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Facts

Born December 22, 1849 • Germany
Died January 8, 1938 (aged 88) • Hagen • Germany
Movement / Style Expressionism

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George Grosz.
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German artist
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Self-Portrait with Monocle
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“Parents of the Artist,” oil on canvas by Otto Dix, 1921; in the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel, Switzerland
Otto Dix
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Self-portrait, oil painting by Otto Müller, 1922; in the Klaus Gebhard Collection, Munich
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Martin Schongauer
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