Hans Grohs, "Death and the Fisherman" (detail), 1918, from the series, "The Small Dance of Death (Kleiner Totentanz)",
woodcut on paper, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Association Purchase, 2007.1.1.3
woodcut on paper, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Association Purchase, 2007.1.1.3
Hans Grohs and the Dance of Death
September 9 to November 26, 2017
This exhibition highlights prints from two bodies of work exploring this theme: Ein Totentanz, 1917–1919 and ABC of Death, 1924. Grohs, a man of deep and abiding faith, had a close relationship with death; first, he lived through two world wars and survived cruel Nazi atrocities, and second, Grohs tragically lost his first wife to childbirth after only two years of marriage.
September 9 to November 26, 2017
This exhibition highlights prints from two bodies of work exploring this theme: Ein Totentanz, 1917–1919 and ABC of Death, 1924. Grohs, a man of deep and abiding faith, had a close relationship with death; first, he lived through two world wars and survived cruel Nazi atrocities, and second, Grohs tragically lost his first wife to childbirth after only two years of marriage.