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