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PAUL CEZANNE

Explore Paul Cezanne (1839–1906), one of the most influential pioneers of modern art. Discover his biography, key works, and lasting impact on painting.

ANNI ALBERS

Originally trained as a painter, Anni Albers discovered weaving at the Bauhaus and reshaped textile art through abstraction, material innovation, and modern design.

HILMA AF KLINT

Hilma af Klint's 2019 solo show is the most visited exhibition ever at the Guggenheim Museum in New York: it is the spectacular rediscovery of the pioneer of abstract painting.

ARMIN MUELLER-STAHL

Armin Mueller-Stahl is not only a world-class German actor but also known as a gifted painter, musician, and writer. Hatje Cantz has already published various volumes of his artistic work, including "Die blaue Kuh" (The Blue Cow).

EDVARD MUNCH

"I have decided to become a painter." - early on supported by the Norwegian state, ostracized by the National Socialists in his own country, Edvard Munch's paintings are now known and respected all over the world, especially "The Scream," which entered 21st-century pop culture as an emoji.

SEAN SCULLY

Sean Scully is considered one of the most important painters of our time, who drove the discussion of abstract painting of the present like no other artist.

NADAV KANDER

Nadav Kander, with his portraits of well-known personalities, is now one of the most recognized representatives of his guild

THOMAS SCHÜTTE

Thomas Schütte is currently being honored with a major retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

ROBERT LONGO

Robert Longo uses provocative imagery to scrutinise the consumer culture and media perception of our time and to expose social tensions with hyper-realistic drawings.

HENRI MATISSE

The French painter Henri Matisse was a defining figure in 20th-century painting. He dissolved classical forms to lead them into a new way of thinking about color and form through his revolutionary understanding of color.

GERHARD RICHTER

Gerhard Richter is one of the most influential artists of our time. His fascinating oeuvre oscillates between chance and calculation and is characterized by a unique originality and quality in which abstraction and figuration merge.

DAVID LYNCH

David Lynch is the cult director of bizarre, often disturbing films. But the ingenious filmmaker has another passion besides cinema - art

GUSTAV KLIMT

Gustav Klimt held up a transfiguring mirror to society and at the same time, as a member of the Secession, championed the breakthrough of modernism

MERET OPPENHEIM

The "Fur Cup" established the fame of Meret Oppenheim in 1936, who joined the Surrealists in Paris. In her work she took on the special position of the "female artist" - she is one of the most important artists of the 20th century.

ADRIAN GHENIE

Within just a few years, Adrian Ghenie has made it to the forefront of the international art world.

KÄTHE KOLLWITZ

The unshakeable voice of humanity in the art of the 20th century.

CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH

Caspar David Friedrich was born in Greifswald on 5 September 1774, the sixth of ten children. The old Hanseatic city on the Baltic Sea had around five thousand inhabitants at the time and had belonged to the Kingdom of Sweden since the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. Frederick's youth was characterised by his father's strict Protestant beliefs and strokes of fate: he lost his mother at an early age; in 1787, his younger brother Johann Christoffer drowned during Caspar David's rescue from the icy Greifswald moat.

YOUSSEF NABIL

Numerous artists, but also celebrities from the world of film, music and literature posed for the camera of Youssef Nabil

LINA BO BARDI

The great unknown - the power of Lina Bo Bardi's remarkable buildings remains unbroken, even decades later.

CHRISTIAN VON STEFFELIN

The massive changes in Berlin's urban space after the fall of the Berlin Wall fascinate Christian von Steffelin. Since 1993, the photographer has documented the various stages of this development. But von Steffelin's images are more than a sober inventory of the architectural changes.

ANSELM KIEFER

Born at the end of the war, Anselm Kiefer has been pursuing the goal of raising awareness since the 1970s, in an intensive examination of German history and an ambiguous treatment of taboo content.

GERMAINE KRULL

Germaine Krull led an unconventional, nomadic life of adventure. Her extraordinary photographs of technical buildings and industrial plants catapulted her to the forefront of the international photo avant-garde, the New Vision movement.

TIM BURTON

He is considered the "master of the fantastic scary trip, the surreal screen spectacle". The films of the American director Tim Burton have cult status, but his visual work is still largely to be discovered.

PAUL GAUGUIN

While Gauguin was unable to find his longed-for paradise in life, he succeeded in putting his ideal vision of an unspoiled world on canvas - with bright colors and elemental forms that revolutionized art.