portrait
Francisco Goya
Spanish artist
Georges Rouault
French artist
Baldung, Hans: Three Kings Altarpiece
Hans Baldung
German artist
Chodowiecki, Daniel: The Artist's Study
Daniel Chodowiecki
German artist
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Still Life with Jug and African Bowl
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
German artist
Erfurth, Hugo: Käthe Kollwitz
Käthe Kollwitz
German artist
Nolde, Emil: Cows in the Lowland
Emil Nolde
German artist
Rembrandt: Self-Portrait
Rembrandt
Dutch artist
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist
French artist Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
French artist
How heat transfers from one object to another
Paul Klee
Swiss-German artist
J.M.W. Turner: The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to Her Last Berth to Be Broken Up, 1838
J.M.W. Turner
English painter
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Italian artist
Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall
Belorussian-born French artist

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