George Grosz (1893–1959) was a prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Objectivity group. He was born Georg Ehrenfried Gro? in Berlin, but changed his name in 1916 out of a romantic enthusiasm for America. Anti-Nazi, Grosz left Germany in 1932, and in 1933 was invited to teach at the Art Students League of New York, where he would teach intermittently until 1955. Over 500 illustrations, drawings, and paintings in this book document the entire output of the artist’s German and American years, including drawings spanning from when the artist was the age of fifteen to his paintings made during his U.S. period. Also included are sketches of stage designs he created between 1919–1954 for theatre pieces by Bernard Shaw, Iwan Goll, Georg Kaiser, Paul Zech, and Jaroslav Kaek, as well as numerous collages. The volume is complete with unpublished photographs from the painter’s private life and two essays by Enrico Crispolti and Philippe Dagen.

Introduction

Grosz and Italy: Indebtedness, Attention,Influence, Circulation (A Research Outline)

"Not too bitter, Herr Grosz !"

George Grosz Berlin-New York

Childhood

Berlin Metropolis

World War I: George Grosz, the Rebel

George Grosz in the Role of the American

DADA-Fair in Berlin and God With Us(Gott mit uns)

The New Man

Attack and Defense

Russian Trip and Aftermath

The Attempt at an Ideal Painter's Life in France

Schwejk and Aftermath: The Blasphemy Trial

Political and Un-political Berlin. The Streets of a Large City

The Artist's Eye

George Grosz, the American

George Grosz and the Degenerate Art

The Painter Enters His Studio

The Last Years in New York and the Return to Berlin

Appendix

Biography

Exhibitions

Bibliography