Cultural Identity in the Life and Work of Artists Who Fled Nazi Germany
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Cultural Identity in the Life and Work of Artists Who Fled Nazi Germany

Online NIAS Seminar

Gregor Langfeld, Professor of Art History at Open University, will discuss his project on exile and art in times of Nazism.

This research project explores the artistic strategies of visual artists who went into exile during National Socialism. What influence does exile have on the artistic strategies of visual artists in times of terror and dictatorship? These strategies will be studied by editing the correspondence between two artists who fled Germany because of their political conviction. George Grosz (1893-1959), a leading figure of Dada and New Objectivity emigrated to New York, and Herbert Fiedler (1891-1962) sought refuge in the Netherlands.

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