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''The Funeral'' (often ''The Funeral (Dedicated to Oskar Panizza)'') is a painting by the German Expressionist artist George Grosz, completed between 1917 and 1918. The work combines elements of Futurism and Cubism〔Wolf & Grosenick, 42〕 to show a funeral procession in a modern urban city, as an infernal abyss populated by twisted and grotesque attendants.〔Friedrich-Wilhelms, Rheinische. "(Widmung an Oskar Panizza (1917/18) )". Universität Bonn. Retrieved on 21 May 2009.〕 The painting is dedicated to the German psychiatrist and avant-garde writer Oskar Panizza, noted for his play ''Liebeskonzil'', which draws on the first historically documented outbreak of syphilis and depicts God the Father as a senile old man. Although Panizza's works, in which he rejected all militarism and religious authority, were deemed blasphemous by both the Church and government of Emperor Wilhelm II, they were later admired by Grosz and other idealists of his generation.〔 The painting seeks to emulate medieval depictions of hellscapes, mainly through dramatic colourisation—in particular through its use of red light—as well as through the depiction of multitudes of layered distorted bodies and limbs, echoing the work of Bruegel in the 16th century. A skeleton representing the Grim Reaper sits on the coffin, drinking〔likely to be Schnapps〕 from a bottle. A mob of mourners gathered around him are presented as ugly, frenzied and as if ridden with alcoholism and late-stage syphilis.〔"(Weimar artist's Social Satire )". ''Die Promethean''. Retrieved on 23 May 2009.〕 Tall claustrophobic buildings are lined above the procession. They seem to heave and bend backwards and forwards, as if about to topple over and collapse onto those cluddered below.〔 Among these buildings is a lone small church, surrounded by bars, nightclubs and offices. Giving a literal voice to the "Dance of Death" depicted by the artist, a sign over one club reads "DANCE TONIGHT".〔 Explaining his intention when creating the work, Grosz said,
The painting served as the cover artwork for the 1987 album ''I Am a Wallet'' by the British rock band Mccarthy. ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Funeral (Grosz)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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