Prisoner and Four Riflemen

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Prisoner and Four Riflemen

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Prisoner and Four Riflemen,

ca. 1937

William Gropper, 1897–1977; born New York, NY; died Manhasset, NY; active Croton-on-Hudson, NY
x1946-252
A committed political activist, Gropper took on left-wing causes as subject matter throughout his career as a cartoonist, printmaker, and painter. This dark and sinister scene, strategically highlighted with white gouache, is probably a study for one of the paintings featured in his first solo exhibition at the ACA Gallery in New York in 1937. Dedicated "to the Defenders of Spanish Democracy," these works vividly depicted the violence of the Spanish Civil War (1936–39).

Information

Title
Prisoner and Four Riflemen
Dates

ca. 1937

Maker
William Gropper
Medium
Gouache, wash, and charcoal
Dimensions
32.4 x 49 cm (12 3/4 x 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Laura P. Hall Memorial Collection
Object Number
x1946-252
Signatures
Signed in white gouache, lower left: Gropper
Culture
American
Type
drawings
Materials
laid paper, gouache, wash, cardboard, tissue paper, charcoal
Subject
riflemen, prisoners, figures (representations), walking, social realism, men

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