Dunes and mole, 1917

ArtistKarl Schmidt-Rottluff, Chemnitz 1884–1976 Berlin

Woodcut, bicoloured

Image dimensions28,9 × 33,6 cm

Sheet dimensions37,5 × 51,6 cm

Status

on display, room 018.4

About the workWhen Karl Schmidt-Rottluff founded an artists’ group with his fellow students in Dresden in 1905, he suggested the name “Die Brücke” (The Bridge), which he said would “lead from one bank to the other”. In his works, too, he repeatedly focused on riverside landscapes, like this Russian or Latvian shoreline that he became familiar with during the First World War when he was a member of a unit building roads and fortifications. Flat lines and pointed shapes against a blue background are combined like stage scenery to depict a waterside settlement.

AccessionAcquisition 1947

Provenance[...]; 1947 angekauft von der Galerie Gerd Rosen, Berlin

Inventory numberK 1947-333

Landscapes
Expressionism
Modernism
Die Brücke

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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