1916
Edition Size: Unknown
Image Size: 17.2 x 24 cm
Sheet Size: 20.9 x 27.1 cm
Reference: Rifkind 2552;Schapire H189
Unsigned
Condition: Good
From Genius 1, no. 1, published in 1919. A fine impression, with small uneven margins.
Genius was a periodical issued for only three years, with two numbers each year, each with three prints (two in the final one). Schmidt-Rottluff displays the strong influence that African masks had on certain German Expressionist artists around this time.
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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.
