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Entartete Kunst


Entartete Kunst
Term used by the Nazis in Germany from the 1920s to refer to art that did not fall into line with the arts policies of National Socialism, chiefly avant-garde work. The term ‘degenerate art’ has been used generally to describe art perceived as signifying decay, and usually forms of art production in chronological proximity. It has been used in a polemical context to enhance the value of a specific aesthetic viewpoint. The first known example ... (view more)

Grove Art excerpts - Electronic ©2003, Oxford Art Online

Artists Associated with Entartete Kunst — 10 artists:

Max Beckmann
Dezso Czigany
Geoffrey Eduardo Foladori
Otto Freundlich
Wassily Kandinsky

Paul Klee
Piet Mondrian
Oskar Schlemmer
Georg Schrimpf
Márk Vedres

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