Soldier in a Lunatic Asylum II, 1918

Series title originalDie Schaffenden. Eine Zeitschrift in Mappenform

Series titleDie Schaffenden

ArtistConrad Felixmüller, Dresden 1897–1977 Berlin

Lithograph on mechanically executed layed paper

Sheet dimensions40,2 × 30,6 cm

Status

on display, room 019

About the workWhen Conrad Felixmüller refused to serve in the military after a medical examination for deployment in the First World War in 1917, he was conscripted to work as an orderly in the Arnsheim psychiatric hospital near Dresden. In the same year, his then girlfriend, the artist Lotte Wahle, gave birth to a child, but she was not interested in any contact between father and son. Professional and private events caused Felixmüller to become a patient at the clinic himself. He has portrayed himself here as a prisoner in a room who keeps in touch with the outside world by letter.

AccessionAcquisition 1955

Inventory numberK 1955-40

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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