My drawings expressed my despair, hate and disillusionment.... George Grosz
Metropolis is a painting by George Grosz. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916/12/00 | George Grosz | Artist | Influenced by the Futurist painters, George Grosz begins work on "Metropolis" in Berlin during the First World War. | ||||
| 1917/05/00 | George Grosz | Health | After suffering a nervous breakdown, Georg Gross is discharged from the army. | ||||
| 1917/08/00 | George Grosz | Painter | At the height of the First World War, George Grosz completes "Metropolis", his vision of a frenzied Berlin in an Expressionist style. | ||||
| 1925/06/00 | Organized by Gustav Hartlaub the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) exhibition is staged at the Kunsthalle in Mannheim. Bringing together works of Post-Expressionist German figurative art, Grosz's "Metropolis" is exhibited alongside his "The Funeral". | ||||||
| 1937/07/19 | The Entartete Kunst exhibit, featuring over 650 paintings, sculptures, prints and books from 32 German museums, premieres in Munich. "Metropolis" is exhibited in Entartete Kunst. | Degenerate Art Expulsion | |||||
| 1939/06/30 | Curt Valentin buys "Metropolis" by George Grosz at the Fischer Gallery in Lucerne. | Galerie Fischer, Luzern | Lucerne, CH | Degenerate Art Expulsion |
| Particulars for Metropolis (painting): | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Medium | Canvas | ||
| Art Attribute | German Art | ||
| Art Medium | Oil | ||
| Art Type | Painting | art of using colored substance to create a picture | |
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