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Ernst Barlach

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(Wedel 1870–1938 Rostock)

Barlach received his artistic training in Hamburg and Dresden. From around 1900 to 1910, he lived in Berlin with interruptions and was represented there by gallery owner Paul Cassirer. A trip to Russia in 1906 was decisive for his artistic development. Coming from Art Nouveau, Barlach developed his own expressive style with concise, block-like figures. Barlach was a member of the Berlin Secession and, from 1919, the Prussian Academy of Arts. Under the Nazis, his works were considered “degenerate.”

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Eugène Delacroix

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(Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris)

Eugène Delacroix is considered one of the most important painters of French Romanticism and was a pioneer of Impressionism. From 1886, he studied painting and graphic techniques in Paris. Around 1820, he received his first commissions and participated in exhibitions at the Paris Salon. Study trips to Spain and North Africa broadened his range of motifs and colors.

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Peter von Cornelius

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(Düsseldorf 1783–1867 Berlin)

Cornelius came from a family of artists and studied at the Düsseldorf Academy from 1798. In 1811, he traveled to Rome and found his way to artists of the Nazarene style, of which he became the leading representative. In 1816, he published illustrations for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s drama Faust I. Cornelius is considered one of the innovators of monumental fresco painting.

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Emil Orlik

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(Prag 1870–1932 Berlin)

After studying in Munich and working independently in Prague, Orlik was appointed head of the graphic arts class at the Berlin School of Arts and Crafts in 1905. He was a member of the Berlin Secession and made a name for himself as a portraitist of numerous figures from the performing and visual arts. Orlik also created designs for stage sets and costumes. He undertook numerous long-distance journeys and was inspired by Japanese woodblock prints.

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Emil Stumpp

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(Neckarzimmer 1886–1941 Stuhm)

After a semester at the Karlsruhe School of Arts and Crafts, Stumpp studied humanities in Marburg and Berlin from 1905 onwards. He passed a teaching exam and was then drafted into military service. From 1919, he taught in Königsberg but then moved to Berlin in 1924 to work as a freelance artist. With his accurate portraits, Stumpp became one of the most famous press illustrators of the Weimar Republic. In 1940, Stumpp was sentenced to prison for political statements and died in prison.

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Eugen Quaglio

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(München 1857–1942 Paris)

Eugen Quaglio came from a family of artists. His father Angelo had worked as a stage designer in several cities. After training in his father’s workshop, he studied briefly at the School of Applied Arts and the Academy in Munich. In 1891, he became head of set design at the State Theater in Berlin, but also worked for other theaters. In 1924, he was appointed professor of theater painting in Munich.

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Max Liebermann

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(Berlin 1947–1935 Berlin)

Max Liebermann received private drawing lessons as a child, but initially studied chemistry before attending art school in Weimar from 1869 to 1872. In Paris, he was inspired by landscape painters and representatives of realism. In Holland, he learned plein air painting. Liebermann shaped German Impressionism and was a co-founder of the Berlin Secession. As president of the Academy of Arts in Berlin, he championed its renewal. During the Nazi era, he and his family suffered severe reprisals.

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Josef Hegenbarth

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(Böhmisch-Kamitz 1884–1962 Dresden)

After teaching himself the basics, Hegenbarth began studying art in Dresden in 1908, completing his studies in 1915. Hegenbarth worked primarily as a draftsman and printmaker and is known not only for his stylistically unique depictions of people and animals, but also for his illustrations of works of world literature. His drawings offer highly original interpretations of the literary works they accompany.