A guided tour of the German Expressionists and the Third Reich exhibition, part of the Holt Festival, by curator James Glennie for ncas members and guests.

The story of Hitler’s purge on modernist culture of art, music and literature.

In addition to works by the German Expressionists, it will also include those artists that were designated Entartete (degenerate) by the Third Reich.

Among them Adler, Arp, Bissier, Bloch, Blumenfeld, Dali, Delaunay, Dix, van Dongen, Elkan, Ehrlich, Ernst, Feininger, Goldschmidt, Gotlieb, Grosz, Hartung, Henri, Klopfleisch, Kollwitz, Kupka,Lieberman, List, Lomnitz, Marc, Matisse, Meidner, Mondrian, Munch, Nolde, Picasso, Rohlfs, Rosenbaum, Roualt, Savendy and Schwitters.

The story will be illuminated by original ‘20s, ‘30s & ‘40s collages and caricatures, depicting many of the key political and other figures, by Fritz Josefovics (Joss), who himself escaped to England from Vienna in 1933.

Photos: Ben Uri Collection, Art & Antiques Appraisals