Sonderbund westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler
ESTABLISHED IN 1909 IN GERMANY, FAMOUS FOR SPECTACULAR EXHIBITIONS OF MODERN ART, IN 1910, 1911 AND ESPECIALLY 1912
Sonderbund westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Kuenstler; Sonderbund westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Kunstler
The "Sonderbund" — as it is normally called; its complete name being Sonderbund westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler (the "Separate League of West German Art Lovers and Artists"), and also known as Sonderbund group — was a "special union" of artists and art lovers, established 1909 in Düsseldorf and dissolved in 1916. In its first years, the Sonderbund mounted some landmark exhibitions, successfully introducing French Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Modern Art to the western parts of Germany.