Composed by Gisbert Näther, the Berliner Frauen-Vokalensemble (Berlin Women Vocal Ensemble) performs a selection of the Expressionist artist Fritz Ascher’s poems, accompanied by Gerhard Scherer-Ruegert (accordion) and Liana Narubina (piano). Directed by Lothar Knappe. Recordings of the poems "Nachtbild", "Lied der Liebe", "Krieg", "Kein Leben ohne Träne" and "Leben um Leben" can be found here.

2019, January 8, 6-8pm Opening Reception celebrating Fritz Ascher: Expressionist Grey Art Gallery, New York University 100 Washington Square East, NYC Information: 212/998-6780 Exhibition on view: January 9, 2019 - April 6, 2019 "Fritz Ascher: Expressionist" presents paintings and works on paper by a Jewish artist who belonged to Germany's Lost Generation - those whose careers were interrupted or destroyed by the Nazi terror regime. Coming to maturity during the Weimar Republic, Fritz Ascher (1893-1970) was taken under the wing of prominent Berlin painter Max Liebermann and studied in Koenigsberg and Berlin. He traveled to Oslo, where he met Edvard Munch, and Munich, where he associated with the artists of Blauer Reiter and the Simplicissimus group. Ascher's early work [...]

January 16, 2019, 6:30-7:30pm Rachel Stern: Gallery Conversation Grey Art Gallery at NYU, New York (please add map) Please join Rachel Stern, Director of the Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted, Ostracized, and Banned Art and curator of "Fritz Ascher, Expressionist" for a gallery conversation. The event is sponsored by the Grey Art Gallery, New York University and The Fritz Ascher Society. It is part of Wunderbar Together: The Year of German-American Friendship 2018/19, an initiative of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany and the Goethe-Institut, with the support of the Federation of German Industries (BDI).

Panel Discussion: European Modernism and Spirituality CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, Room 9206 Wednesday, January 30, 6:00¬–8:00 pm Throughout much of the 20th century, secularism has dominated Western thought, yet art has often offered both overt and occult connections to spirituality. Fritz Ascher and El Lissitzky reflect this complicated truth in very different but equally compelling ways. Watch the video of the event here. Panel discussion moderated by Rose-Carol Washton Long, Professor Emerita of 19th and 20th Century European Art, CUNY Graduate Center, with speakers Elizabeth Berkowitz, Mellon/ACLS Public Fellow, Rockefeller Archive Center; Matthew Drutt, editor, writer and independent curator; and Ori Z. Soltes, Teaching Professor of Jewish Civilization, Georgetown University. Sponsored by the Center for Jewish [...]

February 6, 2019, 6:30-7:30pm Rachel Stern: Gallery Conversation Grey Art Gallery at NYU, New York Please join Rachel Stern, Director of the Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted, Ostracized, and Banned Art and curator of "Fritz Ascher, Expressionist" for a gallery conversation. The event is sponsored by the Grey Art Gallery, New York University and The Fritz Ascher Society. It is part of Wunderbar Together: The Year of German-American Friendship 2018/19, an initiative of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany and the Goethe-Institut, with the support of the Federation of German Industries (BDI).

Tuesday, February 12, 6:30 pm Conversation: Hiding: Jewish Life in Nazi Germany King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center 53 Washington Square South What was it like to be a Jew in Nazi Germany? For those trapped in the Nazi terror regime, mere survival became a nightmare. Those who went underground, including Fritz Ascher, endured the terrors of nightly bombings and the even greater fear of being discovered by the Nazis. All were pressed to the limits of human endurance and loneliness. Marion Kaplan, Skirball Professor of Modern Jewish History, NYU, and Rachel Stern, Director of the Fritz Ascher Society and Curator of Fritz Ascher: Expressionist, will discuss. The event is co-sponsored by NYU’s Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies [...]