George Grosz in America 1933-1958 and 50 similar items

Birkitts Books presents ... George Grosz in America 1933-1958 ISBN: 1891925318 Author: GROSZ, George and Stephanie D'Alessandro Publisher: The Arts Club of Chicago Release Date: 2010 Seller Category: Art Exhibition Qty Available: 1 Condition: Used: Very Good Sku: 250207001 Notes: Minor shelf wear, light soiling to wraps, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. The American work continues to reflect Grosz?s position within, and in relation to, society. He understood his previous antagonistic posture was not sustainable in America and attempted to ?adapt properly to the American way of life.? He used self-portraiture to portray the outcast, and the trauma of exile as in Self-Portrait with Bird of Prey and Rat (1940). His portrayal of war and man?s propensity for war appears in the early battle works, both in oil and on paper, and in the later figures of stickmen and the painters of the hole, representations of man?s inhumanity and spiritual vacuum. Among his more difficult pictures to reconcile are the paintings of lone female nudes in the landscape such as Nude in the Dunes (1948). Continually haunted by war, violence, displacement and exile, Grosz?s art is as tough as his epoch, offering little transcendence or catharsis.A catalogue accompanies the exhibition with an essay by Stephanie D?Alessandro, Gary C. and Frances Comer Curator of Modern Art at the Art Institute of Chicago. 24 pages, illustrated in color, includes a chronology. Don't forget to check out other great deals in our Store!!