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Deutscher Expressionismus in der Klasse ist eine Webseite für alle, die sich für Kunst oder Deutsch privat oder im Unterricht interessieren. 30 Kunstwerke im Besitz des McMaster Museum of Art werden hier nicht nur als virtuelle Kunstausstellung vorgestellt, sondern begleitet von Materialien in englischer und deutscher Sprache. Diese Materialien bieten Hintergrundinformationen zur Epoche, zu Künstlern und Werken sowie Aktivitäten zu Kunst und deutscher Sprache und Kultur. Die Webseite entstand in Kooperation mit dem Goethe-Institut Toronto, und dem McMaster Museum of Art, das im Besitz der Werke dieser Webseite ist, unter Mithilfe der School of Art Drama and Music und der Multimedia Abteilung der McMaster University und von Lehrkräften an High Schools in Ontario. Kommentare zur Webseite sind sehr willkommen, schreiben Sie uns einfach eine E-Mail.
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German Expressionism in the Classroom is a website aimed at anyone interested in art or German as a private individual or within the field of education. 30 pieces of art taken from the collection housed at the McMaster Museum of Art are introduced as a virtual exhibition. This exhibition is accompanied by materials in both English and German providing background information on the time period, artists, and works of art and by exercises related to the works of art, German language and culture. This website was created as a joint venture between the Goethe-Institut Toronto and the McMaster Museum of Art, which owns the works of art on this website. The School of Art Drama and Music and the Multimedia Department of McMaster University have given additional support. Furthermore, high school teachers of Ontario assisted with the project. If you have any comments or suggestions, we would be happy to hear from you! Please write us an e-mail.
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German Expressionism in the Classroom has been jointly developed by the Goethe-Institut Toronto and the McMaster Museum of Art. Click below to find out more about these institutions.
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Important Sites on German Expressionist Art
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for Expressionist Studies at LACMA
"LACMA established the Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. This comprehensive collection includes approximately seven thousand works on paper and a library of more than four thousand volumes, many containing original graphics, which were key to the accomplishments of the Expressionists. These holdings include not only superior impressions of woodcuts and lithographs by Kirchner, Heckel, Emil Nolde, and Kandinsky, but also rare periodicals and portfolios by Otto Dix, Käthe Kollwitz, and Max Pechstein, as well as numerous examples from lesser-known artists.” (Source)
The Brücke Museum
"Das Brücke-Museum besitzt ausschließlich Werke der Künstlergruppe "Brücke". Die weltweit umfangreichste Sammlung dieser expressionistischen Vereinigung umfasst rund 400 Gemälde sowie Tausende von Handzeichnungen, Aquarellen und Originalgraphiken, hierunter Meisterwerke des Holzschnitts. Ergänzt wird die Sammlung durch Skulpturen aus Holz, zahlreiche Dokumente und kunsthandwerkliche Arbeiten der Künstler.” ( Quelle )
Dossier: "Aktuelle deutsche Malerei" Positionen - Namen - Bilder
Dossier "Painting in Germany today"; Positions - Names - Images. Available in both German and English.
Gallery Works
Käthe Kollwitz: Grabrelief (Ruht im Frieden seiner Hände) / Grave Relief (Rest in the Peace of His Hands)
In this terracotta relief, a child's face emerges from the soft folds of a protective cloak, a tiny clenched fist holding the garment in place. Just below it, two large adult hands envelop the sleeping child in a powerful embrace.
View this work in the gallery.
George Grosz: Der Mensch ist gut / Mankind is good, plate XII
In ironic contrast to the merry title, here a trio of one dimensional, ghoulish-headed men share drinks at a table in a deserted interior. The eyes of one monstrous head gaze furtively away, while the other two heads, one hideously green and the other grotesque, appear to be engaged in conversation.