fragile lives
Leah Grundig – the art of anger and struggle
Expressive ink drawings, expressive genre compositions and portraits made with black chalk, aggressive engravings based on the confrontation of light and shadow … figures of the unemployed, touching images of proletarian children and women, exhausted by fear and need. Other sheets show working demonstrations and meetings, heated debates and discussions. The German artist Lea Grundig was vividly and accurately embodied in the plight of the workers and the ripening feeling of protest in their ranks during the dark days of the fascist nightmare. Continue reading
variety of color
most picturesque places
inhuman tension.
thus emphasizing
studios were located
natural principle
creative response
picture telling
could not recover
technique of oil painting
introduction of an orange-red
Mexican graphic until
painters from England
drew themes from these albums
most popular
makes several
tense in mood
linear perspective
beautiful and majestic
supposedly saved
aspiring artist
products painted
uniquely individual
where every wave
naming the artistic
joyful beauty
henceforth become
figures are graceful
surpass in this respect
ambassador to Greece
easel paintings
constant companions
hands he held
monuments of the city’s
social activity gradually
remarkable monument
statue was created
huge cycle of murals
especially outstanding
masters saw in reality
master worked
direct observations
outlines of buildings
years of reaction
distinguished by its mannerism