The 1937 Degenerate Art Exhibition
Code: LH11840
Dates: March 27 - April 17, 2023
Meets: 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Sessions: 4
Location: Creutzburg Center
Course Fee: $79.00
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Following the end of World War I, Germany stood at the center of a vibrant art scene. German artists challenged the mainstream by using explosive and liberating styles in visual representation. When Hitler came to power in 1933, however, he attempted to destroy modernism in favor of very traditional art. He organized the Degenerate Art Exhibition in 1937, including some of the best modern art, to demonstrate through mockery its repulsive nature. Examine this view of art through the perspective of the art historian and the political historian.
Jean French
Jean French served as a Museum Educator for twenty-eight years at The Philadelphia Museum of Art. She received her degree in Art History from Rosemont College. She is a House Committee member and guide at Historic Waynesborough (Anthony Wayne's house).N/A
R. Barry Levis
R. Barry Levis, PhD, Professor Emeritus, History, Rollins College (ret 2013); Director, Humanities Program, Hamilton Holt School of Rollins College, 1981-2012; Director, Graduate Program, Liberal Studies, Rollins College (1990-2000)levis@rollins.edu
