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Otto Freundlich (10 July 1878 – 9 March 1943) was a German painter and sculptor of Jewish origin and one of the first generation of abstract artists. ==Life== Freundlich was born in Stolp, Province of Pomerania, Prussia, and studied dentistry before deciding to become an artist. He went to Paris in 1908, living in Montmartre in Bateau Lavoir near to Pablo Picasso, Braque and others. In 1914 he returned to Germany. After World War I, he became politically active as a member November Group. In 1919, he organized the first Dada - exhibition in Cologne with Max Ernst and Johannes Theodor Baargeld. In 1925, he joined the Abstraction-Création group. After 1925, Freundlich lived and worked mainly in France. In Germany, his work was condemned by the Nazis as degenerate and removed from public display. Some works were seized and displayed at the infamous Nazi exhibition of degenerate art including his monumental sculpture ''Der Neue Mensch (The New Man)'' which was photographed unsympathetically and used as the cover illustration of the exhibition catalogue. ''Der Neue Mensch'' was never recovered and is assumed to have been destroyed. One of his sculptures was recovered in an excavation in Berlin and put on display at the Neues Museum.〔(Associated Press article 8 November 2010 )〕〔("Buried in a Bombed-Out Cellar: Nazi Degenerate Art Rediscovered in Berlin" ) ''Der Spiegel'' (11 August 2010)〕〔("Photo Gallery: Sensational Find in a Bombed-Out Cellar" ) ''Der Spiegel'' (11 August 2010)〕 While in Paris, he became a member of the Union des Artistes Allemandes Libres.〔Siegfried Gnichwitz, ("Heinz Kiwitz: gekämpft · vertrieben · verschollen" ) (PDF) Stiftung Brennender Dornbusch. Folder from an exhibition in honor of the 100th anniversary of Kiwitz' birth. Liebfrauenkirche, Duisburg (7 November – 5 December 2010), p. 5. Retrieved 10 February 2012 〕 With outbreak of World War II, Freundlich was interned by the French authorities but released, for a time, under the influence of Pablo Picasso. In 1943 he was arrested and deported to Majdanek Concentration Camp, where he was murdered on the day he arrived. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Otto Freundlich」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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