Free Secession

The Free Secession (German: Freie Secession) was an association of modern artists in Berlin organizing joint exhibitions 1914–1923.^[1]

Otto Beyer: In der Mittagshitze, 1919

The Free Secession was formed after 42 members in late 1913 left the Berlin Secession, which thereby lost a majority of its members and nearly all of its most prominent artists.^[2][3] Max Liebermann, a former co-founder and leader of the Berlin Secession was made honorary president of the Free Secession.

Notable members

• Ernst Barlach
• Max Beckmann
• Theo von Brockhusen
• Charles Crodel
• Georg Kolbe
• Käthe Kollwitz
• August Kraus
• Rudolf Levy
• Wilhelm Lehmbruck
• Max Liebermann
• Hans Purrmann
• Richard Scheibe
• Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
• Max Slevogt
• Wilhelm Trübner
• Henry van de Velde
• Heinrich Zille
• Augusta von Zitzewitz