On July 19, 1937, the Nazi-organized exhibition Degenerate Art opened in Munich. This infamous and v

On July 19, 1937, the Nazi-organized exhibition Degenerate Art opened in Munich. This infamous and very well-attended show was meant to demonstrate to the public that avant garde art was the product of corrupt and deranged minds, was dangerous to German society, and worthy only of ridicule. Beginning in 1933, the Nazis removed from state-owned museums more than 20,000 abstract and expressionistic artworks, hundreds of which were included in the 1937 exhibition. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Christian Rohlfs, and other artists currently on view in Five Centuries of European Works on Paper were among those whose works were displayed and condemned by the Third Reich as “degenerate.”Christian Rohlfs (German, 1849-1939). Death as Juggler (Revolution) (Tod als Jongleur [Revolution]), 1918-1919. Color woodcut in yellow, red, and black on heavy wove paper. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 65.23.6 ⇨ Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880-1938). Milliner with Hat (Modistin mit Hut), 1910. Lithograph on wove paper, Image). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 57.194.1  -- source link

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