George Grosz
Georg Ehrenfried Gross
Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1893/07/26 | Georg Ehrenfried Gross is born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire. | Born | |||||
| 1909/00/00 | Georg Gross begins attending the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. | Education | Academy of Fine Arts, Dresden | Dresden, DE | |||
| 1911/00/00 | After studying art under Richard Muller, Robert Sterl, Raphael Wehle, and Osmar Schindler, Georg Gross leaves the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. | Education | Academy of Fine Arts, Dresden | Dresden, DE | |||
| 1914/11/00 | During the mass intoxication of 1914, Georg Gross enlist in the Army of Imperial Germany. He will soon discover the war to be filthy with lice, idiocy, disease and deformity. | Military | |||||
| 1915/00/00 | After Georg Gross is found semi-conscious, partially buried in a dung pit, Count Kessler has him transferred to a mental institution. Gross will be discharged from the army due to brain fever. | Health | |||||
| 1916/12/00 | Influenced by the Futurist painters, George Grosz begins work on "Metropolis" in Berlin during the First World War. | Artist | Metropolis (painting) | ||||
| 1917/01/00 | George Grosz is called up to serve in Imperial Germany's war effort. | Military | |||||
| 1917/05/00 | After suffering a nervous breakdown, Georg Gross is discharged from the army. | Health | Metropolis (painting) | ||||
| 1917/08/00 | At the height of the First World War, George Grosz completes "Metropolis", his vision of a frenzied Berlin in an Expressionist style. | Painter | Metropolis (painting) | ||||
| 1926/00/00 | The Pillars of Society - created | Painter | The Pillars of Society | ||||
| 1932/06/00 | George Grosz accepts an offer to teach the summer semester at the Art Students League of New York. | Work | American Fine Arts Society | New York City | |||
| 1959/07/06 | After a night of drinking, George Grosz dies from injuries sustained from falling down a flight of stairs at his home in West Berlin, West Germany. | Died |
2 Creative Works by George Grosz »
| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
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| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
| Metropolis (painting) | Painter | Painting | 1917/08/00 |
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| The Pillars of Society | Painter | Painting | 1926/00/00 |
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