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The Degenerate Art Show

Explore the 1937 Munich exhibit that marked a turning point in art, as Hitler aimed to cleanse culture of modern, subversive works. Over 650 pieces were displayed, but over 1,000 were destroyed, impacting artists and movements. Learn about the propaganda, selection process, exhibit space, and lasting consequences of this era-defining event.

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The Degenerate Art Show

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  1. The Degenerate Art Show Callan Moody ART 428

  2. The Time • 1937 Munich, Germany • World War Two 2 years away • Adolf Hitler has been in power for 4 years • Dachau concentration camp and boycott of Jewish owned shops and business in effect since 1933

  3. Why? • Propaganda for the SS Party • Hitler loved classical Greek and Roman art • Modern art was considered distasteful • “Cleanse the culture of degeneracy”

  4. Selection Process • Commission established to take any works from museums through out Germany • Anything thought to be degenerate, subversive, or modern • Over 5,000 works taken

  5. “Entartete Kunst”~ The Show • July 19th, 1937 to November 30th in Munich • Over 650 works by more than 100 artists from over 30 museums • Only 6 Jewish artists actually displayed

  6. The Works

  7. The Exhibit Space • Displayed in Archaeological Institute Building of Munich • Crowded, salon-style • Misrepresentative quotes • “categorized”

  8. Success? • Served the purpose it was made for • Large number of attendants • More than the “Great German Art Show”

  9. Consequences • Over 1,000 works physically destroyed • Other works lost to private collections, or actually, physically lost • Artists and movements forgotten due to lack of tangible record.

  10. Works Cited

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