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George Grosz
German artist
Quick Facts
- Born:
- July 26, 1893, Berlin, Ger.
- Died:
- July 6, 1959, West Berlin, W.Ger. [now in Berlin] (aged 65)
- Notable Works:
- “Ecce Homo”
- “The Face of the Ruling Class”
- Movement / Style:
- Dada
- Expressionism
- Neue Sachlichkeit
George Grosz (born July 26, 1893, Berlin, Ger.—died July 6, 1959, West Berlin, W.Ger. [now in Berlin]) was a German artist whose caricatures and paintings provided some of the most vitriolic social criticism of his time. After studying art in Dresden and Berlin from 1909 to 1912, Grosz sold caricatures to magazines and spent time in Paris during 1913. When World War I broke out, he volunteered for the infantry, but he was invalided in 1915 and moved into a garret studio in Berlin. There he sketched prostitutes, disfigured veterans, and other personifications of the ravages of war. In 1917 ...(100 of 359 words)