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Artist Birthday: Ernst Wilhelm Nay

Wednesday, June 11, 2025 | Karl Cole

Nay, who was forbidden by the Nazis to paint or even buy art supplies after 1937, painted abstractions secretly in a French sculptor’s cellar while serving as a cartographer in the German army i ...

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Artist Birthday: Neo Rauch

Friday, April 18, 2025 | Karl Cole

Leipzig-based Neo Rauch is part of the generation of German artists who revitalized German painting starting in the late 1900s. His work is a combination of late East German Socialist Realism, opera-l ...

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9/11 Commemoration: Gerhard Richter

Tuesday, September 7, 2021 | Karl Cole

Many artists have tried to make sense of the horrific terror attacks that occurred in the United States 20 years ago, including some thoughtful and affecting artworks. Gerhard Richter created a truly ...

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What's Old is New: Modern Gothic of Dominikus Böhm

Monday, July 25, 2011 | Karl Cole

I am ending this theme with a simply beautiful piece of architecture. The architect who designed it is not a household name in western art history, but I think he should be. Dominikus Böhm’ ...

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