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Sponsored by the Nazi government, this showcase of modern art was intended to encourage public opprobrium against artists betraying any sort of Jewish or Bolshevik influence.

The collection opened in Munich on 18-Jul-1937, then traveled throughout Germany and Austria.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Marc Chagall	Artist	7-Jul-1887	28-Mar-1985	I and the Village
Otto Dix	Painter	2-Dec-1891	25-Jul-1969	Expressionist vividly depicted WWI
Max Ernst	Painter	2-Apr-1891	1-Apr-1976	The Virgin Spanking the Christ Child
George Grosz	Artist	26-Jul-1893	6-Jul-1959	German social caricaturist
Wassily Kandinsky	Artist	16-Dec-1866	13-Dec-1944	Abstractionist and theorist
Paul Klee	Painter	18-Dec-1879	29-Jun-1940	German-Swiss abstract painter
Oskar Kokoschka	Painter	1-Mar-1886	22-Feb-1980	Austrian expressionist painter
László Moholy-Nagy	Painter	20-Jul-1895	24-Nov-1946	Bauhaus professor
Piet Mondrian	Painter	7-Mar-1872	1-Feb-1944	Dutch abstract painter
Kurt Schwitters	Artist	20-Jun-1887	8-Jan-1948	Collagist, Merz

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