Question 1

True or false: He was banned from exhibiting in Nazi Germany and his work was labeled 'degenerate'.

Accepted Answer

True. The Nazis condemned his art as 'degenerate' and confiscated 285 of his works from museums in 1937.

Question 2

True or false: Grosz emigrated to the United States in 1932 and later became a US citizen.

Accepted Answer

True. Fearing Nazi persecution, he moved to America in 1932, taught at the Art Students League, and became a citizen in 1938.

Question 3

True or false: George Grosz was a key member of the Dada movement in Berlin after World War I.

Accepted Answer

True. He co-founded the Berlin Dada group with John Heartfield, using satirical art to critique war and society.

Question 4

True or false: George Grosz's real name was Georg Ehrenfried Groß.

Accepted Answer

True. He anglicized his name to George Grosz in 1917 as a protest against German nationalism during WWI.

Question 5

True or false: In his later years, Grosz primarily painted cheerful landscapes and still lifes.

Accepted Answer

True. After returning to Berlin in the 1950s, he abandoned political satire for more conventional, pastoral subjects.

Question 6

True or false: He was once arrested for insulting the military in his drawings, but was acquitted.

Accepted Answer

True. In 1921, Grosz was fined for defaming the army in his portfolio 'Gott mit uns', but escaped a harsher sentence.

Question 7

True or false: Grosz was a close friend and collaborator of the painter Otto Dix.

Accepted Answer

False. Though both were New Objectivity artists, they were rivals, not close friends; Dix even criticized Grosz's commercial success.

Question 8

True or false: Grosz designed the iconic poster for the 1927 film 'Metropolis' by Fritz Lang.

Accepted Answer

False. The famous 'Metropolis' poster was by artist Heinz Schulz-Neudamm, not Grosz, though Grosz did film-related work.

George Grosz Trivia Questions