Carl Grossberg : New Forms in the World of Technology

Adrian Sudhalter

ISBN 10: 3777445134 / ISBN 13: 9783777445137

Published by Hirmer Verlag Gmbh Aug 2025, 2025

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Neuware - Die umfassende Monografie zum 100. Jubiläum der Neuen Sachlichkeit: Das Leben von Carl Grossberg (1894-1940) und seine Karriere als Maler waren geprägt von beiden Weltkriegen. Als Künstler bezog er seine Motive aus 'der enormen Fülle neuer Formen in der Welt der Technik' und erkannte sowohl deren Potenzial als auch Gefahren. Die bildreiche Publikation umfasst seine Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Drucke sowie eine Chronologie. Carl Grossberg gilt als einer der wegweisenden Künstler der Neuen Sachlichkeit. Die aufwendig illustrierte und ausgestattete Monografie geht von der Rezeption seines Werkes zu Lebzeiten des Künstlers aus und schlägt, mit Neuaufnahmen und Neubetrachtungen der abgebildeten Werke aus der Sammlung Merrill C. Berman, den Bogen in die Gegenwart. Kritisch beleuchtet wird dabei das gesamte Leben Grossbergs: seine Ausbildung am Bauhaus, seine Dualität als Maler und Innenarchitekt, die zentrale Bedeutung von Auftragsarbeiten und seine Beziehung zum nationalsozialistischen Regime nach 1933.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Carl Grossberg : New Forms in the World of Technology
• Publisher: Hirmer Verlag Gmbh Aug 2025
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3777445134
• ISBN 13: 9783777445137
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 268W x 205H x 28D millimeters 268 millimeters width by 205 millimeters height by 28 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1092 grams

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Synopsis

An overview of the paintings, drawings, and prints of the New Objectivity painter Carl Grossberg, who depicted German industry between the wars.

Carl Grossberg’s (1894–1940) painting career was bracketed by the two world wars. He drew his subject matter from “the enormous wealth of new forms in the world of technology,” recognizing both its potential and its dangers. The publication examines the paintings, drawings, and prints of the German New Objectivity painter in the Merrill C. Berman Collection.

Long associated with the German New Objectivity movement of the 1920s, Grossberg is revered for his precise paintings of industry devoid of human figures but vibrant with color. His Dream Pictures envision industrial settings inhabited by unexpected creatures, such as monkeys, bats, and birds, which act to destabilize the certainty of such materialized rationalism. This lavishly illustrated book takes an unprecedented object-based approach and focuses on the work’s reception during the artist’s lifetime. It highlights his Bauhaus training, his interrelated practices as a painter and interior designer, the centrality of commissions, and his relationship with the National Socialist regime after 1933. It is a robust study of Carl Grossberg’s work and life with a full scholarly armature including historical photographs, documents, and publications.

About the Authors

Adrian Sudhalter is research curator for the Merrill C. Berman Collection, New York. Previously she held curatorial positions at Harvard and at MoMA.

Mary E. Bauer is a PhD candidate in art history at The Graduate Center, City University of New York.

Joe Bucciero is a PhD candidate in the department of art and archaeology at Princeton University.

Jeffrey F. Hamburger is the Kuno Francke Professor of German Art and Culture at Harvard University.

Olaf Peters is professor of modern and contemporary art history at the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg.