biography
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1883–1970)
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| biography:
| Painter, born in Döbeln, E Germany. He studied architecture at Dresden before turning to painting. He excelled in lithography and the woodcut, as in his Self-portrait (1917, Munich). Vilified by the Nazis, he stayed in Berlin and was professor at Karlsruhe (1949–56). He is best known for his paintings of nudes and landscapes, and as a founder member of the Expressionist school, Die Brücke (‘the Bridge’). |
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