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Hans Grundig

ハンス・グルンディヒ

Hansu Gurundihi

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1901-02-19 (Dresden, Saxony, German Empire)
Died
1958-09-11 (Dresden, Saxony, GDR (East Germany)) age 57
Nationality
German
Languages
German
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Dresden

Career

Occupations
painter, graphic artist
Active Years
1920-1958
Affiliations
Dresden Academy of Fine Arts
Memberships
Communist Party of Germany (KPD), Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), Assoziation revolutionärer bildender Künstler
Influenced By
Otto Dix, Gert Heinrich Wollheim

Education

Dresden School of Arts and Crafts
Arts
Period: 1920-1921
Country: Germany
Dresden Academy
Fine Arts
Period: 1922-1923
Country: Germany

Awards

Heinrich Mann Prize
1958
Work: Zwischen Karneval und Aschermittwoch
Organization: Academy of Arts, Berlin
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Self-Portrait during the Carnival Season

1930 portrait

Theatrical self-portrait during carnival season.

working-classself-presentation

The Thousand Year Reich

1936 political painting

Anti-Nazi painting criticizing the regime.

anti-fascism

Zwischen Karneval und Aschermittwoch

1957 autobiography

His autobiography.

political lifeartistic career

Style & Themes

Literary Style
New Objectivity
Recurring Motifs
working-class portraitsanti-fascism

Health

  • concentration camp internment
    1940-1944
    Interned in Sachsenhausen concentration camp, forbidden to practice profession.

Legacy

German painter associated with New Objectivity, known for anti-fascist stance, professor at Dresden Academy of Fine Arts.

Trivia

  • Married to painter Lea Grundig.
  • Works included in the 1937 Degenerate Art exhibition.