The northern German painter and graphic artist Rudolf Schlichter counts among the main representatives of New Objectivity.
Rudolf Schlichter, on eof the founding members of the Karlsruhe group "Rih" in 1919 and member of the Berlin "Novembergruppe", soon came into contact with the circle around John Heartfield after he had settled in the capital Berlin. He also met George Grosz, with whom he would later share a studio. With John Heartfield he made drawings for the notorious "Preußischen Erzengel" [Prussian Arch Angel] for the "First International DADA Fair". In paintings and prints Rudolf Schlichter was occupied with the big city and its fringe groups - he shared a room with the prostitute named Jenny - as well as all kinds of depictions of brutality, which has been regarded in connection with his imaginations of violence and a preference for masochistic sex. He also made a name for himself as an excellent portray painter, who made paintings not only of prostitutes but also of Bert Brecht or Egon Erwin Kisch. His style developed towards Surrealism after World War II.
Rudolf Schlichter was honored with a large retrospective in the Munich Lenbachhaus in 1998.