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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
painters from England
social activity gradually
technique of oil painting
figures are graceful
monuments of the city’s
variety of color
surpass in this respect
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ambassador to Greece
picture telling
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tense in mood
remarkable monument
huge cycle of murals
henceforth become
studios were located
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beautiful and majestic
linear perspective
joyful beauty
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outlines of buildings
distinguished by its mannerism
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natural principle
direct observations
naming the artistic
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thus emphasizing
makes several
creative response
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inhuman tension.
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masters saw in reality