Georg Schrimpf: The Stark Realism of Neue Sachlichkeit Georg Schrimpf (aged 49) was a German painter and graphic artist who stands as one of the foremost figures in Neue Sachlichkeit – a movement that profoundly reshaped German art during the turbulent years of Weimar Republic (1919-1933). Alongside Otto Dix, George Grosz, and Christian Schad, Schrimpf championed this artistic stance as a deliberate reaction against the expressive fervor of Expressionism and the burgeoning abstraction of its time. His unflinching portrayal of societal anxieties and wartime horrors cemented his place in art h…