Merrill C. Berman Collection Highlights Georg Scholz's Weimar Satires
The Merrill C. Berman Collection's newsletter features prints by German anti-Nazi artist Georg Scholz (1890–1945), known for biting satirical images of the Weimar period. Scholz, associated with the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) movement, created works like 'Hakenkreuzritter (Im Café)' (1921) and 'Die Herren der Welt' (1922). The newsletter coincides with the author's reading of Ulrich A. Boschwitz's 1937 novel 'Berlin Shuffle,' set in post-WWI Berlin's poverty. Boschwitz fled Nazi Germany in 1935, was interned in Australia, and died at 27 when his ship was torpedoed by a German U-boat. Scholz's drawing acquired by Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim in 1929 was confiscated in 1937 and branded 'Degenerate Art' by the Nazis.
Key facts
- Merrill C. Berman Collection newsletter features Georg Scholz prints from 1920–22.
- Georg Scholz (1890–1945) was a German anti-Nazi artist known for satirical Weimar images.
- Scholz's work was shown in the 1925 Neue Sachlichkeit exhibition.
- Works include 'Hakenkreuzritter (Im Café)' (1921), 'Zeitungsträger (Arbeit schändet)' (1921), 'Wucherbauernfamilie' (1920), and 'Die Herren der Welt' (1922).
- A drawing by Scholz was acquired by Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim in 1929 and confiscated in 1937 as 'Degenerate Art'.
- Ulrich A. Boschwitz's novel 'Berlin Shuffle' (1937) depicts post-WWI Berlin poverty.
- Boschwitz fled Germany in 1935, was interned in Australia, and died at 27 when his ship was torpedoed.
- The author read Weimar-era novels by Philip Kerr and Volker Kutscher alongside Boschwitz.
Entities
Artists
- Georg Scholz
- Georg Grosz
- Otto Dix
- Ulrich A. Boschwitz
- Philip Kerr
- Volker Kutscher
Institutions
- Merrill C. Berman Collection
- Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim
- PRINT Magazine
Locations
- Berlin
- Germany
- Norway
- England
- Australia