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64:. He is seen in an apocalyptic landscape, seated at the left, mopping his forehead with a kerchief, while a corpse lies in the mud, face down and bare-chested, behind him. A reddish coloration dominates the canvas, coming from the flaming buildings at the background, and they give the painting an Hellish atmosphere. An enormous quantity of tiny skeletons rise from the ground beneath him and start clambering his legs. It seems a metaphor for the victims of the war who now want vengeance from him. 78:
has lost none of its power ... On the contrary: George Grosz' apocalyptic vision of terror looks like an appeal, like a warning against forgetting, in view of the renewed anti-Semitism in our society. It is works of art like this that help us learn the right lessons from history."
28:, painted in 1944. It is one of the most known paintings of the years when Grosz lived in the United States, from 1933 to 1959, after leaving Germany, shortly after the Nazis seized power. It was part of Grosz's heirs collection until being purchased in 2019 by the 211: 111: 357: 163: 352: 112:
1944 painting 'Cain or Hitler in Hell' by German artist George Grosz goes on show in Berlin, The New Indian Express, 7 February 2020
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Grosz described the painting as depicting "Hitler as a fascist monster, or as an apocalyptic beast, consumed by his own thoughts."
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Daum Marries Her Pedantic Automaton "George" in May 1920. John Heartfield is very glad of it.
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At the ceremony in 2020 marking the painting's debut in the Deutsches Historisches Museum,
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George Grosz Hitler Painting Acquired By Berlin Museum, Artlyst, 27 January 2020
101:'Hitler in Hell': George Grosz masterwork unveiled in Berlin, Deutsche Welle 251: 33: 321: 57: 53: 145: 141: 134:
Getting One’s Comeuppance, The Visual Commentary on Scripture
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predictable. Hitler in this painting takes the place of
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is an oil-on-canvas painting by German American artist
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George Grosz
Deutsches Historisches Museum
Berlin
World War II
Nazi Germany
Cain
Abel
Book of Genesis
Monika Grütters



'Hitler in Hell': George Grosz masterwork unveiled in Berlin, Deutsche Welle
1944 painting 'Cain or Hitler in Hell' by German artist George Grosz goes on show in Berlin, The New Indian Express, 7 February 2020
George Grosz Hitler Painting Acquired By Berlin Museum, Artlyst, 27 January 2020
Getting One’s Comeuppance, The Visual Commentary on Scripture
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George Grosz
The Love Sick
Metropolis
The Funeral
Daum Marries Her Pedantic Automaton "George" in May 1920. John Heartfield is very glad of it.
Eclipse of the Sun
The Poet Max Herrmann-Neisse
The Wanderer
Cain, or Hitler in Hell
Peace II
Jedermann sein eigner Fussball

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