Der Neue Mensch
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- | [[Image:Degenerate art exhibition in Nazi Germany.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Nazi Germany]] disapproved of contemporary German art movements such as [[Expressionism]] and [[Dada]] and on [[July 19]], [[1937]] it opened the [[Degenerate art]] travelling [[exhibition]] in the [[Haus der Kunst]] in [[Munich]], consisting of [[modernist]] artworks chaotically hung and accompanied by text labels deriding the art, to inflame public opinion against [[modernity]].]] | + | [[Image:Degenerate art exhibition in Nazi Germany.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Cover of the catalogue of the Nazi "[[Degenerate Art Exhibition]]" (1937). The exhibition was held to defame [[modern art|modern]] and [[Jewish art]]ists. On the cover is ''[[Der Neue Mensch]]'' sculpture by [[Otto Freundlich]].]] |
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- | ''[[Der Neue Mensch]]''[http://faculty-web.at.northwestern.edu/art-history/werckmeister/May_20_1999/1414.jpg] (The New Man) by [[Otto Freundlich]]. | + | ''[[Der Neue Mensch]]''[http://faculty-web.at.northwestern.edu/art-history/werckmeister/May_20_1999/1414.jpg] (1912, The New Man) is the title of a sculpture by [[Otto Freundlich]], resembling the [[Moai]] large head sculptures on [[Easter Island]]. |
- | ''Der Neue Mensch'' was never recovered and is assumed to have been destroyed. | + | The work was seized and displayed at the infamous Nazi [[Degenerate Art Exhibition]]. Furthermore, it was photographed unsympathetically and used as the cover illustration of the exhibition catalogue. ''Der Neue Mensch'' was never recovered and is assumed to have been destroyed. |
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- | *Cover of the [[Degenerate art]] [[exhibition]] catalog held in [[Nazi Germany]], depicting the monumental sculpture | + | « '''Der Neue Mensch''' » [The new man] is also the title of an essay by [[Richard Huelsenbeck]] published in May 1917 in the extreme left journal [[Neue Jugend]]. Often cited from that essay is the phrase "der Bürger, der Dicksack, Der Freßhans, das Mastschwein der Geistigkeit, der Türhüter aller Jämmerlichkeiten." |
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Der Neue Mensch[1] (1912, The New Man) is the title of a sculpture by Otto Freundlich, resembling the Moai large head sculptures on Easter Island.
The work was seized and displayed at the infamous Nazi Degenerate Art Exhibition. Furthermore, it was photographed unsympathetically and used as the cover illustration of the exhibition catalogue. Der Neue Mensch was never recovered and is assumed to have been destroyed.
« Der Neue Mensch » [The new man] is also the title of an essay by Richard Huelsenbeck published in May 1917 in the extreme left journal Neue Jugend. Often cited from that essay is the phrase "der Bürger, der Dicksack, Der Freßhans, das Mastschwein der Geistigkeit, der Türhüter aller Jämmerlichkeiten."