Blunt portrayals bring sharp bidding in Munich
The German artist Heinrich Zille (1858-1929) was known for his caricatures and humorous and sometimes very blunt portrayals of the lower classes and demi-monde in Berlin around the beginning of the 20th century: his so-called milieu-studies.
He was immensely popular during his lifetime and if proof were needed that his fame endures, the a…