The influence of the New Objectivity on socially critical art in interwar Slovakia
Vol.67,No.1(2018)
Abstract
Keywords:
New Objectivity; Slovak fine art; Košice modernity; George Grosz; Otto Dix; Rudolf Schlichter; DAV journal; Spartakus journal; Konštantín Bauer; Cyprián Majerník; Koloman Sokol; caricature; political drawing; Štefan Bednár; Alexander Richter; Alexander Bortnyik; proletarian art
Pages:
38–47
The text maps the areas of influence of the New Objectivity art to the Slovak fine art of the twenties and thirties of the 20th century. It is based on the knowledge that the most striking response to the Slovak art was left by drawing and graphic art of the Verist ("left") wing of the New Objectivity, particularly by George Grosz and Otto Dix. Georges Grosz's views were followed by communist-oriented intelligence and reproduced in left-wing cultural periodicals. The text proves that the sharp social criticism of the Groszian and Dixian types left traces in the painting and graphics of many Slovak modernists (Cyprián Majerník, Konstantin Bauer, Koloman Sokol and Štefan Bednár).
New Objectivity; Slovak fine art; Košice modernity; George Grosz; Otto Dix; Rudolf Schlichter; DAV journal; Spartakus journal; Konštantín Bauer; Cyprián Majerník; Koloman Sokol; caricature; political drawing; Štefan Bednár; Alexander Richter; Alexander Bortnyik; proletarian art
38–47