Grosz, GeorgeGerman, 1893–1959War Invalid and Workers
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Chicago, United States
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- The museum
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- Accession number
- 1970.585
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- Art Institute of Chicago
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Meanwhile, in the life of Grosz, George
The whole life1918
A founder of Berlin Dada
Grosz settles in Berlin and becomes one of the founders of Berlin Dada, using his satirical drawings to attack the bourgeois supporters of the Weimar Republic.
1918–1919
Joining the Spartacist League, later the KPD
Following the November Revolution Grosz joins the Spartacist League, which is renamed the Communist Party of Germany in December 1918.
1918–1921 · Residence
Wilmersdorf
January 1919
Arrested during the Spartakus uprising
During the Spartakus uprising Grosz is arrested but escapes using fake identification documents.
1920
The First International Dada Fair
Grosz helps organise the First International Dada Fair and exhibits his work there.
1922
A journey to Russia with Martin Andersen Nexø
On arrival in Murmansk, Grosz and the Danish writer Martin Andersen Nexø are briefly arrested as spies; after their credentials are approved they are allowed to continue their journey.
![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)
