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German Classical Art from 1900- 1950

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CLASSICAL ART IN ITS BEAUTY
‘Ballet Dancer’ (‘Ballett-Tänzerin’) by Fritz Kölle, 1943. Bronze, life-size.

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Arthur Kampf, ‘The Blue Madonna’, 1943.
There is only one painter in the world who can portray the face in this unique way.

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Arthur Kampf, ‘The Blue Madonna’, 1943. There is only one painter in the world who can portray the face in this unique way."

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BACK TO REALISTIC ART
DONALD TRUMP ENDS MODERN ART
1917: Duchamp presents a urinal as a work of art.
Modern Art is born.
2026: Trump removes the sculpture “Blue.”
Modern Art is dead.
The joke is over. The Emperor has no clothes.
Time to rediscover Realistic Art - the kind of art humanity has created for more than 3,000 years.

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DONALD TRUMP AND THE END OF MODERN ART
2026: Trump removes ‘Blue’ from the Kennedy Center. Modern art meets its end.
Finally, the joke is over. The Emperor has no clothes.
It took a long time - ever since Marcel Duchamp placed a urinal on a pedestal in 1917 and declared it art (the birth of Conceptual and Modern art).
Now, it is time to return to Realistic Art, the defining tradition of human creativity for 4,000 years.
1917 – 2026 - MODERN ART - R.I.P.

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@HankDesmondPhD I fully agree. This is art that I made with AI:
'How Trump Ends Modern Art'
What started in 1917 with displaying a urinal as art, ends in 2026 with removing the Blue sculpture from the grounds of the Kennedy Center.

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TRUMP ENDS MODERN ART
1917: Marcel Duchamp places a urinal on a pedestal and declares it art. Modern Art is born.
2026: Trump removes ‘Blue’ from the Kennedy Center. Modern Art meets its end.
Finally, the joke is over. The Emperor Has No Clothes.
It’s time to return to Realistic Art - the defining tradition of human creativity for 4,000 years.
MODERN ART (1917–2026) R.I.P.

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@MaryWhite220022 @TheAtlantic Trump ends Modern Art
It started in 1917 with Duchamp displaying a urinal as art, and it ended in 2026 with the removal of 'Blue' from the Kennedy Center.
Modern Art - R.I.P.

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@LisaMaret @grok @kennedycenter The End of Modern Art..

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TRUMP ENDS MODERN ART
1917 – The Birth of Modern Art: Duchamp declares a urinal as art.
2026 – The End of Modern Art: Trump removes ‘Blue’ from the Kennedy Center.
The emperor has no clothes. Finally, the joke is finished.
Let's return to Realistic Art - the kind of art human beings created for 4,000 years.
R.I.P. MODERN ART (1917–2026)

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Also in the Field of Art..
TRUMP KICKS MODERN ART OUT

1917 - The Birth of Conceptual / Modern Art
Frenchman Marcel Duchamp placed a urinal on a pedestal and proclaimed it art.

2026 - The End f Modern Art
Trump removes Blue by Shapiro from the grounds of the Kennedy Center.

The joke is finished. The emperor has no clothes.
Maybe it is time to return to Realistic Art - the kind of art human beings created for 4,000 years.
MODERN ART 1917–2026
R.I.P.

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Trump Kicks Out Modern Art
1917: The Beginning of Conceptual Art.
Marcel Duchamp puts a urinal on a plinth and declares it art.
2026: The End of Modern Art.
Trump strips Shapiro’s Blue from the Kennedy Center grounds.
The joke is over. The emperor has no clothes. We return to Realistic Art - the standard human beings have created for 4,000 years.
Modern Art (1917 – 2026) | R.I.P.

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Modern Art 1917 – 2026 (R.I.P.)
The game is Over.
In 1917 Marcel Duchamp put a urinal on a plinth and declared it art. That one move helped open the door to conceptual (Modern) art and, in important ways, to the art world we have now. The Nazis rejected modern art and championed figurative, realistic work instead. After 1945 the United States put heavy resources behind Modern art in Europe, helping it become the leading visual language of the postwar period. In 2004, five hundred art-world professionals even voted Duchamp’s Fountain the most influential work of the twentieth century. Say no more…
The gag may have run its course.
For over a hundred years the official line has been that almost anything qualifies as art if the right voices say so. A growing number of people now think The Emperor Is Naked. Trump’s decision to take Joel Shapiro’s Blue off the Kennedy Center grounds can be read as a milestone.
It is time to go back to work that demands more than an idea: skill, craft, beauty, and talent - the kind of realistic art people made for millennia before the urinal showed up.

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Sculptor Carl Paul Jennewein designed the major artistic features for the Arlington Memorial Bridge.
A shame.
His Nazi-era record is extraordinary: he exhibited at Hitler’s Great German Art Exhibitions in 1937, 1938 and 1939. In 1938, he was selected among a small group of preferred artists allowed to exhibit more works. He sold THREE BRONZE SCULPTURES DIRECTLY TO ADOLF HITLER in 1938. He expressed great enthusiasm after visiting Nazi Germany and its state-sponsored art exhibition.
Below: ‘Greek Dance’ by Jennewein, sold for 600 Reichsmark to Hitler.

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MODERN ART: GAME OVER.
In 1917, Marcel Duchamp placed a urinal on a pedestal and called it art.
That was the beginning of Modern art.
In 2026 Trump removed Shapiro’s ‘Blue’ from the grounds of the Kennedy Center.
That was the end of Modern art.

LEFT: Marcel Duchamp’s urinal ('Fountain'), 1917.
RIGHT: Shapiro, 'Blue', 2026.

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BLUE & MODERN ART: GAME OVER?

In 1917, a urinal was put on a pedestal - and the art world has never been the same. Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain helped launch conceptual art and, in many ways, the modern art industry as we know it.
The Nazis rejected modern art and promoted figurative, realistic art instead. After 1945, America poured enormous resources into promoting modern art throughout Europe, helping make it the dominant artistic language of the postwar era.
Then, in 2004, 500 art professionals voted Duchamp’s Fountain the most influential artwork of the 20th century (…..….).
But perhaps the joke has finally gone too far.
For more than a century, we have been told that almost anything can be art -as long as the right people tell us it is.
Increasingly, people are beginning to see the obvious: The Emperor has no clothes.
Trump’s removal of Shapiro’s Blue from the grounds of the Kennedy Center may one day be seen as a small but significant turning point in art history.
Perhaps it is time to rediscover art that requires more than a concept.
Skill. Craftsmanship. Beauty. Talent.
The kind of art humanity created for thousands of years -before the urinal arrived.
LEFT: urinal ('Fountain') by Duchamp, 1917.
RIGHT: ‘Blue’ by Shapiro.

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MODERN ART: GAME OVER?
In 1917, Marcel Duchamp placed a urinal on a pedestal and called it art. That single gesture helped launch conceptual art and, in many ways, the modern art industry as we know it.
The Nazis hated modern art and promoted figurative, realistic art instead. After 1945, America poured enormous support into modern art in Europe, helping make it the dominant artistic language of the postwar era. In 2004, Duchamp’s Fountain was even voted by 500 art professionals as the most influential artwork of the 20th century (….....).
But perhaps the joke has finally gone too far.
For more than a century, we have been told that almost anything can be art -provided the right people say it is. However, more and more people are coming to the conclusion that the Emperor has no clothes. Trump’s removal of Shapiro’s Blue from the grounds of the Kennedy Center could perhaps be seen as a milestone in art history.
It is time to return to art that requires something more than a concept: skill, craftsmanship, beauty, and talent -the kind of realistic art humanity had been creating for thousands of years before the urinal arrived.

LEFT: Marcel Duchamp’s urinal ('Fountain'), 1917.
RIGHT: Shapiro, 'Blue'.

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WHAT IF “WRONG ART” SHOULD BE MELTED DOWN?
That’s not a hypothetical question. It’s essentially what happened to historical monuments in Los Angeles.
The “MONUMENTS” exhibition hosted by the Museum of Contemporary Art, LAS, has now closed, but its approach raises an uncomfortable comparison with the Nazi's infamous 1937 “Degenerate Art” exhibition.
Politically disfavored works were presented in deliberately hostile settings, mocked, defaced or transformed, and framed as objects the public should reject.
Different era. Different politics. Different targets.
But is the underlying tactic really so different?
So should Trump have followed the LA example and melted down the Blue Sculpture as “wrong art”?

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It could be worse. In Los Angeles, unwanted art doesn’t just get mocked - it gets melted down.
MOCA’s “MONUMENTS” exhibition is now closed, but its approach invites an uncomfortable comparison with Munich’s infamous 1937 “Degenerate Art” exhibition: politically disfavored works are presented in a deliberately hostile context, defaced or ridiculed, and framed as something the public should reject.
Different era. Different politics. But is the tactic really so different?
So here’s the question: should Trump have taken the LA approach and melted down the Blue Sculpture as “wrong art”?