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German Expressionism Catalogue

The official exhibition catalogue for the The Great German Art Exhibition held in 1937 in Munich.

Original Title

Grosse Deutsche Kunstaustellung 1937 Im Haus der Deutschen Kunst zu Munchen

Year of Production

1937

Publisher

Verlag Knorr & Hirth G.m.b.H., Munchen

Medium

Book

Materials

Paper, ink

Dimensions

height: 21 cm; width: 15 cm; depth 1 cm

On 18^th July 1937 (the day before the start of the Degenerate Art exhibition) Hitler officially opened the Great German Art Exhibition at the House of German Art, Munich, a new museum designed by architect Paul Ludwig Troost (1873-1934). It was the first of eight annual exhibitions of Nazi approved ‘German art’.