1918
Pechstein was born in Zwickau, the son of a craftsman who worked in a textile mill. Early contact with the art of Vincent van Gogh stimulated Pechstein's development toward expressionism. After studying art first at the School of Applied Arts and then at the Royal Art Academy in Dresden, Pechstein met Erich Heckel and joined the art group Die Brucke in 1906. He was the only member to have formal art training. Later in Berlin, he helped to found the Neue Sezession and gained recognition for his decorative and colorful paintings that were lent from the ideas of Van Gogh, Matisse, and the Fauves. His paintings eventually became more primitivist, incorporating thick black lines and angular figures.
From 1933, Pechstein was vilified by the Nazis because of his art. A total of 326 of his paintings were removed from German museums. Sixteen of his works were displayed in the Entartete Kunst (Degenerate Art) exhibition of 1937. During this time, Pechstein went into seclusion in rural Pomerania. He was a prolific printmaker, producing 421 lithographs, 315 woodcuts and linocuts, and 165 intaglio prints, mostly etchings. Pechstein was a professor at the Berlin Academy for ten years before his dismissal by the Nazis in 1933. He was reinstated in 1945, and subsequently won numerous titles and awards for his work. He died in West Berlin. He is buried on the Evangelischer Friedhof Alt-Schmargendorf in Berlin.
SELF PORTRAIT IN A GERMAN MANNER - Large Monotype
By Karl Schrag
Located in Santa Monica, CA
KARL SCHRAG (German - American 1912 - 1995) SELF PORTRAIT IN THE GERMAN MANNER, 1991 Monotype, Signed titled, dated and annotated "Monotype with touches of Oil color, I /I" Plate an...
Monotype
HAMBURGER KNIEPPE
By Käthe Kollwitz
Located in Santa Monica, CA
KATHE KOLLWITZ (1867-1945) HAMBURGER KNIEPPE, 1901) (K.58 IIIb) Soft Ground Etching, Plate 9 ¾ x 8 ¼ sheet 10 ½ x 13 ¾. With the von de Becke blind stamp in the lower right. Prin...
Etching
EVENING (SELF PORTRAIT with the Battenbergs)
By Max Beckmann
Located in Santa Monica, CA
MAX BECKMANN (German 1884 - 1950) EVENING (Self-Portrait with the Battenbergs) 1916, (Hofmaier 90: Gallwitz 67) Etching and drypoint, Plate 10 from the portfolio Gesichter (Faces)...
Drypoint, Etching
THE BEGGARS (DIE BETTLER, 1922)
By Max Beckmann
Located in Santa Monica, CA
MAX BECKMANN (1884 – 1950) THE BEGGARS (DIE BETTLER, 1922) (Glaser 195; Hofmaier 219B) Lithograph, Plate 7 from 11-part print portfolio "Berliner Reise" (Trip to Berlin) Edition ...
Lithograph
APPEAL DENIED Actual WPA / FAP Etching with WPA / FAP Stamp
Located in Santa Monica, CA
BERNARD P. SCHARDT (1904 - 1979) APPEAL DENIED c 1935 Aquatint and etching. Edition c. 25. >>Published by the WPA Federal Art Project NYC.<< With their stamp. 11 7/8 ...
Aquatint
BERATUNG
By Käthe Kollwitz
Located in Santa Monica, CA
KATHE KOLLWITZ (German 1867 -1945) BERATUNG, 1895 (1945) (Klipstein vii/vii) Etching and aquatint, 1895 (Later Imp), Image 11 ½” x 7", sheet 19 x 13 ¾”. Unsigned, with the von de B...
Etching, Aquatint
Ben Alexander Etching, Expressionist Style, Signed, 11/20, Framed
By Erich Heckel
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on laid paper realized by Heckel in 1927. Signed and dated in pencil lower right. Hand numbered 11/20 lower left. Provenance: Galerie Vayhinger, Radolfzell, Private Col...
Etching
Selbstmörder - Original Etching and Drypoint by Magnus Zeller - 1919
By Magnus Zeller
Located in Roma, IT
Selbstmörder is an original drypoint, realized by Magnus Zeller in 1919, signed and inscribed, Included a frame. In very good conditions. The artwork is representing a desperate m...
Drypoint, Etching
Die Grosse Befehl - Illustrated Book by Max Pechstein - 1933
By Max Pechstein
Located in Roma, IT
Die Grosse Befehl is an original Rare Book illustrated by Hermann Max Pechstein (Zwickau, December 31, 1881 – Berlin, June 29, 1955) and written by Johanne...
Paper
The Brothers Karamazov - Lithograph by E. Heckel - 1919
By Erich Heckel
Located in Roma, IT
Original title: Die Bruder Karamasov This original lithograph is hand signed and dated in pencil on the lower right. Edition of 125 prints. Representing a scene from Dostojewski's novel "The Brothers Karamazov...
Lithograph
The Old Collier - Hand Signed Drypoint - German Expressionism
By Conrad Felixmuller
Located in London, GB
CONRAD FELIXMÜLLER 1897 - 1977 Dresden 1897 - 1977 Berlin (German) Title: The Old Collier Der alte Kohlenarbeiter, 1921 Technique: Original Hand Signed Drypoint on Wove Paper Pa...
Drypoint
Der Beobachter, Modern Etching by Oskar Kokoschka
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in Long Island City, NY
Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian (1886 - 1980) - Der Beobachter, Year: circa 1959, Medium: Etching on natural laid paper, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 96, Image Size: 9.25 x 7 ...
Etching
