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In opposition to these conservatives,
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is a small caucus of liberal artists,
:16:05
amongst them Ludwig Knaus
who argue
:16:08
not so much for Munch's
freedom of expression,
:16:11
as against the social incorrectness
of the Berlin Academy
:16:16
for throwing out an invited guest.
:16:24
Amid reports
of anarchist activities in Paris
:16:27
and rising beer taxes in Bavaria,
:16:30
the German newspapers headline
the struggle taking place
:16:33
within the Verein.
:16:42
We must be united on objective grounds.
:16:45
That's nonsense! No!
:16:48
We'll withdraw from the Society
:16:51
if the exhibition is closed down.
:16:56
On the 11th November,
:16:57
a conservative bloc carry
the vote to close the exhibition,
:17:02
and Munch is ordered
to remove his "Schmiererei".
:17:07
The Kunstchronik charges
Edvard Munch
:17:10
with "brutality, crudity
and baseness of expression."
:17:15
The National-Zeitung accuses
"this man E. Blunch"
:17:19
of selling himself body and soul
to the French Impressionists.
:17:26
Edvard Munch has arrived
in Imperial Germany.
:17:39
One critic even states
that Munch knows next to nothing
:17:44
and should only exhibit
if he is in dire peril
:17:47
of dying of starvation.
:17:53
I went to the Rotunda for a laugh.
:17:57
Theodor Wolff,
editor of the Berliner Tageblatt.