Gustavus Adolphus College

William Gropper, 1897-1977 The Wanderer, c. 1960 Ink with wash on paper, 16" x 14" Hillstrom Museum of Art, gift of Reverend Richard L. Hillstrom ('38)

Contents

• William Gropper: Early Life and Training
• Gropper as a Social Artist
• Gropper's Artistic Approach, Style, and Influences
• The Warsaw Ghetto: A Brief Description
• Gropper and the Warsaw Ghetto
• Genocide and Memorialization
• Suggested Reading

About FOCUS IN/ON

The following text was written collaboratively by Elizabeth Baer, Professor of English, and Donald Myers, director, Hillstrom Museum of Art. It was produced as part of a new program of the Hillstrom Museum of Art, titled FOCUS IN/ON, in which individual works in the Hillstrom Collection are explored in depth in a collaborative process that engages the expertise of College community members across the curriculum.

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