George Grosz was a prominent German artist known for his caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin life in the 1920s. A key member of the Berlin Dada and the New Objectivity group, he used his art to critique the rampant corruption, greed, and militarism of Weimar society. His blistering satirical work led to his persecution by the rising Nazi party, which he fiercely opposed. Fleeing to the United States in 1933, he became a citizen and taught art, though his later works often took on a more somber and apocalyptic tone.