New Objectivity

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New Objectivity was a German art and cultural movement of the 1920s that rejected Expressionism in favor of a sober, realistic, and socially critical style.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German art movement ⓘ
art movement ⓘ
cultural movement ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
declineCause rise of National Socialism in Germany ⓘ
field architecture ⓘ
film ⓘ
graphic arts ⓘ
literature ⓘ
painting ⓘ
photography ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
follows German Expressionism ⓘ
linked to: Expressionism
hasCharacteristic anti‑expressionist ⓘ
anti‑romantic ⓘ
cool detachment ⓘ
documentary approach ⓘ
focus on contemporary life ⓘ
matter‑of‑fact representation ⓘ
political engagement ⓘ
portrait realism ⓘ
realistic style ⓘ
sober style ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
socially critical ⓘ
urban themes ⓘ
inception 1920s ⓘ
influenced documentary photography ⓘ
political art of the 20th century ⓘ
social realism ⓘ
influencedBy Dada ⓘ
Realism ⓘ
war experience of World War I ⓘ
mainRegion Weimar Republic ⓘ
notableArchitect Bruno Taut ⓘ
Ernst May ⓘ
notableArtist Alexander Kanoldt ⓘ
Christian Schad ⓘ
Franz Radziwill ⓘ
Georg Scholz ⓘ
George Grosz ⓘ
Karl Hubbuch ⓘ
Max Beckmann ⓘ
Otto Dix ⓘ
Rudolf Schlichter NERFINISHED ⓘ
notablePhotographer Albert Renger‑Patzsch ⓘ
August Sander ⓘ
notableWorkType political caricatures ⓘ
socially critical portraits ⓘ
urban street scenes ⓘ
war veteran depictions ⓘ
opposedTo Expressionism ⓘ
romantic idealization ⓘ
periodOfActivity interwar period ⓘ
subMovement Classicism ⓘ
Magic Realism ⓘ
linked to: magical realism

Verism ⓘ
linked to: Realism

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Referenced by (63)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Weimar Republic → notableCulturalMovement → New Objectivity ⓘ
Museum Gunzenhauser → hasCollection → New Objectivity art ⓘ
linked to: New Objectivity
Max Beckmann → movement → New Objectivity ⓘ
George Grosz → movement → New Objectivity ⓘ
Otto Dix → movement → New Objectivity ⓘ
Gerd Arntz → movement → New Objectivity ⓘ
Gerd Arntz → influencedBy → New Objectivity movement ⓘ
linked to: New Objectivity
Lenbachhaus → hasCollection → New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit) works ⓘ
subject linked to: Lenbachhaus, Munich
linked to: New Objectivity
Weimar culture → influencedBy → New Objectivity ⓘ
Weimar culture → associatedWithMovement → New Objectivity ⓘ
Kornhaus Dessau → architecturalStyle → New Objectivity ⓘ
Arnold Zweig → movement → New Objectivity ⓘ
Max Beckmann → movement → New Objectivity ⓘ
subject linked to: Beckmann
Self-Portrait in Tuxedo → movement → New Objectivity ⓘ
Self-Portrait in Tuxedo → artisticStyle → New Objectivity ⓘ
The Synagogue → artisticStyle → New Objectivity (transitional) ⓘ
linked to: New Objectivity
Wilhelm Heinrich Otto Dix → movement → New Objectivity ⓘ
subject linked to: Wilhelm Heinrich Otto
George Grosz → movement → New Objectivity ⓘ
subject linked to: Groß
Pillars of Society → movement → New Objectivity ⓘ
Eclipse of the Sun → movement → New Objectivity ⓘ
Kunstgewerbeschule Dresden → movement → New Objectivity ⓘ
Kunstgewerbeschule Dresden → influenced → New Objectivity painters in Dresden ⓘ
linked to: New Objectivity
The Trench → movement → New Objectivity ⓘ
War (triptych) → movement → New Objectivity ⓘ
Metropolis (triptych) → movement → New Objectivity ⓘ
The Skat Players → genre → New Objectivity ⓘ
The Skat Players → movement → New Objectivity ⓘ
War Cripples → genre → New Objectivity ⓘ
Prager Strasse → genre → New Objectivity ⓘ
Gerd Arntz → movement → New Objectivity ⓘ
subject linked to: Arntz
Gas Tanks series → influencedBy → New Objectivity in photography ⓘ
linked to: New Objectivity
Grain Elevators series → influencedBy → New Objectivity photography ⓘ
linked to: New Objectivity
Becher school → aestheticInfluence → New Objectivity ⓘ
Erich Kästner → movement → New Objectivity ⓘ
Törten Housing Estate → associatedWith → New Objectivity ⓘ
Georg Ehrenfried Groß → movement → New Objectivity ⓘ
New Frankfurt program → architecturalStyle → New Objectivity ⓘ
Pittura metafisica → influenced → Nouvelle Objectivité ⓘ
linked to: New Objectivity
Christian Schad → movement → New Objectivity ⓘ
Alexander Kanoldt → movement → New Objectivity ⓘ
Alexander Kanoldt → artisticMovement → New Objectivity ⓘ
Alexander Kanoldt → associatedWith → New Objectivity movement ⓘ
linked to: New Objectivity
Alexander Kanoldt → memberOf → New Objectivity artists ⓘ
linked to: New Objectivity
Albert Renger-Patzsch → movement → New Objectivity ⓘ
subject linked to: Albert Renger‑Patzsch
Albert Renger-Patzsch → artisticMovement → New Objectivity ⓘ
subject linked to: Albert Renger‑Patzsch