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The Nazarene movement was a group of early 19th century [[Romanticism|Romantic]] painters; they were against [[Neoclassical|Neoclassicism]], seeking for old honesty and spiritual values of the late [[Middle Ages]] and early Renaissance; honesty and spirituality of Christian painting shown in their works of Religious subjects. They also made a revival of the medieval fresco painting.   

The Nazarene movement was a group of early 19th century [[Romanticism|Romantic]] painters; they were against [[Neoclassical|Neoclassicism]], seeking for old honesty and spiritual values of the late [[Middle Ages]] and early Renaissance; honesty and spirituality of Christian painting shown in their works of Religious subjects. They also made a revival of the medieval fresco painting.   

Ernst Kirchner (1880 – 1938) was one of the leaders of "Die Brücke", a [[Dresden]] group of [[Expressionism|Expressionist]] painters founded in 1905. 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.   

Ernst Kirchner (1880 – 1938) was one of the leaders of "Die Brücke", a [[Dresden]] group of [[Expressionism|Expressionist]] painters founded in 1905. 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 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.  

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 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.