Georg Tappert (20 October 1880, in

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– 16 November 1957, in Berlin) was a

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expressionist Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it rad ...

painter. Tappert underwent an apprenticeship as a

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, before gaining employment at various tailoring businesses for two years. However he attracted the attention of

Max Liebermann Max Liebermann (20 July 1847 – 8 February 1935) was a German painter and printmaker, and one of the leading proponents of Impressionism in Germany and continental Europe. In addition to his activity as an artist, he also assembled an important ...

, who gave him a letter of introduction to

Ludwig Schmid-Reutte Ludwig Schmid-Reutte (13 January 1863 - 13 November 1909) was a Germany naturalist painter. Biography Ludwig Schmid-Reutte was born in Lechaschau, a mountain village to the west of Garmisch and Innsbruck. Franz Anton Schmid, his father, was ...

a professor at the

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. He studied there from 1901 to 1906, whereupon he joined the

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artists’ colony until 1909. He was one of the founders of the

New Secession The New Secession (german: Neue Secession) was an association of expressionist artists organizing joint exhibitions in Berlin 1910–1914. The New Secession, initially led by Georg Tappert and Max Pechstein, was formed after 27 expressionistic wo ...

which was formed in 1910 following 27 expressionist artworks being excluded from an exhibition organised by the

Berlin Secession The Berlin Secession was an art movement established in Germany on May 2, 1898. Formed in reaction to the Association of Berlin Artists, and the restrictions on contemporary art imposed by Kaiser Wilhelm II, 65 artists "seceded," demonstrating ag ...

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