From Berlin to the United States
Born Georg Ehrenfried Groß in 1893, Grosz emigrated to the United States in 1933 and became a naturalized citizen in 1938. He exhibited regularly and taught for many years at the Art Students League of New York.
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George Grosz
Caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin life in the 1920s.
George Grosz was a German artist known for his depictions of Berlin life in the 1920s. He was a prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Objectivity groups during the Weimar Republic. He emigrated to the United States in 1933, where he exhibited regularly and taught at the Art Students League of New York. He returned to Berlin in 1959 and died shortly afterwards.
Worth knowing
Berlin through caricature
Grosz became especially known for caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin life in the 1920s. He was a prominent member of both Berlin Dada and New Objectivity.
Work at the Volksbühne
At the Volksbühne, Grosz supplied film and projection material for Piscator's production of The Drunken Ship.
George Grosz Memorial House
Grosz lived here during the final crisis years of the Weimar Republic.
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Lived here
George Grosz Memorial House
The painter and satirist lived here during the final crisis years of the Weimar Republic.
Created here
Volksbühne
He supplied film and projection material for Piscator's production of The Drunken Ship.
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