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Grosz studied from 1909 to 1911 at the Art Academy in Dresden and from 1912 to 1916 at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Berlin, where he was taught by Emil Orlik. In 1913 he also worked in the Colarossi studio in Paris for a while. Grosz volunteered for World War I in 1914, but became unfit for war after falling ill. In 1916 he founded the first Dada magazine "Neue Jugend" together with Wieland Herzfelde and Franz Jung. In 1917 the "Kleine Grosz-Mappe" was published, which is regarded as an early example of Dadaism in Berlin. In 1918, together with Raoul Hausmann and Richard Huelsenbeck, Grosz took part in the first Dadaist evening of lectures at the Berlin Secession. Between 1919 and 1920 he founded other art magazines such as "Die Pleite" and "Der blutige Ernst". His satirical caricatures led to a number of lawsuits against Grosz, and the content of his graphic series brought him convictions for pornography and blasphemy. In 1922 he stayed in Russia for six months. In the 1920s he took part in several exhibitions, such as the "Neue Sachlichkeit" exhibition in Mannheim in 1925 and the "Novembergruppe" exhibition in 1929. He met the boxer Max Schmeling, who became a model for his artworks. In the early 1930s, Grosz travelled to New York as a guest lecturer. After the Nazis took power, he moved to the United States. In Germany his works were defamed as degenerate and 285 of his works were confiscated from German museums. From 1940 he worked as a professor at Columbia University in New York and founded his own private art school in Long Island in 1953. In 1959 Grosz returned to Berlin, where he died that same year.  
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