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Neue Sachlichkeit (Art)

LC control no.sh 85091379
Topical headingNeue Sachlichkeit (Art)
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Variant(s)Nach-Expressionismus (Art)
New objectivity (Art)
Nouvelle Objectivité (Art)
Post-expressionism (Art)
See alsoArt, Modern--20th century
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Magic realism (Art)
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Found inGrove dict. of art: v. 22, p. 922 (Neue Sachlichkeit (Ger.: new objectivity): term applied to the representative art that was developed in Germany in the 1920s by artists including Max Beckmann, Otto Dix and George Grosz. The term Magic realism is associated but not directly related to it.)
AAT (Neue Sachlichkeit UF New Objectivity, Nouvelle Objectivité)
Britannica Micro. (Neue Sachlichkeit (German: New Objectivity), a group of German artists in the 1920s whose works were executed in a realistic style (in contrast to the prevailing styles of Expressionism and Abstraction) and who reflected what was characterized as the resignation and cynicism of the post-World War I period in Germany.)