George Grosz

George Grosz was a German artist known especially for his caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin life in the 1920s. He was a prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Objectivity groups during the Weimar Republic. He emigrated to the United States in 1933, and became a naturalized citizen in 1938. Abandoning the style and subject matter of his earlier work, he exhibited regularly and taught for many years at the Art Students League of New York. In 1959 he returned to Berlin, where he died shortly afterwards.

Works in Collection

234 works

"The Convict" Monteur John Heartfield After Franz Jung's ...

George Grosz

1920

Ach, knallige Welt, du seliges Abnormitätenkabinett (plat...

George Grosz

1922–23 (original executed in 1916)

Aenne (plate, folio 47) from Ecce Homo

George Grosz

1922–23 (original executed in 1921)

Air Attack (Fliegerbombe)

George Grosz

1915

Akrobaten (plate, folio 62) from Ecce Homo

George Grosz

1922–23 (original executed in 1915)

Allein (plate, folio 82) from Ecce Homo

George Grosz

1922–23 (original executed in 1922)

An Orderly. Costume design for the play The Case of Serge...

George Grosz

c. 1930

An der Grenze (plate, folio 78) from Ecce Homo

George Grosz

1922–23 (original executed in 1920)

Anna Peter

George Grosz

1926–27

Ants from In the Shadows (Im Schatten)

George Grosz

c. 1920, published 1921

Apachen (plate, folio 71) from Ecce Homo

George Grosz

1922–23 (original executed in 1916)

At the Canal (Am Canal) from The First George Grosz Portf...

George Grosz

1915–16, published 1916–17

At the Circus Medrano (Im Zirkus Medrano)

George Grosz

1924

At the Cirque Medrano (Im Zirkus Medrano)

George Grosz

1924

Athlet (plate, folio 100) from Ecce Homo

George Grosz

1922–23 (original executed in 1922)

Attack (Attentat)

George Grosz

1915

Aus der Jugendzeit (plate, folio 5) from Ecce Homo

George Grosz

1922–23 (original executed in 1922)

Ausgang (plate, folio 98) from Ecce Homo

George Grosz

1922–23 (original executed in 1921)

Bessere Leute (plate, folio 11) from Ecce Homo

George Grosz

1922–23 (original executed in 1920)

Blood Is the Best Sauce (Die Kommunisten fallen - und die...

George Grosz

1919, published 1920

Brownstone Front (plate facing page 198) from The Voice o...

George Grosz

1935

Bürgerliche Welt (plate, folio 23) from Ecce Homo

George Grosz

1922–23 (original executed in 1920)

Café

George Grosz

c. 1926

Café (plate, folio 51) from Ecce Homo

George Grosz

1922–23 (original executed in 1916)

Exhibitions

77 exhibitions

Mar 12, 1931 – Apr 22, 1931

German Painting and Sculpture

27 artists · 1 curator

Jul 11, 1934 – Sep 13, 1934

New Acquisitions: Lachaise Torso; Prints

21 artists

Nov 19, 1934 – Jan 20, 1935

Modern Works of Art: 5th Anniversary Exhibition

117 artists

Apr 27, 1936 – Sep 02, 1936

Modern Painters and Sculptors as Illustrators

100 artists · 1 curator

Dec 07, 1936 – Jan 17, 1937

Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism

179 artists · 1 curator

Jun 23, 1937 – Nov 04, 1937

Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection and on Loan

53 artists

May 24, 1938 – Jul 31, 1938

Three Centuries of American Art

247 artists · 7 curators

Dec 07, 1938 – Jan 30, 1939

Bauhaus: 1919–1928

66 artists

May 10, 1939 – Sep 30, 1939

Painting, Sculpture, Prints

154 artists

Jan 12, 1940 – Mar 03, 1940

Paintings and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

55 artists

Oct 08, 1941 – Nov 02, 1941

George Grosz

1 artist · 1 curator

Jan 28, 1942 – Mar 02, 1942

The Artists' New York

20 artists

Dec 09, 1942 – Jan 24, 1943

Twentieth Century Portraits

159 artists · 1 curator

Nov 17, 1943 – Feb 06, 1944

Romantic Painting in America

123 artists · 1 curator

Feb 16, 1944 – May 10, 1944

Modern Drawings

120 artists · 3 curators

May 24, 1944 – Oct 15, 1944

Painting, Sculpture, Prints

133 artists · 1 curator

Jul 02, 1946 – Sep 12, 1954

Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection

112 artists · 1 curator

Sep 24, 1946 – Nov 17, 1946

Recent Acquisitions in Painting and Sculpture

11 artists

Oct 15, 1946 – Nov 24, 1946

On Being a Cartoonist

31 artists · 1 curator

Apr 15, 1947 – Jun 01, 1947

Drawings in the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art

83 artists

Jan 13, 1948 – Mar 21, 1948

New Acquisitions

37 artists · 1 curator

Sep 21, 1948 – Dec 05, 1948

Collage

39 artists · 1 curator

Dec 23, 1948 – Mar 13, 1949

American Paintings from the Museum Collection

115 artists · 1 curator

Mar 18, 1949 – Apr 17, 1949

Pictures for Children Aged 3–12 Years

16 artists

May 10, 1949 – Jul 10, 1949

Master Prints from the Museum Collection

132 artists · 2 curators

Jan 31, 1950 – May 07, 1950

Recent Acquisitions

32 artists

Aug 29, 1950 – Oct 15, 1950

Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

72 artists · 1 curator

Jun 23, 1953 – Oct 04, 1953

Summer Exhibition: New Acquisitions; Recent American Prints, 1947–1953; Katherine S. Dreier Bequest; Kuniyoshi and Spencer; Expressionism in Germany; Varieties of Realism

100 artists · 2 curators

Apr 21, 1954 – Jun 06, 1954

Faces and Figures: Drawings from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art

41 artists · 1 curator

Oct 19, 1954 – Feb 06, 1955

XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

260 artists

Oct 02, 1957 – Dec 01, 1957

German Art of the 20th Century

42 artists · 2 curators

Jul 15, 1959 – Oct 15, 1959

Drawings, Watercolors, Collages: New Acquisitions

36 artists · 1 curator

May 04, 1960 – Sep 18, 1960

Portraits from the Museum Collection

92 artists · 1 curator

Oct 11, 1960 – Jan 02, 1961

100 Drawings from the Museum Collection

74 artists · 1 curator

Apr 25, 1961 – Aug 07, 1961

America Seen: Between The Wars

34 artists

Oct 04, 1961 – Nov 12, 1961

The Art of Assemblage

144 artists · 1 curator

Nov 20, 1962 – Jan 13, 1963

Recent Acquisitions

77 artists

May 27, 1964

Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

169 artists

May 27, 1964 – Mar 23, 1965

Drawings from the Museum Collections: A Selection

57 artists · 1 curator

Apr 13, 1965 – Jul 14, 1965

John S. Newberry: A Memorial Exhibition

32 artists · 1 curator

Sep 06, 1965 – Jan 23, 1966

44 Drawings: Recent Acquisitions

33 artists · 1 curator

Apr 06, 1966 – Jun 12, 1966

Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture

70 artists · 2 curators

Oct 31, 1966 – May 08, 1967

Drawings from the Museum Collection

53 artists

Dec 21, 1966 – Mar 05, 1967

The Taste of a Connoisseur: The Paul J. Sachs Collection

68 artists · 1 curator

Mar 22, 1968 – Jul 01, 1968

Manhattan Observed

37 artists · 2 curators

Mar 27, 1968 – Jun 09, 1968

Dada, Surrealism and their Heritage

94 artists · 1 curator

Nov 27, 1968 – Feb 09, 1969

The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age

11 artists · 2 curators

Oct 01, 1969 – Nov 16, 1969

George Grosz: Watercolors and Drawings

1 artist · 1 curator

Dec 24, 1969 – Mar 01, 1970

American Drawings and Watercolors: A Selection from the Collection

40 artists · 1 curator

Jul 01, 1971 – Sep 27, 1971

The Artist as Adversary

140 artists · 1 curator

Mar 01, 1972 – May 29, 1972

Drawn in America

44 artists · 1 curator

Jun 27, 1972 – Oct 10, 1972

European Drawings from the Collection

24 artists · 1 curator

Mar 07, 1973 – Jun 04, 1973

Works on Paper

58 artists

Jul 11, 1973 – Sep 11, 1973

Collage and the Photo-Image

40 artists · 5 curators

Nov 19, 1973 – Jan 13, 1974

Painters for the Theatre: An Invitation to the Theatre Arts Collection

30 artists · 1 curator

Dec 27, 1973 – Feb 24, 1974

Portraits

47 artists · 1 curator

Jun 13, 1974 – Sep 08, 1974

Seurat to Matisse: Drawing in France

79 artists · 1 curator

Aug 30, 1974 – Nov 10, 1974

German Drawing: The Expressionists

24 artists · 1 curator

Mar 07, 1975 – Jun 08, 1975

Points of View

29 artists · 1 curator

Mar 21, 1975 – Jun 15, 1975

In the Twenties

51 artists · 1 curator

Aug 05, 1975 – Sep 28, 1975

Modern Masters: Manet to Matisse

21 artists · 1 curator

Aug 20, 1976 – Nov 14, 1976

Between World Wars: Drawing in Europe and America

66 artists · 1 curator

Jul 10, 1978 – Oct 03, 1978

Artists and Writers

62 artists · 1 curator

Nov 14, 1979 – Jan 22, 1980

Art of the Twenties

167 artists · 1 curator

Aug 20, 1981 – Oct 06, 1981

Words and Pictures

49 artists · 1 curator

Mar 01, 1982 – Mar 16, 1982

A Century of Modern Drawing, 1881–1981

59 artists · 1 curator

Oct 26, 1983 – Jan 03, 1984

The Modern Drawing: 100 Works on Paper from The Museum of Modern Art

81 artists · 1 curator

May 17, 1984

Selections from the Permanent Collection: Prints and Illustrated Books

99 artists · 2 curators

May 17, 1984

Selections from the Permanent Collection: Drawings

61 artists · 2 curators

May 06, 1985 – Dec 18, 1985

The Expressionist Idiom

43 artists · 1 curator

May 26, 1985 – Oct 29, 1985

Drawing in Austria and Germany

41 artists · 1 curator

Oct 24, 1987 – Mar 01, 1988

European Drawing Between the Wars

59 artists · 1 curator

Nov 20, 1987 – Mar 08, 1988

Master Prints from the Collection

66 artists · 1 curator

Nov 03, 1988 – Feb 28, 1989

Collage: Selections from the Permanent Collection

42 artists · 2 curators

Mar 16, 1989 – Jul 04, 1989

Watercolors: Selections from the Permanent Collection

39 artists · 1 curator

Jul 01, 1989 – Aug 15, 1989

Projects: Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio

3 artists · 1 curator

Jul 14, 1989 – Nov 01, 1989

Painters for the Theater

51 artists · 1 curator