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George Grosz Art

German, 1893-1959

George Grosz was a German artist known especially for his caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin life in the 1920s. He was a prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Objectivity group during the Weimar Republic. Grosz studied drawing at the Dresden Academy (1909–11) and at the School of Arts and Crafts in Berlin (1912–14). He was in the army from 1914–15, and again for a short time in 1917, but spent the rest of the war in Berlin, where he made violently anti-war drawings, in which his main focus was attacking the social corruption of Germany (capitalists, prostitutes, the Prussian military caste, the middle class). His artworks had great impact in the Berlin Dada movement, 1917–20, and collaborated with John Heartfield and Raoul Hausmann in the invention of photomontage. 

Many of Grosz’s drawings were published in albums (Gott mit uns, Ecce Homo, Der Spiesser-Spiegel, etc.), and he was subject to prosecutions for insulting the army and blasphemy. He visited the United States in 1932 to teach at the Art Students League, New York, and settled there in 1933. In the latter part of his career, he tried to establish himself as a pure painter of landscapes and still life, but also painted many compositions of an apocalyptic and deeply pessimistic kind. His role in the Berlin Dada movement affected political outlooks and artistic developments not only in Germany, but also in Russia, the Balkan nations, and parts of France. 

Grosz's penetrating, darkly humorous style of drawing and his use of satire as a weapon left a deep impression on the work of his contemporaries and the artists of the next generation. Some of his works from the early 1940s, particularly during World War II, do present an allegorical and dramatic representation of Grosz's moral perspective regarding war. Additionally, some of his last pieces from 1958 were photomontages, and hearken back to his earlier Dadaist aesthetic and message, passing judgment upon consumerism and suggesting that his absorption with American culture had ended in disappointment. In 1959, Grosz sold his house and moved back to Berlin. He died shortly after his return, after a fall down the stairs.

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Artist: George Grosz
Über alles die Liebe - Rare Book illustrated by George Grosz - 1930
Über alles die Liebe - Rare Book illustrated by George Grosz - 1930

Über alles die Liebe - Rare Book illustrated by George Grosz - 1930

By George Grosz

Located in Roma, IT

Über alles die Liebe is an original modern rare book illustrated by George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959, Berlin) in 1930. Original First Edition. Published by Bruno Cassirer, Berlin. Format: in 4°. The book includes 119 pages with Sixty full page reproductions of drawings. Mint conditions. George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959, Berlin). By the war’s end in 1918, Grosz had developed an unmistakable graphic style that combined a highly expressive use of line with ferocious social caricature. Out of his wartime experiences and his observations of chaotic postwar Germany grew a series of drawings savagely attacking militarism, war profiteering, the gulf between rich and poor, social decadence, and Nazism. In drawing collections such as The Face of the Ruling Class (1921) and Ecce Homo (1922), Grosz depicts fat Junkers, greedy capitalists, smug bourgeoisie, drinkers, and lechers—as well as hollow-faced factory labourers, the poor, and the unemployed. At this time Grosz belonged to the Berlin Dada art movement, having befriended the German Dadaist brothers Wieland Herzfelde and John Heartfield...

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1930s Expressionist George Grosz Art

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Paper, Photogravure

Man of Honor - Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923

Man of Honor - Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923

By George Grosz

Located in Roma, IT

Man of honor from Ecce Homo is a vintage offset and lithograph, realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n. 59 from the porfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923,edit...

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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art

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Lithograph

Interrogation - Original Lithograph and Offset by George Grosz - 1925

Interrogation - Original Lithograph and Offset by George Grosz - 1925

By George Grosz

Located in Roma, IT

Interrogation is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz. The artwork is from the book "Kobes" by Heinrich Man, that Grosz illustrated with 10 drawings reproduce...

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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art

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Lithograph, Offset

Study - Original Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923

Study - Original Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923

By George Grosz

Located in Roma, IT

Study from Ecce Homo is an original offset and lithograph, realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n. 53 from the portfolio "Ecce Homo" published between 1922/1923, editi...

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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art

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Lithograph, Offset

Woman from Ecce Homo - Original Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923

Woman from Ecce Homo - Original Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923

By George Grosz

Located in Roma, IT

Woman from Ecce Homo is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n. 56 from the porfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition o...

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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art

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Lithograph, Offset

The Spies - Lithograph and Offset by George Grosz - 1925

The Spies - Lithograph and Offset by George Grosz - 1925

By George Grosz

Located in Roma, IT

The spies is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz. The artwork is part of the suite of 10 offset and lithographs realized by Grosz for the book "Kobes". 1st e...

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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art

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Lithograph, Offset

Hedwig Courths-Mahler - Rare Book Illustrated by George Grosz - 1922
Hedwig Courths-Mahler - Rare Book Illustrated by George Grosz - 1922

Hedwig Courths-Mahler - Rare Book Illustrated by George Grosz - 1922

By George Grosz

Located in Roma, IT

Hedwig Courths-Mahler is an original modern rare book written by Hans Reimann (1889–1969) and illustrated by George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959, Berlin) in 1922. Original First Editi...

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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art

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Paper, Photogravure

Louise - Original Lithograph and Offset by George Grosz - 1923

Louise - Original Lithograph and Offset by George Grosz - 1923

By George Grosz

Located in Roma, IT

Louise is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n. 20 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition of Der Malik-V...

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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art

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Lithograph, Offset

Serenade by George Grosz - 1923

Serenade by George Grosz - 1923

By George Grosz

Located in Roma, IT

Serenade from Ecce Homo is an original offset and lithograph, realized after a pen drawing by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n. 70 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition of Der Malik-Verlag Berli, that includes offset lithograph prints. Numbered on plate on lower margin. Good conditions except for a yellowing of paper due to the time and some minor defects along the margin. Ecce homo is a selected compendium of 100 artworks (16 watercolors and 84 drawings) that Grosz realized from 1915 to 1922. The book is a real satire of post-war German life, with prostitutes, politicians, mutilated veterans,capitalists, and drunks in different states of despair, lust, and rage. The German government banned his artworks and Grosz was put on trial for public offense. George Grosz (1893 -1959) was a German artist known especially for his caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin...

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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art

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Lithograph

Youth - by George Grosz - 1923

Youth - by George Grosz - 1923

By George Grosz

Located in Roma, IT

Youth is an original offset lithograph, realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n. 72 from the porfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923,edition of Der Malik-Verlag ...

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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art

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Lithograph, Offset

Cover for Ecce Homo - Lithograph and Offset by George Grosz - 1923

Cover for Ecce Homo - Lithograph and Offset by George Grosz - 1923

By George Grosz

Located in Roma, IT

Cover for Ecce Homo is an artwork realized by George Grosz in 1923. Cover for the Suite "Ecce Homo". Lithograph and Offset. 26 x 26 cm, no frame. Good condtions. Reference: Wieland Herzfelde (introduction), Der Malik-Verlag, 1916-1947, exhib. cat. Deutsche Akademie der Künste Berlin, Berlin (Ost) 1966, cat. no. 59; Lothar Lang, George-Grosz-Bibliographie, in: Marginalien, Zeitschrfit für Buchkunst und Bibliophilie, 30th issue, July 1968, p. 1ff, no. 38; Rosamunde Neugebauer, Georges Grosz, Macht und Ohnmacht satirischer Kunst. Die Graphikfolgen "Gott mit uns...

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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art

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Lithograph, Offset

100% - Rare Book by George Grosz - 1921
100% - Rare Book by George Grosz - 1921

100% - Rare Book by George Grosz - 1921

By George Grosz

Located in Roma, IT

100% is an original Modern rare book written by Upton Beall Sinclair (Baltimora, 1878 – Bound Brook, 1968) and illustrated by George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959, Berlin) in 1921. O...

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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art

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Paper, Lithograph

The Cobweb - Lithograph and Offset by George Grosz - 1925

The Cobweb - Lithograph and Offset by George Grosz - 1925

By George Grosz

Located in Roma, IT

The cobweb is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz. The artwork is part of the suite of 10 offset and lithographs realized by Grosz for the book "Kobes". 1st ...

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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art

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Lithograph, Offset

Promenade -  Original Lithograph and Offset by George Grosz - 1923

Promenade - Original Lithograph and Offset by George Grosz - 1923

By George Grosz

Located in Roma, IT

Promenade is an original offset and lithograph print realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n.28 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition of De...

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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art

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Lithograph, Offset

Tap in the Basket - Original Offset and Lithograph by G. Grosz - 1923

Tap in the Basket - Original Offset and Lithograph by G. Grosz - 1923

By George Grosz

Located in Roma, IT

Tap in the Basket is an original offset and lithograph print realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n.30 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, editio...

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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art

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Lithograph

Acrobats from Ecce Homo - Original Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923

Acrobats from Ecce Homo - Original Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923

By George Grosz

Located in Roma, IT

Acrobats from Ecce Homo is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n. 50 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923,editio...

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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art

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Lithograph, Offset

Couple - Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923

Couple - Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923

By George Grosz

Located in Roma, IT

Couple from Ecce Homo is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n. 57 from the porfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923,edition o...

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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art

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Lithograph, Offset

The Walk - Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923

The Walk - Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923

By George Grosz

Located in Roma, IT

The walk is an original offset and lithograph, realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n. 81 from the porfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923,edition of Der Malik-...

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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art

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Paper, Lithograph

Berlin Street Scene

Berlin Street Scene

By George Grosz

Located in New York, NY

Ink wash on paper Signed and dated, l.r. This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.

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1920s Other Art Style George Grosz Art

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Paper, Ink

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  • 1stDibs ExpertAugust 8, 2024
    Yes, George Grosz was an Expressionist. Born in Berlin, the artist was a major figure in the city’s Dada movement and was pivotal in the development of photomontage. He also became known for his caricatures in the wake of World War I, particularly those that were anti-war and addressed social corruption. He began working in an Expressionist style around this same time, a style he continued to engage with until his death in 1959. On 1stDibs, explore a collection of George Grosz art.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    George Grosz was a German artist best known for his character drawings and his paintings of Berlin in the 1920s. His work was often very critical of the politics of the day and German society. In the 1930s, Grosz immigrated to the United States and gave up the style he had previously been known for and began teaching. Shop a selection of George Grosz pieces from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.