Gabriele Munter was one of the founders of modern German Abstract Expressionism. In 1911 she joined with other radical artist to form the group known as Der Blaue Reiter.  She stayed in Germany through World War II but was forced to work in secret during the Nazi era, when German Expressionism was outlawed.  “Breakfast with the Birds” (45.7 x 55.2 cm) was made on canvas with oil paints in 1934, and it is one of her secret paintings.  It is now in the collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC.