Ismar Littmann Art Collection
The art collection of Ismar Littmann (1878–1934), a German lawyer who lived in Breslau, comprised 347 paintings and watercolors and 5,814 drawings from artists such as Lovis Corinth, Max Pechstein, Erich Heckel, Max Liebermann, Käthe Kollwitz, Lucien Adrion, and Otto Mueller. Collector Ismar Littmann was a patron of cultural life in Wroclaw. He supported young artists, helped found the local Jewish Museum, served as a board member of the "Society of Friends of Art", and promoted modern art. Nazi persecution After the Nazism, Nazis came to power in 1933, Littmann was persecuted because he was Jewish. Banned from practicing law, socially and politically marginalized, and economically devastated, he died by suicide in 1934. Forced sales and Gestapo seizures To survive, Littmann's widow Käthe Littmann was forced to sell her possessions, including 156 works which were to be sold through the Max Perl auction house in Berlin. Two days before the auction, however, 64 works, inc ...
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Ismar Littmann, Breslau, Ca
The Ismar is a right tributary of the river Câlniștea in Romania. It discharges into the Câlniștea in Naipu. It flows through the villages Izvoarele, Giurgiu, Radu Vodă, Izvoarele, Giurgiu, Dimitrie Cantemir, Izvoarele, Giurgiu, Izvoarele, Chiriacu and Izvoarele, Giurgiu, Petru Rareș. Its length is and its basin size is . References

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