The New Secession (german: Neue Secession) was an association of expressionist artists organizing joint exhibitions in

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1910–1914. The New Secession, initially led by

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and

Max Pechstein Hermann Max Pechstein (31 December 1881 – 29 June 1955) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker and a member of the Die Brücke group. He fought on the Western Front during World War I and his art was classified as Degenerate Ar ...

, was formed after 27 expressionistic works of art had been excluded from a 1910 exhibition of the

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. The first exhibition of the New Secession was advertised as showing artists "rejected by the Berlin Secession 1910", but the group was also joined by artists who were not former Berlin Secession members. The New Secession helped introducing expressionism in Germany. Besides Berlin expressionists, the New Secession had members from

Die Brücke The Brücke (Bridge), also Künstlergruppe Brücke or KG Brücke was a group of German expressionist artists formed in Dresden in 1905. Founding members were Fritz Bleyl, Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Later memb ...

still living in Dresden until 1911, members from Munich, who would later form

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, as well as members from other places in Europe. The fourth exhibition of the New Secession opened mid November 1911 and was a success, but at the same time the group started to fall apart. When Max Pechstein was not reelected as president of the New Secession, he left followed by the rest of the Brücke group. Also, after a split of the Neue Künstlervereinigung München, the Blaue Reiter group now began organizing their own exhibitions. The last exhibition of the New Secession was held in 1914.

Notable members

References

From pioneer to traditionalist.
''The Atlantic Times''. Retrieved 8 September 2015. Otto Mueller.
Liedtke Kunsthandel, Greding. Retrieved 8 September 2015. Liebermanns Gegner. Neue Secession und Expressionismus in Berlin 2. April bis 3. Juli 2011.
Stiftung Brandenburger Tor. Retrieved 8 September 2015. Fulda, Bernhard; Soika, Aya. ''Max Pechstein: The Rise and Fall of Expressionism''. de Gruyter (2012). . {{authority control German Expressionism German artist groups and collectives 1910 establishments in Germany Arts in Berlin