Self-Portrait

1920s

Defends Otto Dix's “Trench”

Liebermann supported Dix's emotional depiction of the horror of the world war, which was accused of being tendentious, calling it one of the most important works of the post-war period. At the same time, despite his basically tolerant views, he polemicized against Ludwig Justi, who brought Expressionists to the National Gallery.

1922

The murder of Walther Rathenau

The murder of his relative and companion by right-wing activists deeply disturbed Liebermann. Around then he produced lithographs for Heinrich Heine's “Rabbi von Bacharach”, numerous paintings of his garden, and drawings in memory of fallen Jewish soldiers at the front.

7 – 9 October 1924

Deaths of his brother Felix and his relative Hugo Preuss

On 7 October 1924 his younger brother, the historian Felix Liebermann, a lifelong friend, died; two days later he had to mourn his relative Hugo Preuss, the father of the Weimar constitution. He withdrew more and more into himself and his garden.

1925 · 受賞

Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art

September 1926

Publicly professes his faith

In September 1926, in the Yom Kippur edition of the Jüdisch-Liberale Zeitung, Liebermann publicly confessed to the faith to which he increasingly found his way back in old age. He also supported the Jewish children's home “Ahawah” and the Aid Association of German Jews.