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appalachiablue

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2. From what I've read the horrors of WWI and decay

Reply to lunatica (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 5, 2020, 03:44 PM

Feb 2020

and despair in post-war Berlin also greatly influenced his art as well as the Nazi regime. Glad I've time to revisit and learn some more about Grosz. I didn't realize he was in the US and NY after WWII and into the 1950s.

This version is a bit lighter and the details clearer, it's a very powerful statement.

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'Hitler In Hell,' Or 'Cain': Master Painting By German Dada Artist George Grosz Unveiled In Berlin [View all] appalachiablue Feb 2020 OP

This art is quite profound and rings of Truth. lunatica Feb 2020 #1

From what I've read the horrors of WWI and decay appalachiablue Feb 2020 #2