Albrecht Dürer, Gabriele Münter @ Germany.info

Here's some art-related stuff I posted last week during my deskbound, digital-era day job:

"Jawlensky and Werefkin" (1908/1909) by Gabriele Münter, oil on cardboard, 32.7 x 44.5 cm, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus (© Deutsche Bundespost/Wikimedia Commons)

(1) Intro. - The Week in Germany (=all about art! JA!)

(2) Albrecht Dürer

(3) Gabriele Münter 

(I had also recently posted this here on this blog.)

When in Munich, I highly recommend the Lenbachhaus, which is perhaps my favorite museum in Germany, and certainly one of my favorite art museums in the world. (OK, so I may not have seen, like, EVERY single art museum in the world, but THIS ONE is a real gem - if you like German Expressionism and the Blue Rider movement, you will LOVE this museum. I guarantee it. The Lenbachhaus is due to reopen after an extended period of renovation in 2013.)

August Macke @ 125

"One of the greatest artists of his generation, August Macke produced paintings that enchant viewers with vibrant hues atomized into angular abstractions of pleasant scenes including lush parks, families and urban flaneurs bursting forth like love letters to life's little pleasures."

You can read the full article I recently posted on Macke during my "day job" here:

AS CLEAR AND BRIGHT AS WAS HIS ENTIRE BEING

(I realize this does not necessarily have anything to do with current art exhibits in North America, but I just wanted to share my love of Macke's art with you in this forum as well.)

If you ever find yourself in Bonn, Germany, you might want to check out the August Macke Haus.

How much more great art could Macke have produced had his life not been tragically cut short by war?

We will, alas, never know.

August Macke: Türkisches Café (II) / Turkish Cafe (II) (1914), Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany (c) The Yorck Project/Wikimedia Commons