1918
Edition Size: one of 75
Image Size: 50 x 39,6 cm
Sheet Size: 66 x 51 cm
Reference: Schapire 216
Signed
Condition: Excellent
on structured chamois hand-made paper “Van Gelder Zonen”. Edited in the Portfolio “Schmidt-Rottluff. 9 Holschnitte” at Kurt Wolff, München 1918. Signed on the lower right. Item Id. 75262
€32,000.00
German painter and printmaker Karl Schmidt-Rottluff was born in Rottluff, now known as Chemnitz in December 1884 and was famed for his expressionist landscapes and nudes. He started his academic life by studying architecture, but, after meeting some other artists (Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Fritz Bleyl), he became one of the founders of expressionist art group Die Brücke (The Bridge). He served in the army 1915-1918, moving afterwards to Berlin, where he met his wife, Emy Frisch and settled for the remainder of his life.
