Carl Grossberg: Works in the Merrill C. Berman Collection

By Melissa Venator Published in 2018 ISBN: 9781891771798 66 pages; 8 1/2 × 11 in. 38 color illustrations Paperback Published by Harvard Art Museums   The first English-language publication on Carl Grossberg, a Bauhaus-trained painter and interior designer celebrated for his scenes of industry and architecture in interwar Germany. With a diverse practice that included painting, commercial illustration, and interior design and subjects ranging from steam engines to surrealist inventions, German artist Carl Grossberg (1894–1940) was inspired by the sights and sounds of the machine age. Born in the factory town of Elberfeld and educated at the Bauhaus as a member of its inaugural class, Grossberg fulfilled the Bauhaus credo of integrating art theory and workshop practice to transform daily life. For Grossberg, that meant a growing fascination in the late 1920s with the visual culture of heavy industry. His meticulous depictions of complex machines and vast factories document the raw po