Who is this German painter?

Cafe Society
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And what paintings are these?

As described by a co-worker, who is increasingly frustrated at not being able to remember; One painting is a portrait of a young girl with “old” eyes, the other is of a legless soldier, lying in a street as prostitutes pass by.

The painter was aiming for something satirical and painted around the start of the 20th century.

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The second one sounds like Otto Dix or George Grosz. Not sure on the first.

3

first one sounds like Kathe Kollwitz

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Since this is about art, Cafe Society is better for it.

Colibri
General Questions Moderator

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Here’s one by Dix with a legless soldier and prostitutes- it’s the left segment of a triptych.

soldier

He’s standing on crutches, but in my head he was lying down, so maybe that’s it.

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Sounds like George Grosz to me, although he shared a lot of thematic similarities with Otto Dix.

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Thanks for the replies, I’ll have to wait for Monday to pass them by my coworker :slight_smile:

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Pick up any book about the Dada art movement; it began as a WW1 protest (when Grosz and Dix first gained attention) and progressed into anti-commerce, anti-capitalism, anti-machine and general anti-convention.

There was a touring exhibit of Dada art a couple years ago; I caught the National Gallery leg of it in DC.