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George Grosz
George Grosz (1893-1959) was born in Berlin and studied in Dresden until 1911 and at the School of Arts and Crafts in Berlin. Like many of his colleagues, Grosz originally appreciated the rise and outbreak of the First World War as a chance for…
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The Toads of Property
George Grosz produced a number of his prints using photo-transfer lithography, enabling cheaper and more affordable prints to enter the market. The title is taken from Schiller’s play Die Raubern (The Robbers). The fat cat capitalists jealously…
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Nazis
This drawing was made in 1954, when Grosz visited London, commissioned to produce a series of set designs for the play ‘I am a Camera’. It commemorates the infamous attack on Jewish shops and businesses in German and Austrian cities which took place…
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In Memory of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht
Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht (both 1871-1919) were left wing socialists who formed the revolutionary Spartacus League in Berlin in 1914 in opposition to the First World War. Both were brutally murdered by German troops in January 1919 after…
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Expressionism: The Total Artwork Gallery
Leicester Museum & Art Gallery We are proud to host the largest collection of German Expressionist artwork in the UK, and with support from Arts Council England have re-displayed the collection. Our new gallery uses cutting edge museum design…
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Lady Hamilton *
Full Title Lady Hamilton or the Posturing of Emma or From Housemaid to Nelsons bit of crackling. A fantastic and romantic travesty by Alfred Richard Meyer. Most industriously fleshed out by George Grosz. Original Title Lady Hamilton oder Posen…
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Young Art *
Original Title Junge Kunst Year of Production 1921 Artist George Grosz, Willi Wolfradt Medium Book Materials Paper, ink Dimensions height: 20.6 cm; width: 14 cm; depth: 0.5 cm Credit Line Gift Copyright © Estate of George Grosz,…
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The Face of the Ruling Class *
Original Title Das Gesicht der Herrschenden Klasse Year of Production 1921 Artist George Grosz, printed by Malik-Verlag Medium Book Materials Paper, ink Credit Line Gift of Michael BrooksCopyright Copyright © Estate of George Grosz,…
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Rudolf Grossmann
Rudolf Grossmann was born on 25th January, 1882 in Freiburg, Germany and died on 28th November, 1941 in Freiburg. Grossmann began his education in painting and printmaking at Dusseldorf Academy, and went on to study in Paris, under Lucien Simon and…
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Richard Ziegler
Richard Ziegler was born 3 May 1891 in Pforzheim, Germany, and died 23 February 1992. Ziegler was entirely self-taught and turned to painting full-time after the First World War at the age of 29. He travelled extensively and his Italian landscapes…