George Grosz

5 albums/28 artworks – George Grosz, born Georg Ehrenfried Groß, (1893 – 1959) was a German artist known especially for his caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin life in the 1920s. He was a prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Objectivity groups during the Weimar Republic. After his father’s death in 1900, he moved to the Wedding district of Berlin with his mother and sisters.At the urging of his cousin, the young Grosz began attending a weekly drawing class taught by a local painter named Grot. Grosz developed his skills further by drawing meticulous copies of the drinking scenes of Eduard von Grützner, and by drawing imaginary battle scenes.He was expelled from school in 1908 for insubordination.From 1909…

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