In der Petite Chaumière, Monmartre (In the Little Cottage, Montmartre)
1924
Medium
pen and black ink with watercolor on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 47.15 × 62.87 cm (18 9/16 × 24 3/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Francis Biddle)
Accession Number
2015.19.955
Art Historical Context
George Grosz's *In der Petite Chaum, Montmartre (In the Little Cottage, Montre)*, created in 1924, a slice of Parisian bohemian life during the artist's travels abroad. A leading figure in the Dada and New Objectivity, Grosz was renowned for his sharp satirical drawings critiquing Weimar Germany's social decay, corruption, and urban excess. This work shifts his gaze to Montmartre's vibrant quarter, evoking the cabaret culture of venues like La Petite Chaumière—a famed dance hall buzzing with post-World War I revelry and creative energy. Executed in pen and black ink with watercolor on wove pa...
About the Artist
George Grosz
George Grosz (1893–1959) was a German-American artist whose savage satirical drawings and paintings became some of the most powerful visual critiques of militarism, capitalism, and social decay in twentieth-century art. Born Georg Ehrenfried Gross in Berlin, he studied at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts and the Berlin School of Arts and Crafts before serving in World War I, an experience that rad...