George Gross

An Artist born in Berlin in 1833 he studied at the Royal Academy of Art.He worked with both watercolors and oil paints. He lead a political life, joining the communists party as a young man. his work reflected his political views and commentary of the times he lived in. He faced charges for defaming the army in his works and for his pornographic portrayals.. He emigrated to New York with his family in 1932. Many of his paintings have a familiar pallete. I was drawn to the paintings in which he used vibrant reds and oranges which I felt gave an urgency to the piece as well as a sense of violence.