George Grosz
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George Grosz (Germany): born Georg Ehrenfried Groß (July 26, 1893 – July 6, 1959) was a German artist known for his caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin life in the 1920s. During the Weimar Republic, he was a central figure in the Berlin Dada and New Objectivity movements. He immigrated to the United States in 1933 and became a naturalized citizen in 1938. He exhibited regularly and taught for many years at the Art Students League of New York, abandoning the style and subject matter of his earlier work. He returned to Berlin in 1959, where he died soon afterwards.
Early life
Georg Ehrenfried Groß, the third child of a pub owner, was born in Berlin, Germany. His parents were notably Lutheran. Grosz grew up in Stolp, Poland (now Supsk, Poland). After his father's death in 1900, he and his mother and siblings moved to Berlin's Wedding district. The young Grosz began attending a weekly drawing class taught by a local painter named Grot at the request of his cousin. Grosz developed his skills by making intricate recreations of Eduard von Grützner's drinking scenes and creating imaginary battle scenes. In 1908, he was expelled from school for insubordination. He studied at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts from 1909 to 1911, where his tutors were Richard Müller, Robert Sterl, Raphael Wehle, and Osmar Schindler. In 1910, his first published drawing appeared in the satirical magazine Ulk. He studied at the Berlin College of Arts and Crafts from 1912 to 1917, under Emil Orlik. In 1912, he started painting in oils.
Grosz volunteered for military service in the hopes of avoiding being sent to the front by thus preempting conscription. Since hospitalization for sinusitis in 1915, he was given a discharge. He changed the spelling of his name to "de-Germanize" and internationalise his name, thereby becoming "George" (an English spelling), while in his surname, he substituted the German "ß" with its phonetic equivalent "sz." He did this as a protest against German nationalism and a romantic interest in America – a legacy of James Fenimore Cooper's books that he retained for the remainder of his life. Helmut Herzfeld, his artist friend and collaborator, also changed his name to John Heartfield at the same time.
Grosz was drafted for service in January 1917, but he was forced to leave in May as a permanent invalid.