![]() When the Nazis arrived, they obliterated the best of Berlin’s new culture, branding it “ decadent.”īut you can’t just erase the spirit, mood, and culture of a place or its people by banning it. People flocked to Berlin from all over to experience, experiment and explore. Berlin was home to a lively cabaret culture, numerous art movements, and a radical literary scene. The very existence so many Lesbian bars in one city was a reflection of the cultural renaissance that exploded in Europe, Germany, and especially in Berlin during this era. I didn’t think to ask whether the bars operated simultaneously, but that is a large number given the short time span of the Weimar Republic. This forms the basis for the show, From Dox to Light: The Life and Work of Dox Thrash on view at Fleisher Art Memorial until November 17.ĭuring my recent walking tour in Berlin, our guide Alex (see last week’s post) shared an interesting bit of trivia with us: Berlin was home to 83 (or was it 84?) Lesbian Bars during the years of the Weimar Republic. ![]() Esther Rollins and over the years, the couple amassed hundreds of works by Thrash. Along the way, he met a boy named David McIntosh and they developed a life-long friendship. Thrash he found his way to the Graphic Sketch Club (later renamed the Fleisher Art Memorial.) when he first came to Philadelphia. Read more about Black printmakers and the WPA here. Read more about this printing method here. This became a distinctive feature of his work. He was working at Philadelphia Fine Print Workshop for the WPA Federal Art Project during the Great Depression when he and other artists developed the Carborundum Mezzotint printing method. ![]() He took odd jobs to pay the bills and continued with his art. Dox Thrash was born in Georgia in 1893, joined the circus, moved to Chicago as part of the Great Migration, worked as an elevator operator, studied art, fought in France during WWI with the Buffalo Soldiers, returned to the U.S., performed in minstrel shows on the Vaudeville circuit, returned to Chicago to continue his art studies at the Chicago Art Institute, then travelled widely for a number of years until 1925 when he came to Philadelphia and decided to stay. ![]()
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