Together with Otto Dix, George Grosz was the most important representative of the Neue Sachlichkeit. Grosz is especially known for his merciless analysis of human smallness and cruelty. However, the drawing Heroic Thoughts is characteristic of the artist's early drawing work. Grosz used extremely simple and broken lines. Compositionally, the pictorial elements flow from one another. The style is adapted to the artist's lively train of thought. It is a fantasy that lacks Grosz's later wry undertone.
| Artist |
Georg Grosz
RKD
VIAF
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| Title | Heroic Thoughts |
| Date | 1914 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Location | Germany TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | date centre: July 14 |
| signatures (names) bottom right: Grosz | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | ink drawing |
| Inventory number | 1992-M |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1992-M |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/3936/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300189808
figures (representations)
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300056485 fantastic art AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11N36
Lust, Luxury, 'Luxuria'; 'Lussuria' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Deadly Sins
Iconclass
31A235 sitting figure Iconclass 31A2422 head turned to the right Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA236 lying figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31D14 adult man Iconclass 31D15 adult woman Iconclass 33C851 promiscuity, fantasies of a world of free love Iconclass 41A774 container of glass: bottle, jar, vase Iconclass 41C32 drinking-vessels Iconclass 41C323 glass, rummer Iconclass 52A44 Fantasy, Caprice; 'Capriccio' (Ripa) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
Expressionist (style)
AAT
German Expressionism Modernist AAT |
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