 |
| Dada Roof Studio (1922?) |
Rudolf
Schlichter (1890-1955), who belonged to the Neue Sachlichkeit (New
Objectivity) tendency, is less known than his contemporaries George
Grosz and Otto Dix.
He studied art in Stuttgart and Karlsruhe. Called to military service during the First World War, he went on a hunger strike to obtain his early release and in 1919, moved to Berlin where he joined the KPD (the Communist Party of Germany) and the Novembergruppe. This group was created as a result of the defeat of the German Revolution of 1918-19. The artists of the Group belonged to the avant-garde. They held 19 exhibitions in Berlin until the group was banned by the Nazi regime. Its members were not exclusively plastic artists; the playwright Bertolt Brecht, the composer Kurt Weill and the architect Walter Gropius were also part of it.
In 1920, Schlichter participated in the Dada movement and also worked as an illustrator for several newspapers, including Der Querschnitt and Arbeiter Illustrierte Zeitung. In 1924, with John Heartfield and George Grosz, he created the Rote Gruppe, which brought together artists linked to the Communist Party. A major work of this period, Dada Roof Studio, a watercolor showing a strange mixture of characters and models on a roof, reflects the influence of De Chirico and metaphysical painting.
In 1925, Schlichter participated in the Neue Sachlichkeit exhibition in Mannheim. His work from this period is realistic. But the arrival of the Nazis to power marks the end of the artistic career of Schlichter, labeled "degenerate artist". He resumed painting after the war, and died in 1955.
He studied art in Stuttgart and Karlsruhe. Called to military service during the First World War, he went on a hunger strike to obtain his early release and in 1919, moved to Berlin where he joined the KPD (the Communist Party of Germany) and the Novembergruppe. This group was created as a result of the defeat of the German Revolution of 1918-19. The artists of the Group belonged to the avant-garde. They held 19 exhibitions in Berlin until the group was banned by the Nazi regime. Its members were not exclusively plastic artists; the playwright Bertolt Brecht, the composer Kurt Weill and the architect Walter Gropius were also part of it.
In 1920, Schlichter participated in the Dada movement and also worked as an illustrator for several newspapers, including Der Querschnitt and Arbeiter Illustrierte Zeitung. In 1924, with John Heartfield and George Grosz, he created the Rote Gruppe, which brought together artists linked to the Communist Party. A major work of this period, Dada Roof Studio, a watercolor showing a strange mixture of characters and models on a roof, reflects the influence of De Chirico and metaphysical painting.
In 1925, Schlichter participated in the Neue Sachlichkeit exhibition in Mannheim. His work from this period is realistic. But the arrival of the Nazis to power marks the end of the artistic career of Schlichter, labeled "degenerate artist". He resumed painting after the war, and died in 1955.
 |
| Portrait of B.Brecht (1926) |
 |
No comments:
Post a Comment