George Grosz

Painting, Visual Artist

1893 – 1959

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Who was George Grosz?

George Grosz was a German artist known especially for his caricatural drawings of Berlin life in the 1920s. He was a prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Objectivity group during the Weimar Republic before he emigrated to the United States in 1933.

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Born
Jul 26, 1893
Berlin
Also known as
  • Georg Ehrenfried Groß
Religion
  • Atheism
Nationality
  • United States of America
  • Germany
Profession
Education
  • Academy of Fine Arts Dresden
    Fine art
    (1909 - 1911)
Lived in
  • Berlin
    (1893 - 1933)
  • West Berlin
    (1959/06 - 1959/07/06)
Died
Jul 6, 1959
Berlin
Resting place
Friedhof Heerstraße

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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