There were two major sections to New Objectivity The Verist and the Classicist. The Verist movement left wing, its artists were the likes of Otto Dix, Georg Grosz, Rudolf Schlichter, Conrad Felixmuller, Karl Hubbuch, georg Scholz and Wilhelm Schnarrenberger and Christian Schad. The Verist work was very political and had a satirical nature. Paintings were caricatures and they condemned the time of post war germany and the misery they inflicted on the people of the Weimar republic. Their work intended to show the class system of the republic and how there were war profiteers making wealth, whilst the war wounded suffered in poverty.
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| The Eclipse of the Sun - Georg Grosz 1926. |
This painting by Grosz is in reference to the government of Weimar Republic. The men at the table symbolize the government (The headless men are the govemment) and the real men in power. I think the Donkey represents the people and the skeleton the death of the people and society.
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| The Salon 1 - otto Dix 1921 |
This painting depicts 4 prostitutes of the Weimar Republic. These prostitutes are old and are sat waiting for their next client. These women appear worn out and are weary with oppression. Dix's painting although crude, does make us feel compassion for the subjects.
(Michalski: 2003)
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| Rudolph Schlichter- Tingle-Tangle 1921 |
Rudolph Schlichter paintings depict city life, the subculture of Weimar, and erotica.
The classicists however founded the right wing of New Objectivity, they where influenced by the Italian artists such as Carlo Carra, Giorgio de Chirico. Their painters were Georg Schrimpf, Carlo Mense and Alex Kandolt and their style avoided satire and concentrated on Style. they were a positive reaction to the climate and their work had a realism and order to it.
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| Georg Schrimpf- Martha 1925 |
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| Carlo Mense -"Portrait of a girl (Anita Nitsch) 1924 |
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| Alexander Kanoldt- Stilleben 1 1930 |
Art History (Neue sachlichkeit) research
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