Introduction: Hans Baluschek (1870–1935) was a German painter, graphic artist and writer. Despite his age, he volunteer for army when war broke out and served on both the Eastern and Western Fronts. He recorded his experiences in paintings. Baluschek was a prominent representative of German Critical Realism, and as such he sought to portray the life of the common people with vivid frankness. His postwar paintings centered on the life of working class Berlin. He belonged to the Berlin secession movement; a group of artists interested in modern developments in art. These selections are from his 1916 collection, Der Krieg 1914–1916 (The War). My friend Walt Kudlick discovered Der Kreig and scanned the images for a slideshow and my former website of those days.
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