New German Painting

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New German Painting is an art movement that emerged in West Germany in the late 20th century, characterized by large-scale, often figurative and emotionally charged works that grapple with history, memory, and national identity.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
New German Painting canonical 2
German Neo-Expressionism 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement ⓘ
painting movement ⓘ
aimsTo confront Germany's Nazi past ⓘ
explore post-war trauma ⓘ
question national myths ⓘ
re-engage with figurative painting ⓘ
artForm painting ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
West Germany ⓘ
hasCharacteristic emotionally charged imagery ⓘ
engagement with history ⓘ
engagement with memory ⓘ
engagement with national identity ⓘ
figurative painting ⓘ
large-scale works ⓘ
hasGenre allegorical painting ⓘ
history painting ⓘ
landscape painting ⓘ
portrait painting ⓘ
movementInfluencedBy 1968 student movement in Germany ⓘ
Abstract Expressionism ⓘ
German Expressionism ⓘ
Holocaust memory ⓘ
division of Germany ⓘ
post-war German history ⓘ
period contemporary art period ⓘ
region Western Europe ⓘ
relatedTo Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
Neue Wilde ⓘ
contemporary German art ⓘ
postmodern art ⓘ
startTime late 20th century ⓘ
timePeriodContext Cold War era ⓘ
post-war Germany ⓘ
typicalSubject German history ⓘ
German national identity ⓘ
collective memory ⓘ
everyday life in post-war Germany ⓘ
myth and legend ⓘ
war and violence ⓘ
usesMedium mixed media ⓘ
oil on canvas ⓘ
usesTechnique distorted figuration ⓘ
expressive color ⓘ
gestural brushwork ⓘ
visualStyle intense ⓘ
narrative-driven ⓘ
often dark ⓘ
raw ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Anselm Kiefer → movement → New German Painting ⓘ
Markus Lüpertz → movement → New German Painting ⓘ
Martin Kippenberger → influencedBy → German Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
linked to: New German Painting