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George Grosz Biography
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1893 |
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Born in Berlin, Germany
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1908 |
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Expelled from grammar school
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1911 |
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Königliche Kunstakademie, Dresden, Germany
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1912 |
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College of Arts and Crafts, Berlin, Germany
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1913 |
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Trains at Colarossi's Studio, Paris, France
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1954 |
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Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters
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1958 |
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Elected to the Academy of Fine Arts of Germany
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1959 |
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Died in Berlin, Germany
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2010
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George Grosz : Correct and Anarchic, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2009
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George GroszThe Years in America: 1933-1958, David Nolan, New York, NY (solo)
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2004
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German Drawings and Prints from the Weimar Republic (1919–33), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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1998
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George Grosz-Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler, Galerie St. Etienne, New York, NY
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1997
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The Berlin of George Grosz: Drawings, Watercolors and Prints 1912-1930, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
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1997
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The New Objectivity, Galerie St. Etienne, New York, NY
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1993
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Art & Politics in Weimar Germany, Galerie St. Etienne, New York, NY
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1986
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German Realist Drawings of the 1920's, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
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1985
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German Art of the 20th Century, Royal Academy of Art, London, UK
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1980
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Expressionism: A German Intuition, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
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1978
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Cityscape 1910-39: Urban themes in American, German and British art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
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1975
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George Grosz, Leben und Werk, Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
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1959
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Hecksher Museum, Huntington, NY
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1954
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Retrospective Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo)
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1952
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Dallas Museum of Fine Art, Dallas, TX
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1950
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The Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
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1948
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The Stickmen, Associated American Artists, New York, NY
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1946
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A Piece of My World in a World Without Peace, Associated American Artists, New York, NY
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1945
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Associated American Artists, Chicago, IL
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1944
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Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
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1943
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Associated American Artists, New York, NY
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1943
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Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
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1941
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Associated American Artists, New York, NY
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1941
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Retrospective Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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1939
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Walker Gallery, New York, NY
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1938
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Art Institute, Chicago, IL
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1937
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Degenerate Art, Munich, Germany
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1932
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Art Institute, Milwaukee, WI
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1930
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Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
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1930
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Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland
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1927
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Oils, Flechtheim Gallery, Berlin, Germany
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1925
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Neue Sachlichkeit, Städtische Kunsthalle, Mannheim, Germany
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1920
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First International Dada Fair, Berlin, Germany
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1920
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Hans Goltz, Munich, Germany (solo)
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
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