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Frontispiece for "Le Plafond de l Opéra de Paris"
By Marc Chagall
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
. Several pieces were subsequently burned, and others were featured in a 1937 exhibition of “degenerate art
Category

1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall - The Bible - Original Lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
, and others were featured in a 1937 exhibition of “degenerate art” held in Munich. Chagall’s angst
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall - Colorful Bible - Original Lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
, and others were featured in a 1937 exhibition of “degenerate art” held in Munich. Chagall’s angst
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall - The Bible - Original Lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
, and others were featured in a 1937 exhibition of “degenerate art” held in Munich. Chagall’s angst
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall - Colorful Bible King - Original Lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
, and others were featured in a 1937 exhibition of “degenerate art” held in Munich. Chagall’s angst
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall - The Bible - Original Lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
, and others were featured in a 1937 exhibition of “degenerate art” held in Munich. Chagall’s angst
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall - Woman Angel - Original Lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
, and others were featured in a 1937 exhibition of “degenerate art” held in Munich. Chagall’s angst
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall - The Bible - Rahab and the Spies of Jericho - Original Lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
, and others were featured in a 1937 exhibition of “degenerate art” held in Munich. Chagall’s angst
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Beim Vorlesen (Reading Aloud)
By Erich Heckel
Located in London, GB
of thirteen works by Heckel displayed as degenerate art in the Nazi 'Entartete Kunst' exhibition
Category

1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Mausoleum
By Emil Betzler
Located in Hesse, DE
‘Degenerate Art‘. He belongs to the ‚lost generation‘, whose artistic development was impeded, like no other
Category

1920s Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Tempera

Bajazzo
By Emil Betzler
Located in Hesse, DE
his work as ‘Degenerate Art‘. He belongs to the ‚lost generation‘, whose artistic development was
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Tempera

Reclining Couple
By Emil Betzler
Located in Hesse, DE
had branded his work as ‘Degenerate Art‘. He belongs to the ‚lost generation‘, whose artistic
Category

1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Tempera

The Door
By Emil Betzler
Located in Hesse, DE
KPD. The Nazis had branded his work as ‘Degenerate Art‘. He belongs to the ‚lost generation‘, whose
Category

1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Couple
By Emil Betzler
Located in Hesse, DE
his work as ‘Degenerate Art‘. He belongs to the ‚lost generation‘, whose artistic development was
Category

1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Couple in Red
By Emil Betzler
Located in Hesse, DE
‘Degenerate Art‘. He belongs to the ‚lost generation‘, whose artistic development was impeded, like no other
Category

1960s Expressionist Nude Paintings

Adolf Schlawing, Badende (The Bathing Woman) 1919, German School, Secession.
By Adolf Schlawing
Located in Paris, FR
"Entartete Kunst" ("Degenerate Art") and whose career was destroyed by the monstrous excesses of the Third
Category

1910s Vienna Secession Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Bajazzo 2
By Emil Betzler
Located in Hesse, DE
Jews and a member of the KPD. The Nazis had branded his work as ‘Degenerate Art‘. He belongs to the
Category

1950s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Tempera

Carnival
By Emil Betzler
Located in Hesse, DE
‘Degenerate Art‘. He belongs to the ‚lost generation‘, whose artistic development was impeded, like no other
Category

1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Apocalypse
By Emil Betzler
Located in Hesse, DE
KPD. The Nazis had branded his work as ‘Degenerate Art‘. He belongs to the ‚lost generation‘, whose
Category

1910s Expressionist Nude Prints

Materials

Etching

Tanzpaar unter Baeumen (Dancing Couple under Trees)
By Otto Lange b.1879
Located in Wien, AT
Dresden. In 1938, two of his paintings were shown at the Berlin Degenerate Art Exhibition. Lange
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

Liegender Akt mit Schleier (Recumbent Nude With Veil)
By Carl Hofer
Located in Wien, AT
degenerate art by the Nazis, and only after World War II did he regain recognition as one of the greatest
Category

1910s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Muehlen im Wetter (Windmills)
By August Wilhelm Dressler
Located in Wien, AT
Berlin from which he is excluded in 1938 because of his “Degenerate art”. In 1955 a great retrospective
Category

1930s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Street Scene
By George Grosz
Located in Graton, CA
, his art remained under attack. In 1937, several of his works were hung in the "Degenerate Art
Category

Early 20th Century Dada Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Nude
By August Wilhelm Dressler
Located in Wien, AT
school in Berlin from which he is excluded in 1938 because of his “Degenerate art”. In 1955 a great
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

German Expressionist Woodcut "Haus mit Pappeln" by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, 1913
By Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Located in Eltville, DE
degenerate at the notorious Munich exhibition of 'Degenerate Art'. By 1941 he was forbidden to paint and was
Category

1910s Expressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Hoetger German Figural Bronze Sculpture, "The Barge Hauler"
By Bernhard Hoetger
Located in Paris, FR
Hitler declared it to be degenerate art. Expelled from the party, he settled in Switzerland, where he
Category

Antique Early 1900s German Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Hoetger German Figural Bronze Sculpture, "Two Sailors"
By Bernhard Hoetger, Eugène Blot
Located in Paris, FR
party, but in 1936 Hitler declared it to be degenerate art. Expelled from the party, he settled in
Category

Antique Early 1900s German Expressionist More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Bronze

Cafe Scene
By George Grosz
Located in Graton, CA
, his art remained under attack. In 1937, several of his works were hung in the "Degenerate Art
Category

Early 20th Century Dada Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Mixed Media

Der Hinterhalt (The Ambush)
By Alfred Kubin
Located in Wien, AT
of Austria and Nazi Germany, his work was declared entartete Kunst or "degenerate art," but he
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Carpet / Tapestry After Paul Klee
Located in RÉDING, FR
. He died in 1940, three years after the Nazis exhibited 17 of his works in the “Degenerate Art
Category

Late 20th Century Dutch Bohemian Tapestries

Materials

Cotton

Breker French Figural Bronze Sculpture, "Portrait of Hans Gerling"
By Arno Breker, Bischof
Located in Paris, FR
antithesis of degenerate art. He was born in Elberfeld, now a part of Wuppertal and died in Düsseldorf
Category

Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Busts

Materials

Bronze

"Der General in der Kaschemme" Lithograph by Rudolf Schlichter, circa 1919
By Rudolf Schlichter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
as degenerate art, and in 1939 the Nazi authorities banned him from exhibiting. His studio was
Category

Early 20th Century German Prints

Midcentury Abstract Oil Painting by Heinrich Maria Davringhausen, 1958
By Heinrich Maria Davringhausen
Located in Amsterdam, NL
exhibition of "Degenerate Art". In 1939 Heinrich Maria Davringhausen was expelled from Switzerland and
Category

Vintage 1950s Paintings

Max Olderock, Composition Der Sturm Artist
Located in St-Brais, JU
II his art is declared "degenerate" and disappears from the public eye. Olderock only made carpet
Category

Mid-20th Century German Bauhaus Prints

Materials

Paper

Gouache by Italian Painter Leon Gischia
By Léon Gischia
Located in Amsterdam, NL
, in protest of the Nazi's neoclassical aestheticism and denigration of abstract art as "Degenerate
Category

20th Century Italian Drawings

Endless Degenerate
By Alex Eckman-Lawn
Located in Philadelphia, PA
works. He has exhibited work at SCOPE Miami Beach, Art on Paper NY, Paradigm Gallery + Studio, Arch
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media, Archival Paper

Der Spaziergang - Original Etching by Bernhard Kretzschmar - 1920
By Bernhard Kretzschmar
Located in Roma, IT
representative of the New Objectivity, whose works were considered degenerate art by the National Socialists.
Category

1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Etching

Cat and grapes - Jankel Adler, polish, modern art, still life, cat, fruit
By Jankel Adler
Located in London, GB
by the Nazis and shown at the Entartete Kunst (Degenerate Art) exhibition of 1937. For a time Adler
Category

1920s Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media, Panel

Model and the Artist s Cat
By Otto Sievert
Located in Los Angeles, CA
the entartete Kunst / Degenerate Art exhibition. Shocked by what strong opinion Nazi Germany had
Category

1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Composition 2 pour Cahiers d Art - Etching by V. Kandinsky - 1932
By Wassily Kandinsky
Located in Roma, IT
suburb of Paris. In Munich in 1937, the famous exhibition of “degenerate art”, with which Adolph Hitler
Category

1930s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Beauty and the White Dove, Mid Century Franco-Russian Watercolour
By Boris Smirnoff
Located in Cotignac, FR
much of his work was seized and destroyed by the Germans as Degenerate Art. Because of this Boris
Category

Mid-20th Century Aesthetic Movement Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

German Expressionist drawing by Carl Hofer Birdman
By Carl Hofer
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
degenerate art by the Nazis. He studied in Karlsruhe under Hans Thoma. He first visited Paris in 1899
Category

20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Pen

German Expressionist drawing of a siren by Carl Hofer
By Carl Hofer
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
was among those that was considered degenerate art by the Nazis. He studied in Karlsruhe under Hans
Category

Early 20th Century Expressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Crayon

German Expressionist drawing by Carl Hofer of a bather
By Carl Hofer
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Expressionist movement, his work was among those that was considered degenerate art by the Nazis. He studied in
Category

20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Pen

20th Century German Expressionist drawing of bathers by Carl Hofer
By Carl Hofer
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Expressionist movement, his work was among those that was considered degenerate art by the Nazis. He studied in
Category

20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Vintage Magnum Press Photograph Arthur Miller with Saul Steinberg Mask Photo
By Inge Morath
Located in Surfside, FL
Arthur Miller. Morath's first encounter with avant-garde art was the Entartete Kunst (Degenerate Art
Category

1960s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Evangelium nach Matthäus - Rare Book Illustrated by Otto Dix - 1960
By Otto Dix
Located in Roma, IT
Germany, they regarded Dix as a degenerate artist and had him sacked from his post as an art teacher at
Category

1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Ex Libris - Fingesten - Etching by Michel Fingesten - 1930s
By Michel Fingesten
Located in Roma, IT
1941 and will be accused by the Nazis of having painted degenerate art ("Entartete Kunst"). He died on
Category

1930s Symbolist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Ex Libris Gino Nerone - Woodcut by Michel Fingesten - 1936
By Michel Fingesten
Located in Roma, IT
Ferramonti, (Cosenza) from November 1941 and will be accused by the Nazis of having painted degenerate art
Category

Early 20th Century Symbolist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Ex Libris PF - Woodcut by Michel Fingesten - 1936
By Michel Fingesten
Located in Roma, IT
Ferramonti, (Cosenza) from November 1941 and will be accused by the Nazis of having painted degenerate art
Category

Early 20th Century Symbolist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Ex Libris Corinne - Woodcut by Michel Fingesten - 1936
By Michel Fingesten
Located in Roma, IT
of having painted degenerate art ("Entartete Kunst"). He died on 8 October 1943, after the allies
Category

Early 20th Century Symbolist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Ex Libris Ex Musicis - Woodcut by Michel Fingesten - 1936
By Michel Fingesten
Located in Roma, IT
painted degenerate art ("Entartete Kunst"). He died on 8 October 1943, after the allies' liberation from
Category

Early 20th Century Symbolist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Ex Libris - Ex Musicis - Woodcut by Michel Fingesten - 1930s
By Michel Fingesten
Located in Roma, IT
1941 and will be accused by the Nazis of having painted degenerate art ("Entartete Kunst"). He died on
Category

1930s Symbolist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

"Holzbrücke" Max Beckmann, 1922 Modernist Drypoint Urban Landscape
By Max Beckmann
Located in New York, NY
Degenerate Art exhibition, Beckmann left for Amsterdam, where he lived during World War II. He remained
Category

1920s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Handmade Paper, Drypoint

German Expressionist Oil on Board Still Life Painting by Paul Kleinschmidt 1946
By Paul Kleinschmidt
Located in Portland, OR
"Degenerate Art" in 1937. In addition, he was banned from painting., but this could not dissuade him from
Category

1940s Expressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Boston Modernist Painting Floral Foliage Collage German Expressionist Karl Zerbe
By Karl Zerbe
Located in Surfside, FL
; in 1937, the painting was destroyed by the Nazis as "Degenerate art." Entartete Kunst was what they
Category

1960s Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Paint

Large Expressionist Portrait, Follower of Max Beckmann, Glasgow School. Oil.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Degenerate Art exhibition, Beckmann left for Amsterdam, where he lived during World War II. He remained
Category

Late 20th Century Young British Artists (YBA) Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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