Frits Gross was born in 1895 in Vienna and died in 1969 in London. Gross studied in Vienna and Paris and is known mainly as the architect who evolved 'open plan' design, first seen in 1929. He and his family came to London in 1938, invited by the…

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…

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…

Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) was born in Moscow and emigrated at the age of thirty to Munich to study painting. In 1902 he met artist Gabriele Münter with whom he had a relationship until the outbreak of the First World War. Between 1908 and 1914…

Max Kaus was born 11 March 1891 in Berlin, and died 5 August 1977 in Berlin. He attended the School of Arts and Crafts in Berlin-Charlottenburg and was heavily influenced by the artists of Die Brucke. Although he made prints form 1916, his most…

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938) was born in Aschaffenburg, Germany. He graduated with a diploma in engineering from the Royal College of Science and Technology in Munich in 1905, but was devoted to art, and after graduating, Kirchner and fellow…

Johannes Koelz was born in 1895 in Bavaria, Germany and died in 1971 in Stoke-on-Trent, England. He served in World War I and was decorated with the Iron Cross for bravery. After the war he was a master student at the Munich Academy of Art and…

Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945) initially trained in painting but is primarily known for printmaking and was also a sculptor. Unlike many other female artists at that period, her father, who recognised her drawing talent and approved her aim to become a…

Wilhelm Lehmbruck (1881-1919) was born in Meiderich and studied at the School of Arts and Crafts as well as at the Academy of Art in Düsseldorf. On trips to Paris he discovered the works of Aristide Maillol and Auguste Rodin who influenced his…

Felix Meseck was born 11 June 1883 in Danzig, Germany, and died 17 June 1955 in Holzminden, Germany. He studied at the Fine Art Academies in Berlin and Königsberg, studying painting under Ludwig Dettmann and printmaking with Heinrich Wolff. In 1926…