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“The only hope I had was when (in his youth)I saw one day a photograph of a sculpture by Wilhelm Lehmbruck, a German sculptor of expressionistic style. This was perhaps the only example, Lehmbruck, between my sixteenth to nineteenth years in which I saw a possibility for art to be principally of interest to innovate some things, instead of writing a very boring, naturalistic repetition of what is already done by nature.”

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Joseph Beuys

Joseph Beuys was a German artist known for his social-political art and action art. His work often addressed environmental, social, and political issues, and had a profound impact on contemporary art with his unique artistic practice and ideas. more

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