Historical Report: Degenerate Art Exhibition in Munich, 1937

This report examines the Degenerate Art Exhibit, also known as Entartete Kunst, which took place in Munich in 1937. The exhibit, organized by the Nazi regime, aimed to showcase art that was considered 'degenerate' or 'unhealthy' according to their ideology. The report details the context of the exhibit, including who organized it, the artists whose work was ridiculed (such as Schmidt Rottluff, Max Ernst, and Paul Klee), and the political motivations behind it. It explores the consequences of the event, including the suppression of artistic freedom and the persecution of artists. The report also reflects on the significance of the exhibit, analyzing the political control exerted through art and the totalitarian aspects of the Nazi regime's actions. The study emphasizes the role of art in expressing political ideas and the impact of the event on the art world.

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The general context of this exhibit is to discuss about the great exhibition of German Arts
and Entartete Kunst Exhbitions which have taken place in Munich in the year 1937. This
Building was built in the era of Hitler and this is considered as one of those buildings that were
considered by Hitler for the Nazi State. The major idea behind the event was to promote the
ideology of the Socialism. The artists whose art were considered as the degenerated or in the
language of the Nazi’s as unhealthy and sick were Schmidt Rottluff, Max Ernst or Paul Klee,
Krichner and lot more. They were considered as ridiculed artists as they have used extreme
colors, distorted spaces and the deformation of the human body which was rejected by Hitler.
The consequence of such event was that all the arts were tied up in National Socialist Ideology.
The artists were sent to the concentration camps as well (Holocaust, 2013).
The political context of this event was subjected to the fact that Hitler wanted to create a
society of fear and under revolution. The art was considered as so much of the political control as
it defined terms like Futurism, Impressionism, historical dimensions of intolerance of which
Hitler was quite opposite of these values. This kind of propaganda was a frightening one and the
Hitler promoted exact opposite of the freedom of speech towards the art and the evolution
according to the age. The art attracted the Nazis and their emotions which were exhibited in the
Degenerated Art and the House of German Arts and the same stood for the values the Nazis
wanted to embody (Khan Academy, 2019).

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References
Holocaust, (2013). Degenerate Art. Retrieved from http://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/arts/artdegen.htm
Khan Academy. (2019). Troost, House of German Art and the Entartete Kunst exhibition.
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