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.
Seated Nude, Expressionist Oil on Canvas, Signed, 20th Century, Framed
By George Grosz
Located in New York, NY
Seated Nude by George Grosz (1893-1959) Oil on canvas 9 ½ x 5 ½ inches unframed (24.13 x 13.97 cm) 15 x 12 inches framed (38.1 x 30.48 cm) Signed on bottom...
Oil
$3,250Sale Price|35% Off
H 55 in W 40 in D 1 in
Nude in Venice: Large Oil/Canvas Contemporary Art 55x40in Unstretched inFlorida
By Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Nude in Venice" - original large art by Paula Craioveanu - Contemporary Expressionism Original, large, unique painting, oil on canvas, 55x40in / 140x102cm. Shipped rolled in a tube...
Canvas, Oil
$1,200
H 9 in W 7 in
American Modernist Oil Painting Nude Male on Beach WPA Artist Group of 10
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
Born in 1897, Ben-Zion Weinman celebrated his European Jewish heritage in his visual works as a sculptor, painter, and printmaker. Influenced by Spinoza, Knut Hamsun, and Wladyslaw R...
Oil, Board
$14,000
H 68 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
"Untitled" by Shana Wilson - Large Figurative Seated Nude Woman Oil Painting
By Shana Wilson
Located in Carmel, CA
Shana Wilson (Canadian, born 1966) "Untitled" 2014 Oil Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the back of the painting. About the Artist: Shana Wilson, born in Edmonton in ...
Oil, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
$45,000
H 76 in W 96 in D 1.5 in
"A Place Where Love Goes to Die" Massive Expressionist Oil Painting, Nude Women
Located in Carmel, CA
Rizaldy Celi Jr. (American, Filipino-Vietnamese, born 1983) "A Place Where Love Goes to Die" 2025 Oil paint and varnish on canvas, stretcher bars The artist signed the back of the pa...
Varnish, Canvas, Stretcher Bars, Oil
$1,250
H 24 in W 36 in D 0.75 in
"Nymphs" two voluptuous female nudes, gestural abstracted figures, clear colors
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
oil painting on board, an expressionist figurative homage to the work Diana and her Nymphs, by Rubens. Active, direct brushwork, flesh tones
Oil, Board
$2,000
H 14 in W 6 in
American Modernist Oil Painting Gestural Landscape WPA Artist Group of 10
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
Born in 1897, Ben-Zion Weinman celebrated his European Jewish heritage in his visual works as a sculptor, painter, and printmaker. Influenced by Spinoza, Knut Hamsun, and Wladyslaw R...
Oil, Wood Panel
$750
H 20 in W 13 in D 0.05 in
The Stranger 2, abstract brushwork, seated female nude, skin tones
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Abstracted, expressionist figurative nude.. Figure in semi-fetal position against and abstract field of greys and muted colors. Powerful direct mark-making.
Oil, Archival Paper
"Erste Beruhrung" First Stirrings
By Ernst Neuschul
Located in Brecon, Powys
Oil on canvas, signed and dated 'EN [19]63' lower right, titled and dated to stretcher, numbered 33 and with paper label 34 to stretcher, From the family of the artist by direct des...
Canvas, Oil
"Blue nude" 1953 Oil cm. 50 x 60
By Edgardo Corbelli
Located in Torino, IT
Blue Nude, 1953 Oil on canvas Signed and dated upper right Edgardo CORBELLI (Turin, 1918 - 1989) From the traditional composition of the 1930s, the painting of Corbelli leads to tec...
Canvas, Oil
$750
H 30 in W 22 in D 0.075 in
Buried Mistake expressionist figurative nude active warm and cool colors
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Expressive nude figure, movement, powerful color and texture, abstract brushwork
Paper, Oil Crayon, Oil
Fish and Bicycles # 12
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on paper by contemporary artist Bruce Adams from his Fish and Bicycles series. This work is currently part of an exhibition at Benjaman Gallery "Over the Fence". This piece comes framed in an archival natural wood frame presentation. The Fish and Bicycle series employs a similar strategy as my Men at Work series. This time the subject matter includes both men and women (exhibited in pairs) representing a range of gender identities. The title is derived from Irina Dunn’s witty statement (often erroneously attributed to Gloria Steinem...
Oil, Paper
$1,500
H 21.66 in W 18.12 in
"Nude", Surrealist John Devoluy (1903-1982) Oil on canvas, French-American
Located in New York, NY
John Devoluy (1903-1982) Nude, 1950 c. Oil on canvas 21 1/3 x 18 1/8 inches l 55 x 46 cm With frame: 23 1/3 x 19 2/3 inches l 59 x 50 cm John Devoluy was born in 1903 and became a c...
Canvas, Oil
"Kaffeehaus (Cafe des Westens)"
By George Grosz
Located in Astoria, NY
George Grosz (German, 1893-1959), "Kaffeehaus (Cafe des Westens)" [Coffeehouse (Cafe of the West)], Pen and Ink on Paper, circa 1913, titled lower lower left, Achim Moeller, Ltd. lab...
Ink, Pen