Background
Lichtenstein grew up in Berlin as the son of a manufacturer.
Lichtenstein grew up in Berlin as the son of a manufacturer.
He studied law in Erlangen.
Indeed, there were calims of imitation: while Hoddis created the style, Lichtenstein has enlarged it, it was said. However he was not to grow old get old: in 1914 he fell at the front in World War I.
The only solace: be sad! If sadness becomes despair: be grotesque! Be a clown, trying to find one"s amusement by recognizing that existence consists of sheer brutal and shabby strokes.