Tag Archives: german expressionism

Max Beckmann at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Posted on October 22, 2016 by Suzanne Loebl

“Thank God this painting is in New York,” Sabine Rewald kept repeating as she led a flock of reporters through the magnificent exhibition of Max Beckmann paintings that she had curated for the New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Given … Continue reading →

Posted in Art review | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Degenerate Art: Exhibition at the Neue Galerie and my Family

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Suzanne Loebl

In addition to its Jews, gypsies, mentally ill, and gays, Nazi Germany decided to rid its homeland of the “alleged horrors” perpetrated by its own writers and artists. Specially chosen “experts” plundered Germany’s museums and private collections and confiscated, sold … Continue reading →

Posted in Art review, family stories | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Kandinsky and His Kaleidoscope of Colors

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Suzanne Loebl

One of the pictures that decorated my bedroom way back in Hanover, Germany, was a concentric blue and black circle accompanied by triangles, squares, and straight and wiggly lines that look like the mast of a sailboat. Much later I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

To Have and Have Not: A Visit to New York’s Neue Galerie

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Suzanne Loebl

A German proverb: “Money is dirty, but one has to have it,” came to my mind as I went to see Ronald Lauder’s collection at his museum on Fifth Avenue. As always, the beauty of Beaux Arts mansion that shelters the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment