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German Figurative Painting, 1922–1935
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Carl Grossberg (German, 1894–1940)
Renaissance, 1929
Oil on wood panel, 18 3/4 x 15” (48 x 38 cm)
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Today we present ten highlights of German paintings in the collection. Whether filled with beings—human or otherwise—or uncannily vacant, the iconography of these works is resonant of the unsettled, foreboding undercurrents of Germany in the interwar period.
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Felix Nussbaum (German, 1904–1944)
Antikenpark (Antique Park), 1931
Oil on canvas, 23 1/2 x 28” (60 x 72 cm)
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Gottfried Brockmann (German, 1903–1983)
Krüppeldasein (The Existence of a Cripple)
Clockwise:
No. 1, 1922. Oil on panel, 7 3/8 X 8 3/8” (19 x 22 cm). Merrill C. Berman
No. 1, [1922-23]. Gouache on board, 7 x 8 5/8” (17.8 x 21.9 cm). MoMA
No. 4, [1922-23]. Gouache on board, 8 1/2 x 7 1/8” (21.5 x 18.1 cm). MoMA
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Otto Dix (German, 1891–1969)
Bildnis Jankel Adler (Portrait of Jankel Adler), 1926
Oil and mixed media on canvas, 25 1/4 × 18 3/4” (64.1 × 47.6 cm)
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Jankel Adler (Polish, 1895–1949)
Artist, 1927
Oil and sand on canvas, 39 1/2 x 25 1/2” (100.4 x 65 cm)
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Carl Grossberg (German, 1894–1940)
Hauptbahnhofplatz Köln (Central Train Station, Cologne), 1927
Oil on plywood, 23 1/2 x 27 1/2” (60 x 70 cm)
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Carl Grossberg (German, 1894–1940)
Jacquard-Webereien (Jacquard Weaving Mill), 1934
Oil on plywood, 19 x 15 3/4” (48.3 x 40 cm)
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Carl Grossberg (German, 1894–1940)
Interieur (Interior), 1935
Oil on plywood, 15 3/4 x 19 3/4” (40 x 50 cm)
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Franz Wilhelm Seiwert (German, 1894–1933)
Demonstration, 1925
Oil on canvas, 26 3/4 x 35” (68 x 89 cm)
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Gerd Arntz (German, 1900–1988)
Schifferstreik (Sailors’ Strike), 1930
Oil on board, 47 1/4 x 31 1/2” (120 x 80 cm)
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