Eclipse of the Sun

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"Eclipse of the Sun" is a 1926 political painting by German artist George Grosz that satirically depicts the corruption and brutality of Weimar-era politics and capitalism.

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Eclipse of the Sun canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting ⓘ
political painting ⓘ
authorOfDescription George Grosz ⓘ
copyrightStatus copyrighted (as of 2024) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
creator George Grosz ⓘ
depicts Weimar Republic politics ⓘ
a blinded statesman ⓘ
a headless businessman ⓘ
a skeleton ⓘ
an eclipsed sun ⓘ
brutality ⓘ
capitalism ⓘ
corruption ⓘ
industrialists ⓘ
militarism ⓘ
politicians ⓘ
war imagery ⓘ
depictsTimePeriod Weimar Republic ⓘ
describedBySource art historical literature on George Grosz ⓘ
genre political art ⓘ
satirical art ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn political art criticism of Weimar Germany ⓘ
hasQuality allegorical ⓘ
anti-capitalist ⓘ
anti-militarist ⓘ
expressionistic ⓘ
satirical ⓘ
inception 1926 ⓘ
languageOfWork none (visual artwork) ⓘ
locationOfCreation Berlin ⓘ
mainSubject critique of Weimar-era politics ⓘ
critique of capitalism ⓘ
relationship between money and power ⓘ
social injustice ⓘ
movement New Objectivity ⓘ
notableFor sharp critique of political and economic elites ⓘ
visual metaphor of an eclipsed sun symbolizing obscured truth ⓘ
partOf George Grosz’s political works ⓘ
usedTechnique oil painting ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

George Grosz → notableWork → Eclipse of the Sun ⓘ
Georg Ehrenfried Groß → notableWork → Eclipse of the Sun ⓘ