a German expressionist: Karl Hofer

 

Drei Jünglinge (1951)

Karl Christian Ludwig Hofer or Carl Hofer (11 October 1878, Karlsruhe – 3 April 1955, Berlin) was a German expressionist painter. He was director of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts.

One of the most prominent painters of expressionism, he never was a member of one of the expressionist painting groups, like "Die Brücke", but was influenced by their painters. His work was among those considered degenerate art by the Nazis, but after World War II he regained recognition as one of the leading German painters.

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Twenties

Juan Gris

Juan Gris - Man in a Café (1912)

Ivan Kliun

Ivan Kliun (Иван Клюнков Russian 1873–1943)
The clockmaker, c. 1914.  Oil on canvas, 78 x 58 cm

Ivan Kliun - Ozonizer, 1914
Oil on canvas. 75 x 66 cm

Ivan Kliun was one of the first followers of Kazimir Malevich and perhaps his most stoic confederate. Kliun defines Ozonizer more precisely in the catalogue of the Tramcar V exhibition as a “portable electric ventilator.”

Aleksandr Rodchenko

Aleksandr Rodchenko (Russian, 1891-1956)
Composition, 1918

Alexander Rodchenko - Footballer
Oil on canvas, 82 x 55.5 cm.

Alexander Rodchenko - “We” costume design for an Chansonette, 1920


Karl Hofer

Karl Hofer - Die Tiller-Girls 1927


Franco Gentilini

Franco Gentilini - Nudo Disteso 1929

Franco Gentilini (Faenza (Ravenna), 1909 – Rome, 1981) was an Italian painter.
He worked as a ceramist in Faenza and collaborated with Giovanni Romagnoli and Giorgio Morandi in Bologna. He took part in numerous editions of the Venice Biennale, beginning with the acceptance of his work for the 17th Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte della Città di Venezia in 1930, when he also visited Paris. More on wikipedia.

Theo van DOESBURG - The Archer (1919)