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The [[Danube]] School of German Painting (1500 - 1550) was a group of German and [[Austrian]] artists. In the early 16th century, Lucas Cranach the Elder, [[Albrecht Altdorfer]], and Wolfgang Huber, painted landscapes of the Danube area.  

The [[Danube]] School of German Painting (1500 - 1550) was a group of German and [[Austrian]] artists. In the early 16th century, Lucas Cranach the Elder, [[Albrecht Altdorfer]], and Wolfgang Huber, painted landscapes of the Danube area.  

Georg Flegel (1566-1638), a [[Baroque]] Era Painter, is reputed to be the first German [[Still life]] painter; his style eschews Netherlandish refinement in favor of naturalistic precision. [http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/21.152.1] Sebastian Stoskopff (1597 – 1657) is considered one of the most important German still life painters of his time. [[Isaak Soreau]] (Frankfurt, 1604 - ca. 1650) and his brother, Peter (1604 - before 1672) trained under Sebastian. Isaac Soreau was born in Hanau, near Frankfurt, and was the son, and probably the pupil, of Daniel Soreau, a painter, architect and wool merchant who had emigrated from Tournai to Frankfurt by 1586. <ref> [http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/isaak-soreau-10-c-88938eb10e ISAAK SOREAU.] </ref>

Georg Flegel (1566-1638), a [[Baroque]] Era Painter, is reputed to be the first German [[Still life]] painter; his style eschews Netherlandish refinement in favor of naturalistic precision. [http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/21.152.1] Sebastian Stoskopff (1597 – 1657) is considered one of the most important German still life painters of his time. [[Isaak Soreau]] (Frankfurt, 1604 - ca. 1650) and his brother, Peter (1604 - before 1672) trained under Sebastian. Isaac Soreau was born in Hanau, near Frankfurt, and was the son, and probably the pupil, of Daniel Soreau, a painter, architect and wool merchant who had emigrated from Tournai to Frankfurt by 1586.<ref>[http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/isaak-soreau-10-c-88938eb10e ISAAK SOREAU.]</ref>

 

 

 

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[[File:Caspar David Friedrich The Monk by the sea.jpg|thumb|Caspar David Friedrich, The Monk by the sea.]]

[[File:Caspar David Friedrich The Monk by the sea.jpg|thumb|Caspar David Friedrich, The Monk by the sea.]]

[[Caspar David Friedrich]] (1774 - 1840) member of the [[Romantic]] Movement changed in Germany the face of landscape paintings with his intense and emotional focus on nature. He is considered the most important German artist of his generation. Friedrich often painted mountains surrounded in a mist or haze, a favorite scene among romantic landscape artists. His art is allegorical with a careful attention to the details of an almost [[Neoclassical]] landscape technique. <ref> [http://www.artble.com/artists/caspar_david_friedrich Caspar David Friedrich.] </ref>

[[Caspar David Friedrich]] (1774 - 1840) member of the [[Romantic]] Movement changed in Germany the face of landscape paintings with his intense and emotional focus on nature. He is considered the most important German artist of his generation. Friedrich often painted mountains surrounded in a mist or haze, a favorite scene among romantic landscape artists. His art is allegorical with a careful attention to the details of an almost [[Neoclassical]] landscape technique.<ref>[http://www.artble.com/artists/caspar_david_friedrich Caspar David Friedrich.]</ref>

[[Adrian Ludwig Richter]] (Dresden, 1803 - Dresden, 1884), a Romantic painter and etcher, was one of the most beloved artists in Germany during most of the nineteenth century. [http://www.lib-art.com/art.php?id=1403] .

[[Adrian Ludwig Richter]] (Dresden, 1803 - Dresden, 1884), a Romantic painter and etcher, was one of the most beloved artists in Germany during most of the nineteenth century. [http://www.lib-art.com/art.php?id=1403] .

[[File:Kandinsky Der Blue Rider.jpg|thumb|left|Kandinsky, Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), 1903.]]

[[File:Kandinsky Der Blue Rider.jpg|thumb|left|Kandinsky, Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), 1903.]]

Ernst Kirchner (1880 – 1938) was one of the leaders of "Die Brücke", a [[Dresden]] group of [[Expressionism|Expressionist]] painters founded in 1905; the Brücke group also included Erich Heckel, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and Emil Nolde; the group broke up in 1913. In 1911, in  Munich appeared a new group, "Der Blaue Reiter"; the leading artist of this group was the Russian-French [[Wassily Kandinsky]] who lived in Munich from 1897 onwards. Other members of this circle were Franz Marc (a key figure of the German [[Expressionism|Expressionist]] movement), August Macke, Gabriele Münter and [[Paul Klee]]. <ref> [http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/hundred-years-german-painting-1850-1950 Hundred Years of German Painting, 1850–1950.] </ref>

Ernst Kirchner (1880 – 1938) was one of the leaders of "Die Brücke", a [[Dresden]] group of [[Expressionism|Expressionist]] painters founded in 1905; the Brücke group also included Erich Heckel, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and Emil Nolde; the group broke up in 1913. In 1911, in  Munich appeared a new group, "Der Blaue Reiter"; the leading artist of this group was the Russian-French [[Wassily Kandinsky]] who lived in Munich from 1897 onwards. Other members of this circle were Franz Marc (a key figure of the German [[Expressionism|Expressionist]] movement), August Macke, Gabriele Münter and [[Paul Klee]].<ref>[http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/hundred-years-german-painting-1850-1950 Hundred Years of German Painting, 1850–1950.]</ref>

[[File:Emil Nolde Blumengarten 1908.jpg|thumb|Emil Nolde, Blumengarten, 1908.]]

[[File:Emil Nolde Blumengarten 1908.jpg|thumb|Emil Nolde, Blumengarten, 1908.]]

[[Max Ernst]] (1891 - 1976) was a Dadaist/Surrealist Painter; in Cologne, together with Alfred Grünwald (1892-1927), he founded a group of Dadaists. ''In the late 1920s Ernst turned to the beloved motifs of German Romanticism and revived them in a new, Surrealistic, manner.'' <ref>[http://www.abcgallery.com/E/ernst/ernstbio.html Max Ernst] Olga's Gallery. </ref> Gabriele Münter (1877-1962) followed the style of [[Wassily Kandinsky]] (a Russian-born French Expressionist Painter). George Grosz (1893 – 1959) was a prominent member of the "Berlin Dada", an "anti-art" movement.   

[[Max Ernst]] (1891 - 1976) was a Dadaist/Surrealist Painter; in Cologne, together with Alfred Grünwald (1892-1927), he founded a group of Dadaists. ''In the late 1920s Ernst turned to the beloved motifs of German Romanticism and revived them in a new, Surrealistic, manner.'' <ref>[http://www.abcgallery.com/E/ernst/ernstbio.html Max Ernst] Olga's Gallery.</ref> Gabriele Münter (1877-1962) followed the style of [[Wassily Kandinsky]] (a Russian-born French Expressionist Painter). George Grosz (1893 – 1959) was a prominent member of the "Berlin Dada", an "anti-art" movement.   

The [[Leipzig]] and Dresden Schools are among the latest generations of German painters. ''Figurative art that was deprecated as hopelessly passé in Paris and Düsseldorf never lost its grip in Leipzig. The city prided itself on being the birthplace of Max Beckmann ''(painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, teacher, and writer, 1884–1950)'' and on a painterly lineage begot by Lucas Cranach.'' <ref> [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/08/magazine/08leipzig.html?ex=1294376400&en=9d9fe31340e878a2&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss The New Leipzig School] </ref> Dresden has been a leading center of German art since the 1700s. Max Beckmann, ''known for probing the human condition in portraits, self-portraits, and enigmatic, allegorical tableaus'', his artworks included portraiture, [[landscape]], [[Still life]], themes of terror, mythology and the fantastic. [https://www.moma.org/collection_ge/artist.php?artist_id=429]

The [[Leipzig]] and Dresden Schools are among the latest generations of German painters. ''Figurative art that was deprecated as hopelessly passé in Paris and Düsseldorf never lost its grip in Leipzig. The city prided itself on being the birthplace of Max Beckmann ''(painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, teacher, and writer, 1884–1950)'' and on a painterly lineage begot by Lucas Cranach.'' <ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/08/magazine/08leipzig.html?ex=1294376400&en=9d9fe31340e878a2&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss The New Leipzig School]</ref> Dresden has been a leading center of German art since the 1700s. Max Beckmann, ''known for probing the human condition in portraits, self-portraits, and enigmatic, allegorical tableaus'', his artworks included portraiture, [[landscape]], [[Still life]], themes of terror, mythology and the fantastic. [https://www.moma.org/collection_ge/artist.php?artist_id=429]

Contemporary German painters include Anselm Hofmann (Weissenberg, March 21, 1880 - New York City, February 17, 1966) considered one of the most influential art teachers of the 20th century, and Hans Kiefer (b. Donaueschingen, March 8, 1945 - ) who has been exhibited in museums around the world, including the [[Louvre]].

Contemporary German painters include Anselm Hofmann (Weissenberg, March 21, 1880 - New York City, February 17, 1966) considered one of the most influential art teachers of the 20th century, and Hans Kiefer (b. Donaueschingen, March 8, 1945 - ) who has been exhibited in museums around the world, including the [[Louvre]].