George Grosz : the stick men / catalogue edited by Das kleine Grosz Museum, Berlin ; translation: Wendy Wallis, Herwig Engelmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grosz, George, 1893-1959, artist.

Contributor:

Grosz, George, 1893-1959

Wallis, Wendy, translator.

Engelmann, Herwig, translator.

Kleine Grosz Museum, host institution.

Heckscher Museum of Art, host institution.

Series:

Kleine Grosz Museum (Cologne, Germany) ; v. 3.

Das kleine Grosz Museum ; volume 3

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Grosz, George, 1893-1959--Exhibitions.

Grosz, George.

Grosz, George, 1893-1959.

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

146 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 28 cm.

Other Title:

Stick men

Place of Publication:

Köln : Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, [2023]

Language Note:

Parallel texts in English and German.

Summary:

"George Grosz created his last major series of paintings and Das kleine Grosz Museum, Berlin watercolours, the "Stick Men", beginning in the mid-1940s in reaction to the devastating news about the Holocaust and the other atrocities of the Second World War. The deployment of atomic bombs at the end of the war, and the threat of a Third World War, further deepened his pessimistic vision of mankind's future. He presented his "Stickmen" as dehumanized, famished beings aimlessly wandering through a contaminated, post-apocalyptic world. The catalogue forcefully contradicting the widespread misconception that Grosz had become "soft" and apolitical during his American years. The contrary is true: his Stick Men series is the culmination of the political and artistic convictions of a lifetime of struggle - an artistic legacy that, given the current state of the world, could not be more timely and relevant." -- Provided by publisher

George Grosz created his last major series of paintings and Das kleine Grosz Museum, Berlin watercolours, the "Stick Men", beginning in the mid-1940s in reaction to the devastating news about the Holocaust and the other atrocities of the Second World War. The deployment of atomic bombs at the end of the war, and the threat of a Third World War, further deepened his pessimistic vision of mankind's future. He presented his "Stickmen" as dehumanized, famished beings aimlessly wandering through a contaminated, post-apocalyptic world. The catalogue forcefully contradicting the widespread misconception that Grosz had become "soft" and apolitical during his American years. The contrary is true: his Stick Men series is the culmination of the political and artistic convictions of a lifetime of struggle - an artistic legacy that, given the current state of the world, could not be more timely and relevant.0//0Ab Mitte der 1940er Jahre, als Reaktion auf die erschütternden Nachrichten über den Holocaust und die anderen Gräueltaten des 2. Weltkriegs, schuf George Grosz seine letzte große Werkreihe, bestehend aus Gemälden und Aquarellen: die ?Stick Men?. Der Abwurf der Atombomben am Ende des Krieges und die Gefahr eines Dritten Weltkriegs potenzierten seinen Pessimismus hinsichtlich der Zukunft der Menschheit. So stellte er seine "Stockmänner" als entmenschlichte und ausgehungerte Wesen dar, die ziellos durch eine verseuchte, postapokalyptische Welt irren. Der Katalog macht überdeutlich, wie falsch das weit verbreitet Vorurteil ist, Grosz sei während seiner amerikanischen Jahre "weich" und unpolitisch geworden. Das Gegenteil ist der Fall: In der Serie kulminieren die politischen und künstlerischen Überzeugungen seines lebenslangen Kampfes. Die ?Stick Men sind sein künstlerisches Vermächtnis, das angesichts der aktuellen Weltlage nicht aktueller und relevanter sein könnte.00Exhibition: Das kleine Grosz-Museum, Berlin, Germany (05. - 10.2023).

Contents:

Foreword / Heather Arnet

Foreword / George Grosz in Berlin e.V.

Homo homini lupus est George Grosz's stick men / Pay Matthis Karstens and Juerg Judin

Works

George Grosz : the stick men Associated American Artists Gallery 12 April - 1 May 1948 / Alice Delage

"Demons in the suburbs" George Grosz on Long Island / Karli Wurzelbacher.

Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition held at Das kleine Grosz Museum, Berlin, May 25-October 30, 2023; and the Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, May 11-September 1, 2024.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

On the occasion of the exhibitions held at Das kleine Grosz Museum, Berlin, May 25 - October 30, 2023; The Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington NY, May 11 - September 1, 2024.

ISBN:

3753304409

9783753304403

OCLC:

1373338212