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====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]], [[:Category:Explicit Sexuality|Explicit Sexuality]], [[:Category:Blasphemy|Blasphemy]]==== | ====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]], [[:Category:Explicit Sexuality|Explicit Sexuality]], [[:Category:Blasphemy|Blasphemy]]==== | ||
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[[File:Grosz.gif|right|200px|thumb|''Shut Up and Soldier On'' (1928)]] | |||
'''Artist:''' George Grosz | '''Artist:''' George Grosz | ||
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In 1928 Grosz was asked by a well-known theater director to design the set for his play ''The Good Soldier Svejk''. The anti-pacifist and anti-clerical drawings and designs were then published in the portfolio ''Background''. The church took offense and brought charges of blasphemy in three of the drawings, one of which, entitled ''Shut Up and Soldier On'', depicts Christ on a cross wearing a gas mask and army boots. | In 1928 Grosz was asked by a well-known theater director to design the set for his play ''The Good Soldier Svejk''. The anti-pacifist and anti-clerical drawings and designs were then published in the portfolio ''Background''. The church took offense and brought charges of blasphemy in three of the drawings, one of which, entitled ''Shut Up and Soldier On'', depicts Christ on a cross wearing a gas mask and army boots. | ||
In 1932 Grosz left for exile in the United States and was named by the Nazis | In 1932 Grosz left for exile in the United States and was named by the Nazis "Cultural Bolshevik Number 1", deprived of his citizenship, and many of his works burned. | ||
In 1937, many of Grosz's works were pulled from German museums for their content and some were preserved as part of the 1937 Exhibit of Degenerate Art (Entartete Kunst) in Munich. | In 1937, many of Grosz's works were pulled from German museums for their content and some were preserved as part of the 1937 Exhibit of Degenerate Art (''[[Entartete Kunst]]'') in Munich. | ||
Even while in the United States, Grosz still faced censorship. In 1955 the Public Affairs Luncheon Club of Dallas, TX tried to have the work of Grosz and other communist artists removed from the Dallas Museum. | Even while in the United States, Grosz still faced censorship. In 1955 the Public Affairs Luncheon Club of Dallas, TX tried to have the work of Grosz and other communist artists removed from the Dallas Museum. | ||
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