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
years of reaction
picture telling
drew themes from these albums
aspiring artist
figures are graceful
direct observations
introduction of an orange-red
makes several
masters saw in reality
uniquely individual
painters from England
constant companions
where every wave
most picturesque places
tense in mood
huge cycle of murals
beautiful and majestic
easel paintings
joyful beauty
thus emphasizing
could not recover
inhuman tension.
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natural principle
distinguished by its mannerism
products painted
henceforth become
creative response
outlines of buildings
social activity gradually
surpass in this respect
technique of oil painting
studios were located
naming the artistic
most popular
hands he held
remarkable monument
statue was created
monuments of the city’s
variety of color
supposedly saved
especially outstanding
master worked
linear perspective
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