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Born February 12, 1884 • Leipzig • Germany
Died December 27, 1950 (aged 66) • New York City • New York
Notable Works “Departure” • “The Night”
Movement / Style Art Nouveau • Expressionism • Neue Sachlichkeit • Sezession
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Self-Portrait with Monocle
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
German artist
George Grosz.
George Grosz
German artist
“Parents of the Artist,” oil on canvas by Otto Dix, 1921; in the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel, Switzerland
Otto Dix
German artist
Munch, Edvard
Edvard Munch
Norwegian artist
Georges Rouault
French artist
Egon Schiele
Austrian artist
Albrecht Dürer: Self-Portrait in Furred Coat
Albrecht Dürer
German artist
Lucas Cranach, the Elder
German painter
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Still Life with Jug and African Bowl
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
German artist
Nolde, Emil: Cows in the Lowland
Emil Nolde
German artist
Liebermann, Max
Max Liebermann
German artist
Heckel, Erich: Portrait of a Man
Erich Heckel
German artist
Rohlfs, Christian: Return of the Prodigal Son
Christian Rohlfs
German artist
Self-portrait, oil painting by Otto Müller, 1922; in the Klaus Gebhard Collection, Munich
Otto Müller
German painter
Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler
German artist
Pechstein, Max: Sunlight
Max Pechstein
German artist
Rembrandt: Self-Portrait
Rembrandt
Dutch artist
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist
Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas
French artist
The Painter and His Pug, self-portrait by William Hogarth, oil on canvas, 1745; in the Tate Gallery, London.
William Hogarth
English artist

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