Hobbuch fought four years in WWI as a soldier and then, in the postwar misery of Germany, moved to Berlin in 1922. Encouraged by Orlik and Grosz, he turned to the portrayal of city life; his work was ferociously critical of the social-political order. In 1925 Hubbuch took over a teaching position at the State Art School in Karlsruhe and was appointed professor in 1928. His work was represented in numerous exhibitions in the 1920s and early 1930s, including the 1925 exhibition in Mannheim at the Neue Sachlichkeit ”exhibition. With the rise of Nazism and he was dismissed and had to make do with odd jobs.
This is from the revolutionary German art movement so hated by failed artist Hitler. The print is called "Sweet Whip". It criticizes the German leadership that started and lost WWI.
Fun Fact: The degenerate art exhibition (Die Ausstellung "Entartete Kunst") had twice as many visitors daily as Arno Breker's neo-classical exhibition. People were mere entranced and mystified by the new styles than by Breker's neo-classical immitations.
ReplyDeleteThat's why modern art museums present ONLY non-classic art, I would say degenerate if it was not so amazing and bizarre.
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