Portrait of a Nation (Germany 1919 - 1933)

Julie and I took the train to Liverpool today especially to see this exhibition at Tate Liverpool. We negotiated three changes and eventually found our hotel on the Albert Dock.

My image is from Otto Dix's work in the section of his drawings from World War I. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/may/14/first-world-war-german-art-otto-dix

These are truly shocking and hard to keep viewing.

Dix said that war was a dreadful business, “but nevertheless very powerful. I couldn’t possibly miss it. In order to know something about men, you must have seen them in this unfettered state.”

I was very taken with the photography of August Sander, who set out to record people according to their occupations or status. The subjects stare intently at the lens with serious faces. I found his work very moving. He used exposures of 2 to 5 seconds and said this allowed him to capture an accurate image of the faces. I'd like to read more of his description of his work.

The Albert Dock area was very crowded and touristy. Inside the exhibition it was very quiet and people spoke in whispers.

We found good places to eat and drink.

This evening we went to a brilliant concert given by the Irish folk musicians McGoldrick, McCusker and Doyle at the Music Room of the Philharmonic Hall. Loved it.

Exhausted! Had to back blip.