Cold Gaze: Germany in the 1920s

At the center of this volume are the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) artists―Otto Dix, George Grosz and Albert Renger-Patzsch―and the groundbreaking photographer August Sander, in particular his famed series People of the 20th Century, which portrayed both prominent and anonymous Germans from all parts of society in a simple and matter-of-fact pictorial style. Sander and the Neue Sachlichkeit artists both pursued an anti-Expressionist aesthetic, embracing social engagement and a rejection of romantic idealism.