Degenerate Art campaign

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Nazi propaganda campaign
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Entartete Kunst campaign
gptkbp:artSoldIn gptkb:Switzerland
gptkb:United_States
other European countries
gptkbp:artworksConfiscated over 20,000
gptkbp:artworksDestroyed thousands
gptkbp:contrastsWith gptkb:Great_German_Art_Exhibition
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:Degenerate_Art_Exhibition_date July 19, 1937
gptkbp:Degenerate_Art_Exhibition_location gptkb:Munich
gptkbp:exhibitionAttendance over 2 million
gptkbp:exhibitionPurpose to ridicule modern art
to contrast with Great German Art Exhibition
gptkbp:featuresArtist gptkb:Henri_Matisse
gptkb:Pablo_Picasso
gptkb:Wassily_Kandinsky
gptkb:Emil_Nolde
gptkb:Ernst_Ludwig_Kirchner
gptkb:Max_Beckmann
gptkb:Otto_Dix
gptkb:Paul_Klee
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Degenerate Art campaign
gptkbp:ideology anti-Semitism
anti-modernism
Nazi cultural policy
gptkbp:legacy influenced postwar art restitution
subject of scholarly research
symbol of cultural oppression
gptkbp:mediaType gptkb:radio_station
exhibitions
newspapers
pamphlets
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Degenerate_Art_Exhibition
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:Nazi_Party
gptkbp:purpose to promote Nazi-approved art
to vilify modern art
gptkbp:resultedIn loss of cultural heritage
censorship of art
art sales abroad
exile of artists
gptkbp:startDate 1937
gptkbp:target modern art
avant-garde art
Jewish artists
communist artists
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Carl_Hofer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7