Rooms 15 e 16. The early twentieth-century in Germany
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Rooms 15 and 16. The early twentieth-century in Germany
The Collection boasts an important collection of works by key figures of German Expressionism, all of which entered the Collection for its inauguration in 1973. The two rooms offer a panoramic view of this extremely fruitful phase, including works by perhaps less well-known artists. The selection opens with a predecessor, the Belgian James Ensor, with two works from the 1910s dedicated to religious subjects. The group Die Brücke, which was formed in Dresden in 1905, is represented by works by the founders Kirchner, Heckel and Schmidt-Rottluff, joined by Nolde and Pechstein, present in the collection with several splendid drawings. Meanwhile, Der Blaue Reiter is alluded to by the magnificent still life by Kandinsky’s lifelong partner, Gabriele Münter. The research of the New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit), which developed in the period immediately following the First World War within a context of renewed interest in tangible reality in European Art, is shown in the paintings of Otto Dix, representing his work devoted to religious subjects during and after the Second World War.