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| Friedrichsstrasse in Berlin |
Karl Holtz (1899-1978) was born in Berlin. He published his first drawings in Ulk (illustrated supplement of the socialist Berliner Tageblatt), later in Der Wahre Jacob, Jugend, Simplicissimus and Uhu.
Persecuted by the Nazi régime, he settles after the war in East Germany. No luck with the communists either: in 1949 he is sentenced to 25 (!) years for a caricature of Stalin. Rehabilitated in 1956, once the Little Father of the Peoples had happily passed away, he died in Potsdam, near Berlin,
Picasso had had similar problems with the French Communist Party because of a not enough respectful portrait of Comrade Stalin in 1953. But the communists not being in power in France, Pablo escaped prison.
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| Street scene in Berlin - around 1924 |
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| Karl Holtz in 1956 |
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| Stalin as Peace Angel. 25 years of prison for this drawing |
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"Jobless", 1926
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French street 1930
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| Lithograph,1921 "Strassenszene" |
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| Nollendorfplatz bei Nacht, 1921. Lithograph. |
Very interesting that someone remembers the artist Karl Holtz. I had a solo exhibition by Holtz in 1987. With a catalog and catalog of early graphic works.
ReplyDeleteYour blog is very interesting. You seem to be walking a bit on my trail. Birkle, Ziegler, Novembergruppe, Hubbuch, Schlichter, expressive dance, Laban and many other topics.
You make me curious. I would like to know who is hiding behind this block.
Maybe we already know each other.
greeting
Bodo Niemann
(bodonie@bodonie.de)