Finally at Home With the Greats
Wall Street Journal, January 8, 2019
By Tom L. Freudenheim
For those of us who consider themselves familiar with German Expressionism, the compelling new exhibition at New York University’s Grey Art Gallery, “Fritz Ascher: Expressionist,” makes us wonder why this artist hasn’t been on our radar screens. The 67 works of art on display, along with sketchbooks and documentary materials, may not quite qualify as a discovery, but they significantly expand the range of what we thought we knew.