2. ALBRECHT DÜRER
➤ Is one of the most famous artists in
German history
➤ Lived from 1471-1528, born in
Nuremberg
➤ Has his own mark (see below)
➤ Was a representative of the
Renaissance
➤ Painted his first great work of art at
the age of thirteen
➤ Famous for his paintings and prints
➤ He was in contact with famous Italian
artists like Leonardo da Vinci
➤ Dürer‘shouse in Nuremberg is a
museum today.
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4. MARIA SIBYLLA
MERIAN➤ Lived from 1647-1717, born in
Frankfurt
➤ famous for her naturalist engravings
of insects and plants
➤ painted her first images of insects
when she was 13
➤ was also a scientist and found out
many new facts about insect
metamorphosis
➤ in 1699 she travelled to Suriname
and stayed there for two years to
paint the south American rain forest
insects and plants.
➤ Her portrait was on the 500 German
Mark bill
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6. MAX LIEBERMANN
➤ 1847-1935, born in Berlin, lived in a huge
house close to the Brandenburg Gate
➤ probably the most famous painter of
German impressionism
➤ studied drawing and painting in Weimar,
Paris and the Netherlands
➤ he was president of the Prussian
Academy of Arts from 1920-1933, but had
to resign then because he was Jewish
and Jewish artists weren‘t allowed to
exhibit their works anymore
➤ When the Nazis marched through the
Brandenburg Gate to celebrate their
victory in the elections, Liebermann said:
"I could not possibly eat as much as I
would like to throw up.“
7. PAULA MODERSOHN-
BECKER
➤ 1876-1907, born in Dresden
➤ German painter, one of the
most important artists of early
expressionism
➤ First female painter to paint
nude self-portraits
➤ Studied in Bremen, Berlin and
Paris
➤ Died after giving birth to her
daughter Mathilde
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9. FRANZ MARC
➤ 1880-1916, born in Munich
➤ German artist and printmaker
➤ one of the key figures of German
expressionism
➤ one of the founders of the artist
group „Der blaue Reiter“ (The
blue rider)
➤ in 1914 Marc was drafted into the
German army and killed by a shell
splinter in Verdun, France in 1916
➤ many of his paintings show
animals in bright, primary colours,
especially famouse are his
pictures of horses
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12. EAST SIDE GALLERY
IN BERLIN
➤ It‘s n open-air gallery in Berlin,
Friedrichshain
➤ Always open
➤ It‘s on the longest surviving part of the
Berlin Wall
➤ It‘s meant to be a monument to
remember the fall of the Berlin Wall
➤ Has more than 3 million visitors per
year
➤ It has 105 paintings from artists from
all over the world, painted in 1990
➤ There are big problems with erosion,
graffity and vandalism, so many of the
original works of art are damaged
13. GERHARD RICHTER
He was born 1932 in Dresden, studied arts
there
He fled from East to West Germany shortly
before the Berlin Wall was built in 1961.
His works are the most expensive of any living
artist on the art market.
mostly abstract and photorealist paintings
Is one of the most important artists of the
second half of the 20th century.
He is considered to be the Picasso of the 21st
century, the ingenious all-rounder of modern
art.
His most expensive work costs 41 million
Euros
Lives and works in Cologne
