Portrait of the Journalist Sylvia von Harden
Portrait of the Journalist Sylvia von Harden is a painting by Otto Dix, depicting the titular female journalist, Sylvia von Harden, with sharp and angular features. She became a symbol of the dark days of the Weimar Republic and demonstrated the “new woman” that was emerging in Germany during the 1920s. Portrait of the Journalist Sylvia von Harden explores themes of urbanity, feminism, gender, identity, and social change.
INSPIRED OTHERS
Cabaret is a musical drama directed by Bob Fosse about the nightlife of a low-class cabaret, the Kit Kat Klub, where Sally falls in love with a British man, called Brian. The film is set in 1930s Berlin, and intertwines between their relationship and the Nazis’ rise to power. Cabaret explores themes of love, decadence, identity, class, and fascism.
