William Gropper: Truth, Beauty, Justice, Humor | Beyond the Nest (Rochester)

William Gropper: Truth, Beauty, Justice, Humor

Political cartoonist and painter William Gropper (1897–1977) spoke truth to power. While his satiric and piercing wit targeted powerful men in politics and finance, he was an advocate for the people, saving his admiration and respect for the American worker. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, his biting political cartoons appeared in popular publications like Vanity Fair and the New York Tribune as well as radical journals like New Masses.

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Political cartoonist and painter William Gropper (1897–1977) spoke truth to power. While his satiric and piercing wit targeted powerful men in politics and finance, he was an advocate for the people, saving his admiration and respect for the American worker. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, his biting political cartoons appeared in popular publications like Vanity Fair and the New York Tribune as well as radical journals like New Masses.

With paintings, drawings, and prints from the permanent collection, William Gropper: Truth, Beauty, Justice, Humor highlights what the artist’s critical eye and mind captured during four decades of his career.

Image: William Gropper, The Opposition, 1942, oil on canvas. Marion Stratton Gould Fund, 1951.5. Courtesy: ACA Galleries, NY and the William Gropper Estate


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Organization:

Memorial Art Gallery

Location:

500 University Avenue
Rochester, NY, 14607
United States

Phone:

585-276-8900
Contact name: 
Guest Services
Dates: 
07/25/2025
07/26/2025
07/27/2025
Time: 
Museum hours
Price: 
Museum Admission

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