This book features works by Auerbach, Bloch, Dodo, Frankfurther, Feibusch, Liebermann, Lomnitz, Meidner, Oppenheimer.
Between 1933 and 1945 whether for religious, political, or artistic reasons, over 300 painters, sculptors, and graphic artists fled into exile or immigrated to Great Britain from Nazi Germany. This followed the appointment of Adolf Hitler as German Chancellor in January 1933, the introduction of anti-Semitic legislation, and the foundation of the Reichskulturkammer (the Reich Chamber of Culture) to which all professional artists and designers had to belong and which effectively banned all Jews, Communists, Social Democrats, and ‘avant-garde’ artists from working in Germany.
This exhibition brings together paintings, drawings, and graphics by a number of primarily German-Jewish artists who made such ‘forced journeys’ during this era, mostly to Great Britain, but also beyond to destinations including Australia, China, Jerusalem, and the United States.
