Abstract
The reflection of the events and experiences of World War I is one of the main aspects of modern German art at the beginning of the Weimar Republic. Dadaism and Verism made great contributions in this respect. The text investigates and documents the art critical reception of artists like Max Beckmann, Otto Dix and Georg Scholz. These artists were covered by the term Verism and represented the so-called ‘left wing’ of the New Objectivity-movement of the 1920s. Their sometimes merciless works of art were an attempt to overcome the militarism of the Wilhelmine empire.