Sonja

Schad was an adherent of the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) school within the Expressionist movement.

He focused his attention on those socially disengaged people who filled elite clubs just prior to the Nazi takeover. His sensual paintings were filled with depictions of the hedonism and apathy associated with cabarets and apolitical intellectuals.

Schad became involved with the dadaist movement and made “photograms”, a camera-less photographic process the artist called “Schadographs.” The artist died in 1982.