Lea Grundig (1906 - 1977)

Lea Grundig

Lea Grundig was a German twentieth-century artist of Jewish descent. She is known as a graphic artist, illustrator, teacher, and professor at the World School of Fine Arts in Dresden.

Grundig addressed political and social themes in her graphic series created in Germany, including works devoted to exposing the Nazi regime. In 1936, the artist was arrested by the Nazis and her work was declared "degenerate art."

Grundig was president of the GDR Artists' Union. In 1972, she organized the Hans and Lea Grundig Foundation to support the cultural, pedagogical and artistic achievements of students and graduates of the Kaspar-David Friedrich Institute at the University of Greifswald.