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otto freundlich was a german painter and sculptor of jewish origin. he was born on july 10, 1878, in stolp, germany (now poland) and died on march 9, 1943, in the majdanek concentration camp in german-occupied poland. freundlich was a part of the first generation of abstract painters in western art and was a great admirer of cubism. he was murdered during the holocaust. freundlich's work was condemned by the nazis as degenerate and removed from public display. some works were seized and displayed at the infamous nazi exhibition of degenerate art, including his monumental sculpture 'der neue m…
A chart of otto freundlich's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
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