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Five centuries of German and Austrian graphics on view at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts View of the exhibition GRAFIK! Five Centuries of German and Austrian Graphics. Photo MMFA, Denis Farley. MONTREAL .- For the first time, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is focusing an exhibition on the sweep of stylistic and cultural developments articulated in printmaking in Germany and Austria from the early history of the medium in the mid-15th century to modern times. GRAFIK! Five Centuries of German and Austrian Graphics presents about 90 works, including several remarkable works on paper, that e...
Letters from Adolf Hitler's father give rare glimpse into dictator's upbringing Like father, like son — Adolf Hitler's father was also self-taught, smug and greatly overestimated himself, writes veteran Austrian historian Roman Sandgruber in a new book. Little was known about Alois Hitler, the father of Adolf Hitler, until now Previously unknown letters written by Adolf Hitler's father, Alois Hitler, shed light on the family origins of the Nazi dictator, reveals a new book that was published on Monday. In his German-language book "Hitler's Father: How the Son Became a Dictator," Austria...
Museo Nacional Thyssen‐Bornemisza features German Expressionist paintings George Grosz, Metrópolis, 1916-1917 (detail). Oil on canvas, 100 x 102 cm. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid MADRID .- When in 1961 Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen‐Bornemisza acquired Young Couple by Emil Nolde he initiated a change of direction in the Thyssen familys collecting activities. While his father Henrich Thyssen had assembled a remarkable collection of Old Masters during the interwar period, between the 1960s and 1990s Hans Heinrich would be extremely active as a collector of the principal 20th‐...