 With the exhibition "Neue Sachlichkeit - Deutsche Malerei seit dem Expressionismus” (New Objectivity - German Painting since Expressionism), which opened on June 14, 1925, he coined the term New Objectivity.On March 20, 1933, he was dismissed in the course of National Socialist cultural policy.Walter Passarge (1933-1959)

From July 1, 1936 until his death Passarge was director of the Kunsthalle Mannheim.