Description: ORIGINAL! RARE! PRE-WW2 GERMAN ENTARTETE KUNST -- DEGENERATE ART SHOW - PHOTO POSTCARD RPPC PRE-WW2 GERMAN ENTARTETE KUNST -- DEGENERATE ART SHOW PHOTO POSTCARD RPPC ( The 'Degenerate Art' Exhibition represented simultaneously one of the most shameful chapters of art history and the most popular art show of all time.) " Pre-WW2 Exhibition of the German National Socialist Gau Berlin ENTARTETE ART ". photo postcard RPPC. Photographer / Publisher: O.Struck. Circa 1938. The Berliner Kunsthalle or Haus der Kunst (House of Art) was an official art gallery during the German 3rd Empire era from 1935 to 1943. The Haus der Kunst's initial domicile was Königsplatz 4 (Platz der Republik); From 1939 it was located at Hardenbergstrasse 21-23 (from 1941 as the Berliner Kunsthalle). The infamous traveling show “Degenerate Art”, whose Berlin stop was Königsplatz 4. English: Photo of Berliner Kunsthalle at Königsplatz 4 (Platz der Republik), the exhibition hall in Berlin for the infamous "Degenerate Art Exhibition" (Entartete Kunst), a propaganda exhibition displaying and mocking "un-German and unhealthy" art by modern painters & sculptors: Paul Klee, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Otto Dix, Lovis Corinth, Karl Hofer, Max Pechstein, Emil Nolde, Georg Grosz, Georg Kolbe, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Franz Marc, Willi Baumeister, Kurt Schwitters. The exhibition also included works by foreign artists, such as Picasso, Matisse, Van Gogh, Chagall, and Kandinsky. They used the term "degenerate art" to describe modern art that they considered to be an insult to German feeling. The exhibition was a huge success, attracting over 2,000,000 visitors. The exhibition was organized by the National Socialist Party and originally shown in Munich, Germany from July 19 to November 30, 1937. Four months later, in 1938, it went on to Berlin. POSTAL CANCEL: BERLIN NW 40 12.3.38. (March 12,1938) Ausftellung (EXHIBITION),,Entartete Kunst". (,,DEGENERATE ART'')haus der Kunst (HOUSE OF ART)Februar-April 1938 PHOTOGRAPHER / PUBLISHER'S NAME IN THE FRONT LOWER RIGHT NEGATIVE: Aufnahme: Struck PHOTOGRAPHER / PUBLISHER PRINTED ON REVERSE: Sole publisher: O. Struck, BIn-Lichterfelde, Hindenburgdamm 93b -----------------------translation------------------------- Alleinverlag: O. Struck, BIn-Lichterfelde, Hindenburgdamm 93b CONDITION IS EXTREMELY FINE WITH SOME VERY LIGHT HANDLING FROM ITS 86+ YEARS VERY SHARP FOCUS WITH VERY GOOD CONTRAST. SEPIA (please see pictures) THIS IS NOT A REPRODUCTION OR A COPY. PLEASE SEE MY 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND BUY WITH CONFIDENCE.
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Antique: Yes
Size: 3 7/16" x 5 7/16"
Image Color: Sepia
Material: Paper
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: DEGENERATE ART SHOW BERLIN
Type: Photograph
Format: PHOTO POSTCARD
Year of Production: 1938
Photographer: O. STRUCK
Number of Photographs: 1
Theme: DEGENERATE ART SHOW PHOTO
Style: Abstract
Features: 1st Edition
Time Period Manufactured: 1925-1949
Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
Production Technique: Gelatin-Silver Print