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Ali Kurt Baumgarten

These prints demonstrate Baumgarten's deep engagement with the German Expressionist tradition and his ability to infuse natural and human subjects with restless vitality.

Ali Kurt Baumgarten

Ali Kurt Baumgarten (1914-2009) was a German artist often regarded as the last German Expressionist. His vividly colored works featured expressive, unconventional subjects that clashed with Nazi ideology, leading to a ban on his artistic practice during that period. Undeterred, he created a woodcut dedicated to jazz music in 1935, despite the genre being officially condemned in Germany at the time.

Later, while living in the GDR, Baumgarten also gained recognition as a toy designer. He died in Coburg in 2009, and his hometown of Judenbach in southern Thuringia has since honored his legacy with a permanent exhibition of his works.