Grosz, GeorgeDeutschland, 1893–1959Circe (recto); Untitled (verso)
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Derweil im Leben von Grosz, George
Das ganze Leben1924–1925
Back in Paris
Grosz lives in Paris again (in 1924–1925 and once more in 1927); at the same time his work is shown at the first exhibition of German art in Moscow.
22. Mai 1926
Son born: Peter M. Grosz
28. Juli 1928 – 12. August 1928
Took part in: 1928 Summer Olympics
10 December 1928
Convicted of blasphemy: “Christ in a gas mask”
Grosz and his publisher Wieland Herzfelde are prosecuted and fined on charges of blasphemy and sacrilege for two anticlerical drawings in the portfolio Hintergrund (Background): one shows prisoners assaulted by a minister who vomits grenades and weapons onto them, the other a crucified Christ in a World War I gas mask and combat boots.
1928–1933 · Wohnort
Wilmersdorf
1929
Acquitted by the Reichsgericht in Berlin
After two appeals Grosz and his publisher are finally acquitted by the Reichsgericht in Berlin; the judge decides that it was not an offence to religion but an attack on militarism.
![The End of the Road (Out of Fear of Starvation) [Das Ende des Weges (Aus Nahrungssorgen)], George Grosz, 1913](https://www.moma.org/media/W1siZiIsIjEyMTkwNyJdLFsicCIsImNvbnZlcnQiLCItcmVzaXplIDEwMjR4MTAyNFx1MDAzZSJdXQ.jpg?sha=864379f3ce59af36)
