Glitter and Doom

Glitter and Doom, German Portraits From The 20s(1919-1933), recently exhibited at The Met was a collection of paintings in the New Objectivity style by artists collectively known as The Verists. The Verists found inspiration in the political and moral landscape of a defeated and destitute nation filled with prostitutes, drug addicts, corrupt officials and tycoons, a floundering middle and upper class, mutilated ex-servicemen(the Verists bar one were all ex-servicemen) and a displaced population.

Hitler came to power in 1933, art became state controlled and many works were destroyed and the Verists themselves went into exile. The Verists included Max Beckman, George Grosz, Otto Dix.

Verist, from the latin Versus(true) - a rigid representation of truth, therefore the ugly and the vulgar must be included.

Was a very popular exhibition, managed to go several times.