Heiliger Franziskus by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Galerie Henze & Ketterer
1919
Edition Size: 50
Image Size: 59.5 x 49 cm
Sheet Size: 69 x 54.5 cm
Reference: Schapire H 243
Signed
Condition: Pristine
Price on Application
1919
Edition Size: 50
Image Size: 59.5 x 49 cm
Sheet Size: 69 x 54.5 cm
Reference: Schapire H 243
Signed
Condition: Pristine
Price on Application
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.
