Akademie der Künste der DDR
[1] The AdK "helps with the development and dissemination of a partisan and popular art of socialist realism, which contributes to the formation of socialist personalities, an art which enriches the spiritual life of the people and acts as a component of the culturally rich way of life under socialism.
The Academy was divided into different sections In addition to exhibitions, concerts, readings, conferences, symposia and archiving, the extensive activities also included the supervision of numerous artists.
Highly regarded were master classes with such prominent teachers as Hanns Eisler, Paul Dessau, Günter Kochan and Dieter Zechlin (music), as well as Fritz Cremer, Gustav Seitz and Werner Klemke [de] (Fine Arts).
The founding members included among others Johannes R. Becher, Bertolt Brecht, Hanns Eisler, Otto Nagel, Anna Seghers, Helene Weigel and Friedrich Wolf.
Thomas Mann was appointed honorary member in 1955 The Corresponding Members included among others Benjamin Britten, Charles Chaplin, Aram Khachaturian, Otto Dix, Hans Erni, Gabriel García Marquez, Pablo Neruda, Laurence Olivier and Pablo Picasso.
(2nd and 3rd from left.): Hadwig and Victor Klemperer . (14 May 1955)
