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1. BMALDD_161109_01.JPG: The Large Dance of Death by Hans Friedrich Grohs This series of seven woodcuts hanging on the opposite wall stands in the tradition of the medieval so called Dance of Death. It reminded people of the fragility and transcience of life. Before death all humans are equal disrespectful of social standing, age, wealth, whether pious or not. Death can come at any time. Hans Friedrich Grohs (1892-1981), a German expressionist artist, was deeply affected by his experiences of World War I, which left Europe devastated and many, millions dead. Just after the war he created these powerful images, in which the figure of death overcomes indiscriminately soldiers and civilians, men, women, and children alike. Grohs reminds us of the horrors of World War I and to never again allow such suffering and destruction. While Grohs' images on the opposite wall hark back to the horrors of the war as experienced by millions in Europe, propaganda painted a more heroic picture. The little known French artist Bernard Naudin created an official poster calling people to aid in the war effort. At the same time, the popular American magazine Collier's published a photo story showing soldiers marching, resting, gathering, and posing for pictures - but does not show human suffering.
2. BMALDD_161109_02.JPG: The National Defense Loan, 1915 Bernard Naudin
3. BMALDD_161109_07.JPG: The Camera's Story of the World War, September 12, 1914 Collier's National Weekly
4. BMALDD_161109_12.JPG: Death with Man and Woman, 1918 Hans Grohs
5. BMALDD_161109_17.JPG: Death and the Refugees, 1919 Hans Grohs
6. BMALDD_161109_21.JPG: Death and the Women, 1919 Hans Grohs
7. BMALDD_161109_25.JPG: Death and the Abortionist, 1918 Hans Grohs
8. BMALDD_161109_30.JPG: Death and the Workers, 1919 Hans Grohs
9. BMALDD_161109_35.JPG: Death with Mother and Child, 1919 Hans Grohs
10. BMALDD_161109_39.JPG: Death and the Soldiers or Death as a General, 1919 Hans Grohs
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Founded in 1951, the Birmingham Museum of Art in Birmingham, Alabama, today has one of the finest collections in the Southeastern United States, with more than 24,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, and decorative arts representing a numerous diverse cultures, including Asian, European, American, African, Pre-Columbian, and Native American. Among other highlights, the Museum’s collection of Asian art is considered the finest and most comprehensive in the Southeast, and its Vietnamese ceramics one of the finest in the U.S. The Museum also is home to a remarkable Kress Collection of Renaissance and Baroque paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts from the late 13th century to c.1750, and the 18th-century European decorative arts include superior examples of English ceramics and French furniture.

The Birmingham Museum of Art is owned by the City of Birmingham and encompasses 3.9 acres (16,000 m2) in the heart of the city’s cultural district. Erected in 1959, the present building was designed by architects Warren, Knight and Davis, and a major renovation and expansion by Edward Larrabee Barnes of New York was completed in 1993. The facility encompasses 180,000 square feet (17,000 m2), including an outdoor sculpture garden.
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