Art of the 20th Century. Dorothea Eimert

ground for a Social Realism. Here, a school of ‘proletarian-revolutionary art’ had established itself. Among its followers were Hans and Lea Grundig, Otto Griebel, Wilhelm Lachnit, Otto Nagel, Kurt Querner, Oskar Nerlinger and Conrad Felixmüller. ‘They belonged to the Communist Association of Revolutionary Artists founded in 1928 in Berlin and in 1929 in Dresden. When it was banned in 1933, it is said to have had over 500 members in all parts of Germany.’ (Horst Richter)