sparing no effort
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
social activity gradually
painters from England
statue was created
tense in mood
especially outstanding
monuments of the city’s
distinguished by its mannerism
natural principle
supposedly saved
constant companions
makes several
remarkable monument
henceforth become
technique of oil painting
naming the artistic
master worked
creative response
introduction of an orange-red
aspiring artist
most popular
ambassador to Greece
products painted
picture telling
linear perspective
where every wave
joyful beauty
easel paintings
huge cycle of murals
variety of color
Mexican graphic until
beautiful and majestic
could not recover
hands he held
direct observations
uniquely individual
years of reaction
drew themes from these albums
most picturesque places
thus emphasizing
figures are graceful
outlines of buildings
studios were located
inhuman tension.
masters saw in reality
surpass in this respect