... Germany's rising population. Another problem was that Employers complained about the money the government spent on welfare benefits for the poor and unemployed. They said taxes were too high. There were extremes of wealth and poverty in Germany. Yet out of this time of tension came some exciting art and culture through Europe. Throughout the 1920's Berlin challenged Paris as cultural capital of Europe, with new and significant developments in painting, architecture, cinema design and many other fields. This did not help the reputation of the Weimar republic, however in the eyes if the right wing critics, its artists were declining traditional German values Before the war most German art had been detached from everyday life. In contrast most Weimar artists tried to show everyday life, they wanted to be understood by ordinary people, and they believed that art should comment on the society of the time. This new approach was ...

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