Berlin Secession

About

The Berlin Secession was a progressive art movement founded in Berlin in 1898 by artists including Max Liebermann and Walter Leistikow to challenge the conservative policies of the official Academy. It served as a crucial platform for modernism in Germany, exhibiting Impressionist, Symbolist, and early Expressionist works before dissolving in 1933 under Nazi pressure.

Associated movements

• Expressionism
• Symbolism
• Art Nouveau
• Impressionism
• New Objectivity
• Vienna Secession

Also represented in

• American Abstract Artists · 1 shared member
• Die Blaue Vier · 1 shared member
• Leibl Circle · 1 shared member

Member artists

• Edvard Munch 1863–1944 Connections
• Max Liebermann 1847–1935 Connections
• Wilhelm Trübner 1851–1917
• Max Beckmann 1884–1950
• Hugo von Habermann 1849–1929
• Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 1880–1938
• Ferdinand Hodler 1853–1918 Connections
• Walter Leistikow 1865–1908
• Ernst Barlach 1870–1938
• Emil Orlik 1870–1932
• Rudolf Levy 1875–1944
• August Gaul 1869–1921
• Carlos Grethe 1864–1913
• Lyonel Feininger 1871–1956
• Emil Nolde 1867–1956
• Max Oppenheimer 1885–1954
• Renée Sintenis 1888–1965
• Erich Heckel 1883–1970
• Paul Kleinschmidt 1883–1949
• Hans Purrmann 1880–1966
• Willy Jaeckel 1888–1944
• Rudolf Grossmann 1882–1941
• Max Kaus 1891–1977
• Walther Klemm 1883–1957

Works by its members

• Landscape from Kragerø Edvard Munch · 1912
• Landscape Wilhelm Trübner · 1910
• The Ropewalk in Edam Max Liebermann · 1904
• In the Studio Hugo von Habermann · 1893
• Vaudeville Act Max Beckmann · 1935
• Death Struggle Edvard Munch · 1915
• Workers on their Way Home Edvard Munch · 1914
• Dance Hall Bellevue [obverse] Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1910
• The Dream of the Shepherd (Der Traum des Hirten) Ferdinand Hodler · 1898
• Winter at Nordstrand Edvard Munch · 1900
• Two Nudes [obverse] Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1907
• Nude Figure [reverse] Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1907
• Two Girls under an Umbrella Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1910
• Hot Springs at Abano Max Beckmann · 1939
• Perseus's Last Duty Max Beckmann · 1949
• People and Timber Transport in a Kragerø Street Edvard Munch · 1910
• Winter Landscape in Moonlight Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1919
• Andreas Munch Studying Anatomy Edvard Munch · 1894
• Anxiety Edvard Munch · 1898
• Paul Herrmann and Paul Contard Edvard Munch · 1899
• From Jeløya Edvard Munch · 1913
• Road in Thüringen Edvard Munch · 1905
• Sunrise in the Harbour Edvard Munch · 1897
• Winter Landscape from Kragerø Edvard Munch · 1910
• Women and Children in Warnemünde Edvard Munch · 1907
• Daniel Jacobson Edvard Munch · 1908
• Olga Buhre Edvard Munch · 1896
• Summer Evening Edvard Munch · 1895
• At Supper Edvard Munch · 1892
• Kragerø in Spring Edvard Munch · 1912
• Morning in the Garden Edvard Munch · 1911
• Painter by the Wall Edvard Munch · 1942
• Sigurd Slembe Edvard Munch · 1909
• The Fight Edvard Munch · 1932
• The Fight Edvard Munch · 1932
• Winter in Kragerø Edvard Munch · 1912
• Music on Karl Johan Edvard Munch · 1895
• Dive at Vaterland Edvard Munch · 1892
• From Jeløya Edvard Munch · 1913
• Moonlight on the Beach Edvard Munch · 1904
• Naked Couple on the Beach Edvard Munch · 1921
• Nude Couple on the Beach Edvard Munch · 1910
• Spruce Forest Edvard Munch · 1903
• Starry Night Edvard Munch · 1922
• Sunbathing Women on Rocks Edvard Munch · 1915
• The Death of Marat Edvard Munch · 1906
• The Hearse on Potsdamer Platz Edvard Munch · 1902
• Trees by the Sea Edvard Munch · 1909
• The Visit - Couple and Newcomer Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1922
• Dancing Couple in the Snow [reverse] Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1928
• Self-Portrait Max Beckmann · 1937
• Wrestlers in a Circus Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1909
• Ingeborg in Green Edvard Munch · 1912
• Free Period in the Amsterdam Orphanage Max Liebermann · 1891
• The Adored Youth Ferdinand Hodler · 1904
• Vampire Edvard Munch · 1897
• 17th of May in a Small, Norwegian Town Edvard Munch · 1919
• At the Coffee Table Edvard Munch · 1892
• Beach Study Edvard Munch · 1911
• Bleeding Man and Sunflower Edvard Munch · 1903