August Gaul was born on October 22nd, 1869 in Großauheim, Germany and died on October 18th, 1922 in Berlin. He was a founding member of the Berlin Secession. On close terms with art dealers like Bruno and Paul Cassirer, he became a leading figure…

Friedrich Karl Gotsch was born on 3rd February, 1900 in Kiel-Pries, Germany and died on 21st September, 1984 in Schleswig, Germany. Gotsch volunteered for the military from 1918 to 1919 and then began to study, which he soon gave up again. In 1919…

Walter Gramatté was born in 1897 in Berlin and died in 1929 in Hamburg. Gramatté had a very short (15 years) career but a very productive one – paintings, drawings and prints with subjects of figures, portraits, still life’s, landscapes and book…

Rudolf Grossmann was born on 25th January, 1882 in Freiburg, Germany and died on 28th November, 1941 in Freiburg. Grossmann began his education in painting and printmaking at Dusseldorf Academy, and went on to study in Paris, under Lucien Simon and…

George Grosz (1893-1959) was born in Berlin and studied in Dresden until 1911 and at the School of Arts and Crafts in Berlin. Like many of his colleagues, Grosz originally appreciated the rise and outbreak of the First World War as a chance for…

Hans Grundig was born on 19th February, 1901 in Dresden, Germany and died on 11th September, 1958 in Berlin. Grundig studied 1920 - 1921 at the Dresden School of Arts and Crafts. He went on to study at the Dresden Academy from 1922 - 1923. During…

Erich Heckel (1883-1970) was born in Dobeln, Germany. He and Schmidt-Rottluff studied architecture in Dresden but after founding the “Brücke” group, both left the University in 1905. In 1910, Heckel met the dancer Sidi Riha, who posed for some of…

Curt Herrmann was born on 1st February, 1854 in Merseburg, Germany and died on 13th September, 1929 in Erlangen, Germany. Herrmann studied in Berlin with Karl Steffeck, and in Munich, setting up an art school in Berlin in the 1890s. He represents…

Hannah Höch was born on 1st November, 1889 in Gotha, Germany and died on 31st May, 1978 in Berlin. Höch was a German Dada artist, best known for her work of the Weimar period, when she was one of the originators of photomontage.

Karl Hofer was born on 11th October, 1878 in Karlsruhe and died on 3rd April, 1955 in Berlin.