August Sander
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August Sander was a German portrait and documentary photographer. His first book Face of our Time was published in 1929. Sander has been described as "the most important German portrait photographer o
Self-portrait, 1925
German Deciduous Forest, Krefeld (1939), The Phillips Collection
Memorial plaque at his residence in Cologne
Sander's grave, Melaten Cemetery, Cologne
New Objectivity
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The New Objectivity was a movement in German art that arose during the 1920s as a reaction against expressionism. The term was coined by Gustav Friedrich Hartlaub, the director of the Kunsthalle in Ma
August Sander
…object, the general and the particular, avant-garde conviction and political engagement, and which perhaps approximated most to the forward looking of New Objectivity [...] ". In 1927, Sander and writer Ludwig Mathar travelled through Sardinia for three months, where he took around 500 photographs. However, a planned…
War Veterans' Association by Georg Scholz (1922)
Made in Germany (Den macht uns keiner nach), by George Grosz, drawn in pen 1919, photo-lithograph published 1920 in the portfolio God with us (Gott mit Uns). Sheet 48.3 × 39.1 cm. In the collection of the MoMA, New York.
Alexander Kanoldt, Still Life with Jugs and Red Tea Caddy (1922)
Hans Mertens, Card Players, 1929