Sunday, 6th April 6:30pm: Leicester’s German Expressionist Paintings and Drawings - Nick Matthews

How did a remarkable collection of German artworks come to Leicester in the middle of World War Two? Nick Matthews looks at Leicester’s German Expressionist collection and two remarkable men: museum director Trevor Thomas and curator Hans Hess.

 

Birds’ Hell, 1937–1938

By Max Beckmann - https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-max-beckmann-holle-der-vogel-6089482, Public Domain, Link