George Grosz Every artist is unique in their own ways. They all have different ideas, passion and legacy. George Grosz is a German artist known for his caricatures and paintings that portrayed some of the most venomous social criticism of his time. He is a man of great skill and courage. He had been through a lot of ups and downs but he continued to do his legacy which is to use art to express social and political criticisms. This criticisms through art was instrumental in awakening the general public to the reality of government oppression. Georg Ehrenfried Groß was born on July 26, 1893 in Berlin, Germany. He was the youngest child of Karl and Marie Wilhelmine Groß. He enjoyed illustrating things from the war, especially horses and soldiers.
