The German Neue Sachlichkeit painters lived through the violence of World War I and their art reveals the disillusionment and cynicism that resulted from their often psychologically-shattering experiences.
New Objectivity
Nazi violence forced many artists and intellectuals to leave Germany in the 1930s, and like Grosz, many came to the United States.
George Grosz, Remembering
Unusually, two figures make up this self-portrait, which is all sexuality but no passion.
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