Germany

How George Grosz, an Émigré from Nazi Germany, Found Calm in Cape Cod

Beachy watercolors from the artist contrast with earlier critiques of German society.

Kollwitz’s searing images were so successful at reaching the masses that they became a symbol of Germany’s abortion-rights struggle.

Alina Samsonija | February 4, 2020

Meet the printmaker and activist, whose images of loss, injustice, and poverty resonate today

Paper as creative material at the Bauhaus.

Jia Yi Gu | September 19, 2019

The legacy of the Bauhaus in its birthplace.

Anke Blümm | June 13, 2019

More resources than ever exist for researching artworks’ ownership histories.

Kelly Davis | February 27, 2018

Three Romantic drawings are on view for the first time.

Sarah Zabrodski | February 23, 2015

The battle that launched the culture clash of World War I.

A newly catalogued archive sheds light on how art history was written in Germany after the war.

“We believe that celebrations and congratulatory moments must give way to more creative engagement.”

Incorporating Nazi-era sales catalogs into the Getty Provenance Index took a small team about two years. Here’s how they did the work.

Featuring over 2,000 newly digitized catalogs, a new database will revolutionize Nazi-era art research.

Annelisa Stephan | January 24, 2013